Transport operators have exposed the toll of regional Victoria’s crumbling road network, with reports today revealing rough roads are making it harder to hire truck drivers and sending the cost of vehicle repairs skyrocketing. Transport operators who have been involved in the industry for decades say road quality is dragging down retention of drivers who…
A Matthew Guy-led Liberals and Nationals Government will stop Labor’s extermination of Victoria’s brumby population. The new plan, announced today, will see a shift in focus to rehoming and veterinary intervention to manage the brumby population, standing in stark contrast to Labor’s plan for total eradication. The Liberals and Nationals’ new approach will involve: The…
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy recently spoke in Parliament about the Victorian Government’s decision to take $2.5 million dollars of funding away from communities like Cobram, Shepparton and Mooroopna because the reduction of fruit fly is a shared responsibility. In Parliament Mr McCurdy said, “The fruit fly in our regions starts in…
In Parliament recently Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy urged the Victorian Government to start investing more money on our health system in all of our towns, Wangaratta is under enormous pressure as are our smaller towns like Cobram, Yarrawonga, Myrtleford that are struggling to maintain health services within their community. Mr McCurdy said, “As we reach…
A lack of healthcare options for regional Victorians diagnosed with dementia was the catalyst for a nearly 200km walk from north-east Victoria which arrived at Victorian Parliament in Melbourne today. Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh was on the front steps of Parliament with a celebratory whiskey in hand to meet Kyabram health champion Mick…
There’s a renewed push to capture new opportunities in manufacturing and drive alternative career paths in regional Victoria as part of Australian Made Week this week. Victoria was once a powerhouse in Australian manufacturing, but shortages of agriculture chemicals, machinery parts and PPE through the pandemic are driving home the desperate need to reduce Victoria’s…
Victorian Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan has used parliamentary budget hearings today to raise more red flags on the Murray Basin Rail Project, saying her Federal Labor colleagues have made no commitment to the project’s delivery. Under questioning at parliamentary hearings on the 2022-23 State Budget papers, the Minister worked hard to muddy the waters…
The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien has highlighted the importance of a balanced transition to renewable energy and the significance of getting the transition right for the people of Gippsland South. Speaking recently in State Parliament, and before current concern about a shortfall of gas supply, Mr O’Brien reaffirmed The Nationals’…
Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, is delighted $687,000 in State funds have been allocated to Gippsland Ports to replace its jetty at the Lakes Entrance Fishermen’s Co-Operative. “Having raised the matter on several occasions in Parliament and explained the importance of these Ports facilities to the local fishing fleet, this is terrific news.…
The Victorian Government has confirmed that it plans to eradicate our brumby population, a move strongly opposed by Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull. Under questioning in a recent Parliamentary committee hearing, the government admitted that 400 of the estimated 500 brumbies at Barmah Forest will be shot, commented its plan is to eradicate…
In Parliament Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy captured the grave reality of the Victorian Governments overwhelming neglect towards regional Victoria’s road to recover and rebuild. In Parliament Mr McCurdy said, “Maintenance is the cornerstone of everything. “In life, when we purchase a car, run our own business, buy a house, or…
In Parliament Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy expressed his concern to hear that there will be a $24 million dollar cut to dentistry across Victoria. Mr McCurdy said in Parliament, “I had a resident from Myrtleford attend my office recently to inform me that she waited three years to get a…