Category Archives: Media Releases

Kim O’Keeffe – Health crisis raised by local, health workers exhausted and overwhelmed

Thursday 09 May 2024   The ambulance ramping that GV Health experienced this week, which left ten ambulances queued for up to nine hours and the region without available ambulances…

Tim Bull – Veterans snubbed in cold-hearted Budget

Thursday 9 May 2024   The Victorian veterans community has been treated appallingly in the State Budget, suffering a funding cut of most 40 per cent.   In a double…

Danny O’Brien – Labor’s budget still failing our roads

Wednesday 8 May 2024   The Allan Labor Government continues to fail Victorian motorists as the shocking state of our roads deteriorates further following a 90 per cent reduction in…

Melina Bath – Hands off our public land

Friday 3 May 2024   The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath, has taken the Allan Labor Government to task over its neglect of public land across regional Victoria…

Annabelle Cleeland: Letter to the editor – Hands off our hospitals

2 May 2024   Significant cuts will be made to Victoria’s health system in the upcoming State Budget, with regional healthcare providers being particularly vulnerable due to the Labor Government’s…

Danny O’Brien – Labor’s own highlight the sad state of our roads

Thursday 2 May 2024   The Allan Labor Government’s own MPs and agencies are now highlighting the poor state of our roads, with a government road builder forced to tender…

Melina Bath – Con Games: Labor’s contempt for regional Victorians laid bare

Wednesday 1 May 2024   The Allan Labor Government’s blatant refusal to cooperate with the parliamentary inquiry into Victoria’s cancellation of the Commonwealth Games has come under fire from The…

Jade Benham – Local government cost inquiry launched

Wednesday 1 May 2024     A Parliamentary inquiry into local government funding and services has kicked off this week, with residents and local councils encouraged to make submissions.  …

Peter Walsh – Cost-shifting inquiry launched: Residents and councils urged to participate

Wednesday 1 May 2024   The Parliamentary Inquiry into Local Government funding and services has commenced, with local governments and members of the community urged to participate.   Shadow Minister…

Martin Cameron – Time to get serious on crime and bail penalties

Wednesday 1 May 2024   After a spate of violent incidents across the Latrobe Valley, The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has called on the Allan Labor Government to…

Danny O’Brien – Allan Labor Government turns back on problem gamblers

Tuesday 30 April 2024   The Allan Labor Government is pressing ahead with a plan to axe the state’s agency tasked with protecting Victorians from gambling harm.   As foreshadowed…

Tim McCurdy – Labor approves emergency debt cap hike for water corporations

Monday 29 April 2024   The Allan Labor Government has been forced to approve an emergency increase to the debt caps of four Victorian water corporations following project cost blowouts…