The Commonwealth Government ban on children under 16 years of age accessing social media platforms has come into effect and the Coalition Opposition are raising concerns about how the policy will work. Shadow Minister for Regional Communications and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said while the Coalition supported such a ban in May 2024…
DetailsVictorians have been forced to pick up the tab for more Allan Labor Government waste, with the government contracting a lawn mowing service to travel a 722-kilometre round trip from Epping to Nowa Nowa Primary School — despite local businesses being available to do the job at a fraction of the cost. During questioning in…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien has congratulated several local football and netball clubs on their successful applications to this year’s TAC Club Rewards Program. The program, delivered in partnership with AFL Victoria, encourages clubs to promote safe driving habits among members and the wider community. Mr O’Brien said he was happy to…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien says the Allan Labor Government’s month of free travel in November has been exposed as nothing more than a publicity stunt, with Gippsland commuters hit by 19 days of disruptions. “Labor offered free travel as a ‘thank you’ to Gippslanders, but more than half the month still…
DetailsGippslanders will soon face energy insecurity according to a damning new report from the Victorian Auditor-General into the Allan Labor Government’s management of the renewable energy transition. The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien said the report, Managing the Transition to Renewable Energy, confirmed that Victoria is not on track to meet its offshore…
DetailsAs we enter summer, The Nationals’ Melina Bath is calling on locals to make sure their property is bushfire ready. Ms Bath said after several milder, wetter years, an abundance of spring rain and not enough forest fuel reduction activity there is an abundance of fuel in state forests and national parks within eastern Victoria.…
DetailsToday’s motion of apology to Victoria’s First Nations people should be an opportunity for the Parliament and the people of Victoria to be unified in acknowledgment of the deep hurts endured by Aboriginal people in this state, and the continued disadvantage they face. As with Jeff Kennett’s motion of apology in 1997, it is a…
DetailsVictorians are being slugged more than $3 billion for Labor’s increased emergency services tax, yet frontline crews at Forest Fire Management Victoria are still stuck with offline vehicles and second-hand equipment from interstate. If this is what the Allan Labor Government calls “investment,” then Victorians deserve a refund. What exactly are we getting for this…
DetailsThe Albanese Labor Government has broken its promise to senior Australians, short-changing them on the delivery of new home care packages, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today. The Coalition secured an agreement in September 2024 to pass aged care reforms subject to a ‘no worse off principle’ on fee arrangements for those in…
DetailsA desperate Labor Government is trying to hoodwink Victorians and farmers by putting off a big tax hit from the new emergency services tax until after the state election. Victorians should be under no illusion that Labor still plans to whack them with a $3 billion new tax over coming years. Indeed, most Victorians are already paying…
DetailsThe Silver Review’s recommendation to abolish the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) confirms what many Victorians already knew — that this was a taxpayer-funded bureaucracy driven by ideology, not outcomes. In the last financial year alone, VEAC cost Victorian taxpayers more than $1.4 million, employed six full-time staff, and yet did not undertake a single…
DetailsVictorian recreational hunters and anglers must not suffer a reduction in services as the Allan Labor Government presses ahead with their proposed Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) and Game Management Authority (GMA) merger. While some peak bodies have acknowledged the potential merits of the merger, there remains deep concern within both the hunting and fishing communities…
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