Monday 26 February 2024 Member for Mildura, Jade Benham as part of the Victorian Parliament’s Integrity and Oversight Committee, will begin hearings as part of its Inquiry into the Operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Vic). “The Committee has already received valuable submissions, and the upcoming public hearings give organisations and…
DetailsFriday 23 February 2024 The Allan Labor Government has cold-heartedly stonewalled questions on how many Regional Development Victoria staff will lose their jobs. Amid redundancies, and fears 130 jobs will be lost, the Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney showed a complete lack of respect for the dire situation. Regional Development Victoria has driven rural…
DetailsThursday 22 February 2024 The Liberals and Nationals support the addition of mandatory training to the Working with Children Check application process. An on-line training process, in addition to the current checks, must be immediately supported by the Allan Labor Government. The training module is a small, simple reform that can only…
DetailsThursday 22 February 2024 The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, says soaring energy costs and increasingly unreliable supply means many people are now living in “energy poverty”. More than half a million Victorians were affected by last week’s power outage, but the state government was warned last year that its failure to maintain…
Details22 February 2024 The Nationals have called on the Allan Labor Government to fix a policy black hole regarding skyrocketing insurance premiums for farmers near large-scale solar and renewable energy projects. Nationals Member for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland said farmers neighbouring large renewable projects were potentially facing huge increases in insurance premiums and at risk…
DetailsWednesday 21 February 2024 Premier Jacinta Allan has refused to say when the Government will release the long-awaited report by Ken Lay on an injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD. This is despite the Legislative Council today passing a motion requiring the Allan Government to produce the report to Parliament by 6 March. …
DetailsWednesday 21 February 2024 Victorians will finally get answers on the future of a second injecting room, with the Allan Labor Government now forced to release details within the next fortnight. A motion passed in the Legislative Council this morning, requiring the Government to table the results of Ken Lay’s report into a…
DetailsMonday 19 February 2024 Dear Editor, The Victorian Nationals have won a five-year long battle to allow counsellors to provide much needed mental health support to students as part of Victoria’s Mental Health Practitioners in Schools program. For too many students, the lingering impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and associated school closures has…
DetailsTuesday 20 February 2024 Sick Victorians with kidney disease face daily uncertainty in their struggle to access dialysis treatment. Advocating for a Langwarrin constituent in State Parliament, The Nationals, Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath said dialysis treatment in our hospitals is “oversubscribed” and called on the Allan Labor Government to increase the number of…
DetailsMonday 19 February 2024 Victoria is facing a crisis in its emergency health response system, with alarming reports revealing significant shortcomings in both the triple-0 service and the Mobile Intensive Care Ambulance (MICA) service. The recent revelations regarding Victoria’s triple-0 cris are deeply troubling. Desperate Victorians have been forced to be…
DetailsFriday 16 February 2024 The Nationals have won a two-year long battle to enhance the protection of farmers’ private property from radical animal activists following the recent passage of the Biosecurity Legislation Amendment (Incident Response) Bill 2024. Deputy Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Emma Kealy is pleased to see…
DetailsFriday 16 February 2024 Today, Victorian Opposition Leader, John Pesutto, joined local Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien, to visit Mirboo North to hear directly from local residents and emergency service workers and volunteers. Mr Pesutto and Mr O’Brien were joined by Members for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath and Renee Health to see…
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