Category Archives: Media Releases

Danny O’Brien MP – Local businesses left to pay for Labor’s soft-on-crime approach

Retail theft has skyrocketed across Gippsland, with new figures showing a dramatic rise in shoplifting offences over the past financial year. The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien highlighted…

Tim Bull MP – Remembrance Day – Lest we forget

As Australians pause at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we unite in solemn reflection to honour the men and women who have served our…

Danny O’Brien MP – Labor’s neglect of regional Victorians worsens

The great divide between city and regional spending continues to widen, with new data painting a stark picture of the Allan Labor Government’s neglect of Victorians outside of Melbourne. Regional…

Tim Bull MP – Tax exemption for CFA vols flawed

Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, has blasted the Allan Labor Government’s hopeless and flawed Emergency Services and Volunteer Fund exemptions for CFA volunteers and said the criteria for eligibility…

Tim Bull MP – Flawed camping policy cost $9m

The Allan Labor Government wasted $9 million through a Treasurer’s Advance – typically utilised in emergencies – to fund the flawed free camping trial it was told would not work…

Gaelle Broad MP – Old Bendigo law courts in limbo

The old Bendigo law courts remain in limbo, two years after the Allan Labor Government committed to a community consultation process.   “Two years on, the building remains empty, and…

Melina Bath MP – Bath calls for sustainable funding for Neighbourhood Houses

The Nationals’ Melina Bath has called on Labor’s Minister for Carers and Volunteers in state parliament to urgently review the funding model for Neighbourhood Houses across Eastern Victoria. Ms Bath’s…

Emma Kealy MP – Labor’s latest pet tax hike bites Victorian families

Victorian pet owners are set to pay more, with the Allan Labor Government doubling its tax on all dogs and cats from $4.51 to $9 per animal from July next…

Gaelle Broad MP – Council forced to subsidise self-defence classes as State Government fails on crime

The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad has condemned the Allan Labor Government as Bendigo council subsidises self-defence classes for women amid a spiralling crime crisis. “When local councils…

Martin Cameron MP – Labor refuses to admit crime is out of control

The Allan Labor Government has again refused to admit crime is out of control in regional Victoria despite mounting evidence that proves repeat offenders are still being released on bail.…

Melina Bath MP – Labor’s pet tax hike ruffles the fur of pet owners

Victorian pet owners are set to pay more, with the Allan Labor Government doubling its pet tax on all dogs and cats from $4.51 to $9 per animal starting July…

Melina Bath MP – Majority of eastern Victoria roads receive poor safety rating

The Nationals’ Melina Bath has taken the Allan Government to task after it was revealed that majority of state government managed roads in eastern Victoria received a low safety rating…