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…
DetailsLocal 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…
DetailsMore 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…
DetailsA 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…
DetailsMany 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…
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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…
DetailsHeroin 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…
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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…
Details“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…
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$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…
DetailsThe sad state of country roads is driving outrage among regional motorists with new data painting a picture of Victoria’s most neglected local government areas. Damning data from Ratepayers Victoria…
DetailsAn incredibly low number of regional ratepayers are satisfied with the state of their local roads, according to new data from Ratepayers Victoria. Across the electorate of Euroa, satisfaction with…
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