Ambulance crisis continues to impact Gippslanders
The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien says the ongoing ambulance crisis cannot be allowed to continue as critically ill and injured residents are being left in the lurch.…
Shocking increase in use of ketamine, heroin in Victoria, but Labor cuts $40m from prevention, treatment
Today the Andrews Labor Government will slash 100 jobs from services to help people addicted to alcohol or other drugs as part of a $39.8m funding cut inflicted on the…
Flood and Storm review white ants Latrobe Valley’s experience
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath has labelled the Andrews Government’s Emergency Management Victoria’s (EMV) Extreme Weather Event Report reviewing the June 2021 storms and floods as…
Community concerns over regional roads continue
A state-wide poll to identify Victoria’s worst roads has Traralgon Maffra Road currently sitting in the top five. The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath said many Gippsland residents…
Labor mates having a “gold-class” crack at rewriting history on Basin Rail Project
North-west Victoria’s chance for a more efficient freight rail network will disappear forever if the Murray Basin Rail Project is not fully completed to its original scope. The Nationals Candidate…
Treaty Bill provides step in the right direction
In Parliament Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy expressed the Treaty Authority and Other Treaty Elements Bill 2022 is a significant step forward when it comes our recognition of traditional…
Regional patients left out in the cold
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy spoke in Parliament expressing his outrage after hearing various regional patients are being tipped out into the cold due to Northeast Health Wangaratta’s…
McCurdy calls for more ads on gambling harm
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley and board member of the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, Tim McCurdy spoke in Parliament alongside the Member for Morwell on the issue of gambling harm…
iberal Nationals to move simple changes that could transform our kids’ mental health
The Andrews Labor Government is being urged to support simple reforms that will immediately deliver hundreds of extra workers for Victoria’s under-resourced mental health workforce. As Labor’s six lockdowns continue…
Third shutdown of entire V/Line network demands an explanation
Regional train passengers are owed a full explanation after another “communications fault” shutdown the entire V/Line network, cancelling dozens of services during the morning peak. The disruption left thousands of…
Increased protection for forestry workers
Gippsland’s forestry industry will benefit from new laws aimed to increase protection from politically motivated protest disruption. The Nationals Member for Gippsland South Danny O’Brien said he was happy…
Bath calls for forestry training standstill solution
Victoria’s emergency services personnel are unable to complete vital first responder training after activists placed an injunction of TAFE Gippsland’s Forestec Rowboat training coupe. In state parliament today The Nationals’…