Shepparton needs more health workers sooner, not later
More doctors, nurses and medical staff will be needed in Shepparton to fix the healthcare crisis in Victoria that’s seeing sick people getting sicker. Long waits for elective surgery have…
Infrastructure Australia report confirms neglect of regional roads
A new report, released today, makes a mockery of the Victorian Roads Minister’s claim that our state’s road network is now ‘safer and smoother’. Infrastructure Australia’s Regional Strengths and Infrastructure…
Public transport network not fit for growing regions, Infrastructure Australia finds
Many communities in regional Victoria are “highly under-serviced” by public transport, with flow on effects to liveability acting as a handbrake on potential population growth, a new report today has…
Questions raised over the Valley’s Drug Rehab facility
Gippsland families and drug advocates are still waiting for promised drug and alcohol support in the Latrobe Valley. In 2018, the Andrews Labor Government announced funding for a youth drug…
Workforce reform crucial to combat Victoria’s rise in drug abuse
Heroin abuse in Victoria has reached a national high, but vulnerable Victorians seeking help to kick these life-threatening addictions still struggle to access support. Data released today by the Australian…
On-the-spot fines for farm trespass teetering at final hurdle
Independent MPs in Parliament’s Upper House are being urged to be the deciding vote that will see better farm trespass protections for Victorian farmers become law. Legislation for on-the-spot fines…
Scammers deceiving locals out of money
“If it’s too good to be true it probably is”, is a well-known phrase and Gippsland East Nationals MP, is asking locals to take heed. It comes on the…
Support for Melbourne Royal Show through COVID-19
$3.2 million to support costs incurred from the cancelled 2021 Melbourne Royal Show Round 2 of the Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days program is providing up to $13.1 million…
Ratepayers dissatisfied with Labor’s delusional road to nowhere
The sad state of country roads is driving outrage among regional motorists with new data painting a picture of Victoria’s most neglected local government areas. Damning data from Ratepayers Victoria…
Brewing anger at state of local roads
An incredibly low number of regional ratepayers are satisfied with the state of their local roads, according to new data from Ratepayers Victoria. Across the electorate of Euroa, satisfaction with…
Liberals and Nationals move to protect Victorian farmers from farm trespass
Amendments to strengthen the consequences for law-breaking activists caught trespassing on Victorian farms will be moved in Victorian Parliament today by the Liberals and Nationals. It’s expected the Bill to…
Gippslanders paying the price during ambulance crisis
The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien says Gippslanders are increasingly suffering due to the Andrews Labor Government’s disastrous mismanagement of the health system and ambulance services. Mr…