Walsh – LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Energy hikes soaring)
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear editor, Hard-working families continue to be hit hard by rising energy prices as life gets harder under Labor. A new Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)…
Labor’s roadside fuel loads labelled “habitat”
Piles of debris pushed up against private property fence lines after roadside clearing has been labelled “habitat” by the State Labor Government, which refuses to remove the obvious fire risk.…
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…
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,…