Category Archives: Media Releases

Jade Benham MP – The Nationals move to protect Victoria’s agricultural land

The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham MP, has joined The Nationals’ push to strengthen protections for Victoria’s most productive agricultural land through a new Bill introduced to the Victorian…

Emma Kealy MP – Vigilance vital as bird flu case detected in Hamilton

The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy, is encouraging the community to be aware of the signs of H5 bird flu after a case was detected in Hamilton. The case…

Danny O’Brien MP – Labor pothole review is too little, too late

The Carroll Labor Government’s announcement of a review into the state’s pothole compensation scheme is a token gesture of a government desperately trying to avoid accountability. The announcement came after…

Emma Kealy MP – The Liberals and Nationals to introduce landmark bill protecting Victoria’s farmland

The Liberals and Nationals will this week introduce a private members bill in the Victorian Parliament to protect the state’s most strategic agricultural land from being permanently lost to poorly…

Emma Kealy MP – Labor cannot rewrite its history of mental health failure

Serious questions have been raised of the Carroll Labor Government after series of revelations that it is failing key aspects of Mental Health reform. Among the issues to come to…

Danny O’Brien MP – Pothole chaos on Princes Highway proves patch-up jobs don’t work

Dozens of drivers have been stranded on the Princes Highway near Bunyip today after potholes tore apart tyres and rims in yet another example of the Carroll Labor Government’s failure…

Gemma Rendell – New V/Line timetable delivers mixed outcomes

The changes to the V/Line timetable have produced mixed outcomes for East Gippsland, according to The Nationals’ candidate for Gippsland East, Gemma Rendell.   “Unfortunately, as had been rumoured, the…

Emma Kealy MP – Liberals and Nationals to ensure mental health funding addresses Royal Commission recommendations

A Liberal and Nationals Government will get Victoria’s mental health reforms back on track, despite the Carroll Labor Government’s decision to bundle the Mental Health portfolio with Health. Shadow Minister…

Annabelle Cleeland MP – Community groups urged to apply for $75,000 bushfire recovery grants

The Nationals Member for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland is encouraging community organisations across bushfire affected areas to apply for the Victorian Government’s Community Recovery Grants, with up to $75,000 available for…

Annabelle Cleeland MP – Cleeland hosts renewable energy roundtable to put regional communities first

Member for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland has joined Shadow Minister for Energy David Davis and Northern Victoria MP Wendy Lovell in Benalla to hear directly from communities living alongside renewable energy…

Kim O’Keeffe MP – Additional services on the Shepparton Line now finally a reality

After more than three years since Stage 3 of the Shepparton Line Upgrade was originally promised to be completed, the people of the Goulburn Valley will finally be able to…

Annabelle Cleeland MP – Letter to the Editor: A change of captain won’t fix Labor’s sinking ship

Victorians are being asked to believe that swapping the captain fixes a ship that’s already taking on water. It doesn’t. Ben Carroll didn’t just sit in cabinet — he sat…