The Allan Labor Government has lost the trust of 9 in 10 Victorian farmers as revealed by a Victorian Farmers Federation survey. In Question Time today, the Minister for Agriculture, Ros Spence, refused to explain how sacking more than 200 Agriculture Victoria staff over the past three years would build trust with Victorian producers or…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government continues to dodge questions surrounding cutbacks to Victoria’s emergency services. Victorians could be facing summer at the beach without paid lifeguards because of Labor cutbacks, but the Minister for Emergency Services today ducked and weaved under direct questioning in Parliament. Despite Victorians facing a $3 billion emergency services tax hike,…
DetailsMelbourne’s iconic Chapel Street is now overrun with illicit tobacco traders, leaving local businesses exposed to crime and residents living in fear. Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Tim McCurdy, said the Allan Labor Government had failed the community by acting too late. Victoria remains the only state in Australia without a serious, properly…
DetailsVictorians could be facing summer at the beach without paid lifeguards because of Labor Government cutbacks, despite a $3 billion emergency services tax hike. It has been revealed Life Saving Victoria (LSV) is seeking additional funds from coastal councils to cover the cost of paid lifeguards on our beaches. This is despite Labor taxing Victorians…
DetailsLabor promised no frontline service cuts — yet the Premier is now targeting Victoria’s incredible team of agricultural research scientists. This is a total disregard for the 21,300 farm businesses across Victoria — the lifeblood of our regional communities — who generate well over $14 billion in agricultural produce and drive around 27 per cent…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government’s continued contempt for regional Victorians has hit a new low, with the government unexpectedly expanding proposed renewable energy zones in the Wimmera, Mallee and south-west. The zones form part of the final VicGrid 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan released today, which identifies areas where the government wants to build wind, solar and battery projects.…
DetailsReality has already bitten in households and businesses across Victoria as rates notices – including the insidious emergency services tax – arrive in letter boxes. Victorians are now copping the full force of Labor’s $3 billion emergency services tax grab and it makes for ugly reading. In some instances, Victorians are being forced…
DetailsLabor’s controversial Emergency Services Tax hitting ratepayers Victorian households and businesses will begin receiving council rates notices this month containing the Allan Labor Government’s deeply unpopular new Emergency Services Tax. This new tax replaces the former Fire Services Property Levy and delivers massive increases: 100% hike for residential and commercial properties 64% rise for industrial…
DetailsA compelling Parliamentary Intern Report into the state of biodiversity in Victoria’s National Parks has found that urgent reform is needed. The research topic was commissioned by Nationals’ MP and Shadow Minister for Public Land Management, Melina Bath through the Victorian Parliamentary Internship Program, and was completed by University of Melbourne student Anastasia Scarpaci. Following…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government continues to take short cuts on fixing Victoria’s appalling roads, its latest move to privatise a key road maintenance agency. Government-owned Sprayline Road Services, which repairs roads across the Loddon-Mallee, Grampians and eastern metropolitan Melbourne areas, will be off-loaded to a private operator by July 1 next year. Maintenance services will…
DetailsMore than 1180 gas customers across 10 Victorian communities have been told their supply will be shut off by the end of next year in the latest blow to regional communities under Labor’s anti-gas agenda. A total of 1150 households and 34 businesses in Marong, Terang, Lakes Entrance, Orbost, Heathcote, Nathalia, Swan Hill, Maldon,…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government continues to mislead Victorians on cuts to emergency services as the impact of the cruel emergency services tax looms. Premier Jacinta Allan in Parliament today declared the tax is “all about providing more support to our fire and emergency services’’. That claim is in stark contrast with reality, as budget cuts…
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