Local CFA brigades who were asked to reduce the volume of water carried on firefighting vehicles to overcome an engineering failure have had a win, with works now completed to see their vehicles returned to full operational capacity. Earlier this year The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien asked the Minister for Emergency Services…
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The Andrews Labor Government has failed to commit to any additional passenger rail services on the Gippsland line between Traralgon and Bairnsdale despite works on the line in excess of $530 million. Speaking in Parliament earlier this month, The Nationals Member for Gippsland South and Shadow Minster for Public Transport, Danny O’Brien asked the Minister…
DetailsThe Erica and District Fire Brigade has had its sixteen-year fire equipment maintenance contract to the Victorian Government owned Thomson Dam terminated. Last week Melbourne Water told volunteers they were no longer required to do the safety inspections because their contract had been awarded to a Melbourne-based company. The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region,…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government needs to come clean on the temporary closure of the Dispute Settlement Centre of Victoria (DSCV) and outline its plans to reinstate normal services for the people of Victoria. The DSCV has been “temporarily closed” since March this year. Nationals MP, Tim Bull sought answers several months ago relating to when…
DetailsState Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, has asked the Minister for Agriculture to address the explosion of feral pig numbers in the far north-east of state. Landholders in the Dellicknora area have reported an explosion in the feral pig populations on public land, due to favourable breeding conditions. “The concern is two-fold, firstly they…
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The Nationals have committed to investing $8 billion into regional healthcare, if elected to Government. Under the Nationals Regional Infrastructure Guarantee, 25 per cent of the $35 billion saved by shelving the Cheltenham to Box Hill rail line in Melbourne, will be injected into regional Victoria including funds for much needed upgrades to regional healthcare.…
DetailsSharp drops, landslips and speed reductions because of a crumbling road surface have earned the Great Alpine Road the title of Victoria’s worst road. The road was awarded the less-than-coveted title from thousands of votes in the Liberals and Nationals’ worst road campaign. The public vote to find Victoria’s most dangerous stretch of road saw…
DetailsNationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, has major concerns about the housing shortage across the Ovens Valley, due, in part, to a myriad of new taxes and red tape delaying developments. Speaking in Parliament, Mr McCurdy said, “Housing across regional Victoria and specifically in the Ovens Valley electorate is at crisis point. If the…
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Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, recently highlighted key concerns recorded about Labor’s lack of funding for education in the Ovens Valley, with particular focus on the long overdue upgrades at the Yarrawonga P-12 College. The Stage 2 upgrades were originally proposed and budgeted for by the Coalition Government in 2014, before the Andrews…
DetailsToday is an important day for animal welfare in Victoria as the Parliament has ordered that Labor stop their extermination of Victoria’s brumby population. A motion in the Legislative Council of the Parliament has passed, with Coalition MPs and crossbench MPs voting in favour of cancelling current, and planned, aerial and ground shooting of brumbies.…
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Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, captured the importance of adequately funding community sport in Parliament this week. Community sport plays an integral part in brining communities together in the Ovens Valley, and regional Victoria more broadly. Mr McCurdy said, “Sporting facilities are an incredibly important part of all of our communities, in every…
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The Nationals have announced a policy to back farmers who are angry about Labor Government plans to allow camping on their riverfront licences. The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien said The Nationals and Liberals in government would amend the Government’s ill-conceived changes which allow camping on farmers’ riverfront land in locations around the…
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