Category Archives: Media Releases

Annabelle Cleeland – V/Line disputes continue to impact regional passengers

26 February 2024   An ongoing dispute between the Rail, Tram, and Bus Union (RTBU) and V/Line has seen rolling morning strikes take place all throughout February, disrupting services across…

Emma Kealy – Labor’s financial mismanagement hits Victoria’s health system

Monday 26 February 2024   Victoria’s health crisis continues to worsen as new figures reveal Victoria’s hospitals are collectively almost $1.5 billion in debt.   Internal financing records reported today…

Jade Benham – IOC hearings begin – Freedom of Information laws

Monday 26 February 2024   Member for Mildura, Jade Benham as part of the Victorian Parliament’s Integrity and Oversight Committee, will begin hearings as part of its Inquiry into the…

Peter Walsh – Labor stays tight-lipped on regional job losses

Friday 23 February 2024 The Allan Labor Government has cold-heartedly stonewalled questions on how many Regional Development Victoria staff will lose their jobs. Amid redundancies, and fears 130 jobs will…

Tim McCurdy – Mandatory training must be added for child protection

Thursday 22 February 2024   The Liberals and Nationals support the addition of mandatory training to the Working with Children Check application process.   An on-line training process, in addition…

Martin Cameron – Victorians living in ‘energy poverty’

Thursday 22 February 2024   The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, says soaring energy costs and increasingly unreliable supply means many people are now living in “energy poverty”. More…

Annabelle Cleeland – Farmers must be protected from insurance cost rises

22 February 2024   The Nationals have called on the Allan Labor Government to fix a policy black hole regarding skyrocketing insurance premiums for farmers near large-scale solar and renewable…

Emma Kealy & John Pesutto – Premier must release report on injecting room in CBD

Wednesday 21 February 2024   Premier Jacinta Allan has refused to say when the Government will release the long-awaited report by Ken Lay on an injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD.…

Emma Kealy – Labor forced to finally release injecting room report

Wednesday 21 February 2024   Victorians will finally get answers on the future of a second injecting room, with the Allan Labor Government now forced to release details within the…

Emma Kealy – LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Nationals win five-year battle for counsellors in schools)

Monday 19 February 2024   Dear Editor,   The Victorian Nationals have won a five-year long battle to allow counsellors to provide much needed mental health support to students as…

Melina Bath – Labor’s health mismanagement impacting access to dialysis treatment

Tuesday 20 February 2024 Sick Victorians with kidney disease face daily uncertainty in their struggle to access dialysis treatment. Advocating for a Langwarrin constituent in State Parliament, The Nationals, Member…

Peter Walsh – LTR (Victoria’s Emergency Health System in Crisis: Urgent Reforms Needed)

Monday 19 February 2024     Victoria is facing a crisis in its emergency health response system, with alarming reports revealing significant shortcomings in both the triple-0 service and the…