COVID enforcement insensitive and brutal
Infringements issued by the Department of Justice and Community Safety for alleged COVID breaches have raised the ire of small business owners who have endured the burden of changing compliance…
Victoria – the not so ‘Education State’
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy recently spoke in Parliament highlighting his concerns about the Andrews Government’s 2021-22 budget skipping regional schools within the Ovens Valley region. In…
Labor continues to contemplate protection for our regional farmers and their families
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy is eager to see whether the Independent MP’s in Parliament’s Upper House vote in favour for greater protection for our Victorian farmers through…
Jobs, education, opportunity: Victoria’s path to Close the Gap
Local outcomes on better health, education, employment and housing for Aboriginal Victorians is in the spotlight today for National Close the Gap Day. Victoria has failed to close the gap…
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…