An 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 local roads is as low as 43 per cent. Member for Euroa and newly appointed Shadow Minister for Roads, Steph Ryan, said the polling reflected…
DetailsAmendments to strengthen the consequences for law-breaking activists caught trespassing on Victorian farms will be moved in Victorian Parliament today by the Liberals and Nationals. It’s expected the Bill to establish on-the-spot fines for farm trespass will be brought on for debate in the Legislative Council later today. The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Melina…
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The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien says Gippslanders are increasingly suffering due to the Andrews Labor Government’s disastrous mismanagement of the health system and ambulance services. Mr O’Brien was commenting after asking a question in State Parliament about the case of an 82-year-old woman who fell and injured herself in the main…
DetailsNationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy recently expressed his concern in Parliament calling for the Minister for Ambulance Services to address the ever-increasing decline of Ambulance call outs to our regional residents. In Parliament Mr McCurdy said, “I wish to raise a concern on behalf of a Wangaratta resident who recently dialled triple…
DetailsNationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy spoke in Parliament concerning the Andrews Government lack of support towards local business owners across the Ovens Valley. Mr McCurdy said, “I was recently contacted by a business owner from the Wangaratta region who is seeking vaccination mandates to be scrapped because of the difficulties they face…
DetailsAs 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…
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The 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…
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