In yet another example of regional Victorians being short-changed by the city-centric Allan Labor Government, Protective Services Officers (PSOs) have been stationed at all five new Metro Tunnel train stations while pleas for adequate resources at regional stations are ignored. The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has led calls for more resources since being…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government is not only continuing to roll out speed limit reductions instead of fixing our roads, but is now also failing to notify affected communities. Locals were outraged this week when signs appeared on the Ararat-Halls Gap Road between Moyston and Ararat reducing the speed limit from 100km/h to 80km/h, without any…
DetailsVictoria’s “seriously flawed” WorkSafe processes have come under fire from The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, who highlighted the case of a young Latrobe Valley resident being failed by the system. Byron Foley was a 20-year-old fitter and turner apprentice when he suffered a catastrophic workplace injury in 2021 after a steel pipe struck…
DetailsThe release of the Silver Review confirms the Allan Labor Government is wasting billions on a bloated, inefficient bureaucracy that continues to fail regional Victorians. Labor’s Silver Review which remained secret for the past six months was to deliver cost savings, reduce duplication and cut executive government jobs in to reign in the state’s ballooning…
DetailsThe Parliamentary Inquiry into the decommissioning of Victoria’s oil and gas industry has commenced, with the committee hearing from industry, environmental groups and the Centre of Decommissioning Australia (CODA) on day one. Environment and Planning Committee member, The Nationals’ Melina Bath said while the Inquiry covers the entire state, Gippsland is at the heart of…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien says the South Gippsland Highway is being kept on life support with constant patch-ups instead of receiving the proper investment it clearly needs. Mr O’Brien was commenting after the Minister for Roads advised that 169 separate maintenance tasks have been carried out on the Leongatha–Korumburra section of…
DetailsCalls for urgent improvements to ambulance response times continue as Ambulance Victoria performance data reveals response times remain well short of targets. The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien said the latest figures, which cover July–September 2025, confirm that the Allan Labor Government is continuing to fail Gippsland communities when it comes to critical…
DetailsThe 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…
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