Nats pledge new infectious diseases centre
The Nationals have today announced a plan to build Australia’s first dedicated infectious diseases response centre if elected to government in coalition with the Liberals next year. The proposal includes…
Pandemic Bill debate at impasse, petition reopens
Debate on Daniel Andrews’ controversial Pandemic Bill is at an impasse with debate set to resume next week in the upper house of state parliament. Debate was suspended after the…
Environment suffers from more suits, less boots
The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien, has called on the Andrews Labor Government to reset its environmental priorities after it was revealed field staff in the environment department…
Housing shortage is starting to bite
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy welcomes new doctors to Wangaratta but stresses the housing shortages across regional Victoria make it more difficult for them to stay. “In…
Nationals promise Royal Commission on Pandemic Bill
In response to the proposed Pandemic Bill, Victorian Nationals will hold a Royal Commission into the Victorian Government’s pandemic response if elected to government next year. The Nationals told…
Extraordinary back-track means more time to speak up against draconian pandemic Bill
A panicked, eleventh-hour decision by the Andrews Labor Government to defer a vote on the Premier’s shocking pandemic legislation is an admission this Bill is bad for all Victorians. On…
Inquiry finding – Labor’s Lead Battery failure
A Parliamentary Inquiry into the Health Impacts of Air Pollution has recommended the Andrews Government conduct an independent Environmental Effects Statement (EES) into Chunxing Corporations Used Lead Acid Battery (ULAB)…
Nationals promise Pandemic Royal Commission
The Victorian Nationals will hold a Royal Commission into the Victorian Government’s pandemic response if elected to government next year. Member for Euroa and Deputy Nationals Leader Steph Ryan told…
On-the-spot fines for farm trespass still not ready nearly two years later
New on-the-spot fines for extreme activists who trespass on Victorian farms and threaten the safety of farm families still aren’t in place, nearly two years since the protective measure was…
‘Keep calm and keep waiting’: Labor’s advice to Victorians in pain
A partial resumption of elective surgery in Melbourne and Geelong provides no relief for people in Bendigo who have already spent too many months waiting in pain. Non-urgent elective surgery…
Two year wait a handbrake on better youth mental health
Young Victorians will continue to battle long waits for mental health support, with the Andrews Labor Government admitting that today’s promise for youth mental health won’t be delivered until late…
Water storages ready to burst, but Melburnians still paying for desal
The Andrews Labor Government is pushing a $77 million dollar order of 125GL of desalinated water through Melbourne’s water storages as the system nears 90 per cent full. Wet weather…