GOTAFE must continue support for RTOs
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, called on the Minister for Higher Education to support RTO organisations, following a recent decision from GOTAFE to stop providing RTO support. Mr…
Health Tax will cost regional Victorians
Labor’s new health tax will leave regional Victorians without vital healthcare services if the Andrews Government refuses to withdraw its imposition on General Practitioners (GPs). Labor’s Health Tax would mean…
Media Highlights – 3 September 2023
Specialist teachers saved Disability advocates are celebrating the reversal of a government decision to cut a highly valued disability support program. In late July education minister Natalie Hutchins announced 85 of…
Minister must restore slashed funding to peri-urban councils
The Liberals and Nationals have today called on the Andrews Government to restore the funding it has cut from Victoria’s peri-urban councils. Last Friday, without any prior notice or community…
Stacked ducks inquiry puts ideology ahead of science
The Liberals and Nationals today strongly back the future of duck hunting in Victoria, after a biased and stacked Inquiry recommended the end of the practice. Labor, the Greens and…
Con Games: Small businesses must be compensated
The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has called on Labor to provide compensation to small businesses across the Valley who will wear a huge financial hit due to the…
Labor uses Duck Inquiry to justify its end game
The final report in the Inquiry into Victoria’s Recreational Native Bird Hunting Arrangements has been released. The Nationals MP and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Public Land Use Melina Bath said…
Labor slow to act as billions of bees and industry under threat
Billions of bees are at risk of being destroyed and an industry under threat as the Minister for Agriculture fails to respond. Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Emma Kealy, is demanding…
Concern for safety on public transport
The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien has raised concerns for community safety as recent data shows public transport related crime is on the rise in Victoria. Mr O’Brien…
Andrews Government must extend Power Saving Bonus
Skyrocketing energy bills and a cost-of-living crisis have driven the Member Deputy Leader of The Nationals, Emma Kealy, to demand the Andrews Labor Government to immediately extend the $250 Power…
OPINION- LABOR NEGLECTING REGIONAL VICTORIA
Dear Editor, Regional Victorians are reeling as the hits keep coming on several fronts, beyond the obvious pain of the Commonwealth Games cancellation. The Games disaster continues to make headlines,…
Ratepayers punished for Labor’s incompetence
The Andrews Government continues to pile on the cost-of-living pain as annual council rates skyrocket. Victorians need an urgent solution as rate payers and hardworking families are being unfairly asked…
