Category Archives: Media Releases

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…

Danny O’Brien – Labor slammed for move to sideline regional voices on renewable energy

Thursday, 14 March 2024   Gippslanders neighbouring renewable energy projects will have their views sidelined under new planning powers announced by the Allan Labor Government.   Under changes announced today,…

Melina Bath – Gippsland’s turn for Comm Games Inquiry hearing

Thursday 14 March 2024   The Parliamentary Inquiry into the 2026 Commonwealth Games Bid today held a public hearing in the Latrobe Valley.   Gippsland sporting organisations and accommodation businesses…

Danny O’Brien – Review on telemarketing and VEU programs

Wednesday, 13 March 2024   A review is underway to consider a ban on telemarketing and door knocking practices as part of the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) program following a…

Tim McCurdy – Labor’s Land Tax grab goes wrong

Tuesday, March 12, 2024   Labor’s latest greedy tax grab has gone awry, with dozens being charged land-tax on their principal place of residence (PPR).   Nationals Member for Ovens…

Peter Walsh & Martin Cameron – Broken promise as Latrobe Valley jobs lost

Friday 8 March 2024   Another broken promise from the Allan Labor Government has been exposed, with 220 jobs to be cut from paper and packaging company Opal.   Opal…