Author Archives: The Nationals Victoria

Melina Bath & Tim McCurdy – Minister passes the buck amid renewables fight

Thursday 21 March 2024   The Allan Labor Government today refused to answer simple questions on its decision to strip VCAT from the renewables appeals process.   Despite the loss…

Darren Chester – Prime Minister Challenged on Car Tax

Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has challenged the Prime Minister to release the economic modelling in relation to a plan that will increase the cost of Australia’s biggest-selling vehicles…

Martin Cameron – Real extent of Con Games debacle revealed

Thursday 21 March 2024   The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has slammed the Allan Labor Government after a damning Victorian Auditor-General (VAGO) report exposed the real extent of…

Emma Kealy and Georgie Crozier – New mothers victims of Labor’s mental health crisis

Wednesday 20 March 2024   Amidst the incompetence of the Allan Labor Government, the alarming issue of postnatal mental health screenings persists, with half of new mothers being deprived of…

Peter Walsh – Con Games leaves Victorians paying the price

Wednesday 20 March 2024   Regional Victorians will today feel deflated and cheated by confirmation the Commonwealth Games debacle will cost Victoria almost $600 million.   A scathing Victorian Auditor-General…

Danny O’Brien – Alarming conditions: 91 per cent of Victorian roads rated poor

Wednesday 20 March 2024   A staggering 91 per cent of Victorian roads have been classified as “poor or very poor” in a pavement condition assessment undertaken for the State…

Peter Walsh – Letter to the Editor (Regional Roads in Crisis: Nationals Demand Action from Labor)

Monday 18 March 2024   Dear Editor,   Revelations of 480 road sites across regional Victoria being labelled “under pavement in poor condition”, resulting in speed reductions, are deeply concerning.…

NEW PRESIDENT FOR THE VICTORIAN NATIONALS

  Monday 18 March 2024   Ms Joanne Armstrong will become President of the Victorian National Party after the party’s State Conference on 25 May 2024 in Bendigo.   Ms…

Danny O’Brien – Speed reductions soar amid rough roads

Sunday 17 March 2024   More than 540 stretches of road across Victoria are subject to speed limit reductions and driver warnings due to the poor state of the road surface according…

Emma Kealy – Pig Welfare Inquiry reveals severe stress on producers

Thursday 14 March 2024   The Pig Welfare Inquiry has uncovered harrowing detail on the stresses placed on producers who fall victim of animal extremists illegally entering businesses and homes.…

Melina Bath – Labor’s unfair Land Tax hurting property market

Thursday 14 March 2024   The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath said Labor’s new land tax is desperately unfair and causing significant financial stress to mum and dad…

Peter Walsh – Labor’s cruel silence on VicForests shutdown

Thursday 14 March 2024   VicForests, the Allan Labor Government’s own forestry agency, is being treated deplorably as it braces for a June 30 shutdown.   The government has gagged…