Author Archives: The Nationals Victoria

Kim O’Keeffe MP – Increased bus services must be delivered now

The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe has questioned the Minister for Public Transport, Vicki Ward as to why Shepparton hasn’t received increased public bus transport services that they…

Annabelle Cleeland MP – Regional Victorians cannot afford to wait for an ambulance

Nationals Member for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland has called for urgent action on ambulance services in regional Victoria, after being inundated with distressing reports of delayed responses and unavailable callouts. The…

Danny O’Brien MP – Labor’s secret tax slugs regional Victorians for Suburban Rail Loop

Regional Victorians have been hit with a secret tax to bankroll a metro project most will never use, after the Auditor-General exposed the Carroll Labor Government’s hidden 1 per cent levy on…

Melina Bath MP – Bath blasts Labor’s secret public transport tax

The Labor Government has been secretly taxing Victorian public transport users every time they tap on or off trains and buses to help fund the controversial Suburban Rail Loop (SRL).…

Kim O’Keeffe MP – Brutal attack of two young girls taken to Parliament

The brave families and supporters of two 11-year-old girls that were brutally attacked after stepping off a school bus in Shepparton, gathered on the front steps of Parliament on Tuesday…

Annabelle Cleeland MP – Fixing Victoria’s roads so motorists are not left paying the price

New figures have revealed 98 per cent of potential compensation claims were denied by the Labor Government over the past two years, highlighting the desperate need to build better roads…

Kim O’Keeffe MP – Appalling standard of road repairs to be addressed by the Minister 

The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe has called on the newly appointed Minister for Roads and Road Safety, Paul Hamer to address the “appalling” standard of road repairs…

Jade Benham MP – Nationals and Liberals announce plan to restore confidence in justice system

An elected Nationals and Liberals Government will strengthen Victoria’s justice system by creating a specialist Court of Criminal Appeal and giving Victorians greater transparency over sentencing outcomes. The Nationals’ Member…

Melina Bath MP – Colin Stockdale receives CFA’s ‘Outstanding Service’ medal

The Nationals’ Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath has congratulated Colin “Stocky” Stockdale on receiving the Country Fire Authority (CFA) Outstanding Service Medal. It is the CFA’s highest honour, presented…

Jade Benham MP – Carroll Government’s Bill a backdoor ban on non-preferred unions

The Carroll Labor Government’s Associations Incorporation Reform Amendment Bill 2026 has nothing to do with protecting workers and everything to do with protecting Labor’s union donors from competition, Shadow Minister…

Emma Kealy MP – Urgent inquiry needed for a mental health system that has disregarded reform recommendations

Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Emma Kealy, has called for an urgent inquiry into child and youth mental health services in Victoria following revelations of two youth suicide clusters in…

Melina Bath MP & Martin Cameron MP – The Nationals demand answers on Labor’s Tobacco licensing fails

The Nationals have taken Labor to task over its failure to “smoke out tobacco crime lords” following a string of alleged incidents involving extortion, intimidation and violence linked to the illicit tobacco…