A petition calling for three years of relief from council rates and the Emergency Services Tax for bushfire-affected properties has been tabled in the Victorian Parliament with 603 signatures. The petition, sponsored by Nationals Member for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland MP, calls for three years of council rate relief and three years of relief from the…
DetailsA scathing report from the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office has confirmed that Victorian roads are falling apart, and the Labor Government has known about it for years while doing nothing to fix them. The Auditor-General’s report revealed the depths of Labor’s neglect of our roads and highlighted that the maintenance gap was only getting wider as…
DetailsRegional families and childcare providers are bearing the brunt of workforce shortages, childcare deserts and growing bureaucracy, while the Labor Government turned a blind eye to long-standing issues in the early childhood sector, according to a parliamentary report. The findings come after the Select Inquiry into the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector in Victoria…
DetailsNeighbourhood Houses are the quiet achievers of our communities, providing practical help, connection and support to thousands of Victorians every week. Deputy Leader of The Nationals and Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has recognised the extraordinary contribution of Neighbourhood Houses and called for funding that reflects the important work they do. “Our Neighbourhood Houses are…
DetailsThe Nationals’ Member for Mildura and Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Jade Benham has criticised the Carroll Labor Government’s Associations Incorporation Reform Amendment Bill 2026 as having nothing to do with protecting workers and everything to do with protecting Labor’s union donors from competition. Speaking on the Bill in Parliament, Ms Benham said Labor had…
DetailsVictorians are paying the price for the Carroll Labor Government’s failure to regulate the illicit tobacco and nicotine market after another firebombing in Sunshine overnight. Damning new evidence that almost every tobacco store checked across 110 Victorian suburbs is selling illicit nicotine products proves the Labor Government has completely lost control of the tobacco black market.…
DetailsDoctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals will be offered incentives of up to $10,000 to take up critical jobs in regional areas like Gippsland under a new plan from The Nationals. In government, The Nationals will invest $40 million over four years to establish a Victorian Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme, helping regional hospitals…
DetailsImmediate action must be taken to protect Victoria’s poultry industry and regional communities after it a Victorian fox was the state’s first recorded case of H5 bird flu found in a mammal. The confirmation is a serious new development that could have significant ramifications for other species in Victoria with authorities also investigating a suspected…
DetailsIncentives of up to $10,000 will be offered to doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals under a Nationals plan to tackle critical health workforce shortages. The Nationals Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland MP, announced a $40 million investment over four years to establish a Victorian Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme if elected to government,…
DetailsDoctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals will be offered incentives of up to $10,000 to take up critical jobs in regional Victoria under a new plan from The Nationals and Liberals. If elected to government, the Coalition will invest $40 million over four years to establish a Victorian Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme, helping…
DetailsThe Nationals will make it easier for health professionals who grew up in country Victoria to come home, build their careers and care for the communities that raised them. If elected to government, the Nationals and Liberals will invest $40 million to establish a Victorian Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme to attract and retain doctors,…
DetailsA proven roads program that delivered millions of dollars for local road and bridge upgrades before being scrapped by Labor will be restored under a Liberals and Nationals’ Government, The Nationals’ candidate for Gippsland East, Gemma Rendell, has announced. The $288 million commitment will restore the Country Roads and Bridges Program, providing each of Victoria’s…
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