As our state comes up for air after two exhausting years of uncertainty and six long, draining COVID lockdowns, we are assessing the damage on our kids, our small businesses and across our communities and the Victorian economy. We know some parts of our society were more heavily affected than others. With the marking of…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government has admitted it “expected” weaknesses in road pavements to be revealed by recent shoulder widening works across Gippsland that left local arterial roads in a state of disrepair. Responding to questioning by The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien, the State Minister for Roads, Ben Carroll, confessed that the construction…
DetailsThe Government has attempted to silence questions in State Parliament today on allegations of bullying, intimidation and harassment of women within Victorian Labor and the Premier’s private office. Shadow Minister for Women Emma Kealy was prevented from asking the Premier to unreservedly apologise to former Labor MP Kaushaliya Vaghela who resigned from the Party earlier…
DetailsToday we mark the contributions of Victorian women and girls to end toxic culture in the workplace and ‘Break the Bias’ to forge a path forward to gender equality. Sadly, Victoria’s gender pay gap worsened during the COVID pandemic, increasing from 9.6 per cent in May 2020 to 12.2 per cent in May 2021, a…
DetailsNationals State Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, is seeking more information on two mental health and wellbeing centres to be established in Bairnsdale and Orbost. “Having spoken of the increasing need for mental health supports in our region in Parliament, particularly on the back or drought, fires and Covid, this is overdue –…
DetailsNationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy recently spoke in Parliament highlighting concerns that he and other National Party MP’s share regarding the Victorian Government’s Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Bill 2021. Mr McCurdy said, “after pressure from the Nationals the Andrews Government has finally backed down.” In Parliament, Mr McCurdy said, “I was recently contacted by…
DetailsChaos has ensued on the West Gate Freeway this morning with motorists wasting hours idling due to more mismanagement from the State Labor Government. It is understood that a disagreement between WorkSafe and CFMEU officials over West Gate Tunnel safety certificates has caused equipment to be left on the freeway, leaving morning peak hour commuters…
DetailsNew data revealed today shows thousands of vulnerable youths at crisis point are now waiting more than 60 days for mental health appointments. The strain of demand has led five psychiatrists to quit the sector in recent months. Shadow Minister for Mental Health Emma Kealy said there were immediate solutions that should be implemented to…
DetailsVictoria has today announced details of a Stolen Generations redress scheme. It comes two long years since the Government first flagged the intention to establish a Stolen Generations Reparations package. Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Peter Walsh said truth, healing and righting past wrongs are an important part of reconciliation and must go hand-in-hand with…
DetailsThe Labor Government has been forced into an embarrassing retreat on a big new housing tax on first homebuyers and families in Shepparton. The Andrews Government dramatically axed the tax, which would have added an estimated $20,000 to cost of buying new housing, after backlash from the property, building and construction industries. Leader of The…
DetailsA Parliamentary Inquiry into power station industry transition and the Latrobe Valley Authority (LVA) saw the LVA grilled on its effectiveness in reducing unemployment and creating jobs in Latrobe City. At the Inquiry, established by The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath said the LVA appeared more interested in protecting the Andrews Government…
DetailsNationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy spoke in Parliament expressing his utter disappointment and growing concern for residents across the Ovens Valley whose health dilemmas continue to be constantly ignored by Premier Andrews. Mr McCurdy said, “The lack of investment in health services across regional Victoria has hit an all time low. …
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