The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath has called for funding to be provided in the upcoming budget Victorian state budget for the Cape to Cape Resilience Project. Originally gazetted in August 2020 by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), the project area extends from Cape Paterson to Cape Liptrap…
DetailsGippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull is hoping to see some key projects ticked off in next week’s State Budget. “There is some important infrastructure that needs to be funded, in particular from a police and emergency services point of view,” he said. “Funds are required for new fire stations at Metung and…
DetailsRegional Victorians are demanding a fair share of the state’s spend on hospitals, schools, infrastructure and mental health in the lead up to the State Budget on May 3. Restoring the funding that State Labor’s axed from regional development and agriculture in the past few years will also be crucial to ensure farmers and country…
DetailsA new plan to relieve fertiliser shortages by increasing production in Australia has highlighted the multi-billion-dollar economic windfall a shift in focus to bring manufacturing back to Victoria could deliver. Agripower Australian Limited confirmed this week it will ramp up production of fertiliser at its Queensland plant to cope with exploding global demand, generating 11,500…
DetailsVictorians are owed an explanation on a nearly $400 million cost blowout in the past 12 months on a long-awaited order of new trams for the ancient Melbourne fleet. The Andrews Labor Government has today slipped in a massive $370 million jump in the Project’s price tag – from $1.48 billion in 2020-21 up to…
DetailsTimber communities have vowed to fight back against Daniel Andrews’ policy to shut Victoria’s sustainable native timber industry. A round table forum held in Heyfield attended by community members, harvesters, industry groups, local Councillors and Gippsland’s state and federal MPs strongly rejected the Andrews Government’s native timber transition plan. Shadow Assistant Minister for Public Land…
DetailsNationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy is pleased to finally hear that as of 11:59pm Friday 22 April 2022 household close contacts will be free to leave quarantine. Mr McCurdy said, “This is a huge relief for our local businesses that have been struggling to keep afloat over the past couple of years.…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien says urgent action is needed to tackle the growing housing crisis across Gippsland. Mr O’Brien said he is regularly hearing from Gippslanders who are struggling to put a roof over their heads as housing availability and affordability is constrained by rising costs, huge demand and government…
DetailsVictorians are being asked to name the state’s worst roads in a new campaign to identify the most dangerous hazards that are risking lives on our roads every single day. Launched today by Opposition Leader Matthew Guy and Shadow Minister for Roads Steph Ryan, the three-month campaign to find Victoria’s worst roads will seek safety reports…
DetailsImportant recommendations from a review of the 2019/20 bushfires that ravaged the region will not be acted on by the Andrews Labor Government until 2024, leaving East Gippslanders to endure two more summers before shortfalls are addressed. Nationals Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, says the seriousness of the Inspector General of Emergency Management’s…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Gippsland South Danny O’Brien says regular planned burns in our forest and Crown land is critical to save lives and the environment. “Planned burns are crucial to the effective prevention of bushfires and failure to conduct them endangers homes and lives,” Mr O’Brien said. “While planned burns can cause…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is concerned at a decision made late last night to suspend maternity services at the hospital in Horsham. The decision means that local expectant mothers will be forced to travel an extra two and a half hours to Ballarat or another regional hospital to give birth. Ms Kealy…
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