The affordability of essential goods and services is worsening under the Andrews Government after a raft of increased taxes and charges came into effect on 1 July 2023 in Victoria. Analysis by the independent Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) analysis revealed the full impact of the Andrews Government’s new Rent Tax and COVID Debt Levy, which…
DetailsVictorians are paying the highest property taxes in the nation – driving up rents, making housing less affordable and putting home ownership further and further out of reach for families in the Northern Victoria region, according to Nationals MP Gaelle Broad. Under the Andrews Government, residents in Northern Vcitoria will pay a total of…
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Damaged road barriers in East Gippsland are not being repaired in over 12 months. Gippsland East Nationals’ MP, Tim Bull, said he has raised the lack of repairs with the Roads and Road Safety Minister in the last sitting week of Parliament before the mid-year break. “Between Bairnsdale and Sale there are 170…
DetailsV/Line passengers using the Albury line are still continuing to struggle finding seating for the trips to and from Melbourne, with many locals forced to stand or sit on the floor for large periods of time. Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, said that whilst community pressure had forced the Victorian Government to add…
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Kim O’Keeffe, the Nationals Member for Shepparton District, is calling for significant financial investment in agriculture education to inspire students to pursue a career in the industry. Ms O’Keeffe participated in a recent roundtable discussion, facilitated by La Trobe University Chancellor, the Hon John Brumby AO. The event brought together 40 participants with the…
DetailsThe Andrews Government has again shown its disdain for the Latrobe Valley by hosting the State Electricity Commission Energy Jobs and Skills Forum in Melbourne last week, despite repeatedly claiming the SEC will be brought back to Morwell. The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, said the decision to hold the event at the…
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The Victorian Nationals MPs recently volunteered to cook dinner for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Melbourne’s North Fitzroy. Ronald McDonald Houses in Victoria and Tasmania support more than 2000 families of seriously ill children, as well as high-risk pregnancies requiring medical treatment, predominantly from regional and rural areas. The Nationals…
DetailsLabor has run out of time and excuses and must immediately release the findings of Ken Lay’s report into a second injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD. The Minister for Mental Health, Gabrielle Williams, today again refused to go into any detail on the findings, saying only that the report would be released in “due course”.…
DetailsVictorians have been snubbed in the Albanese Labor Government’s $1.8 billion disaster recovery plan, impacting flood-ravaged communities and hitting the hip pocket of everyone in the state. Every other state will receive advance disaster recovery payments for declared states of natural disaster, while Victorians miss out after Premier Daniel Andrews’ arrogantly refused to declare the…
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The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, is calling on the Andrews Government to immediately address skyrocketing rates of homelessness in the Latrobe Valley as a matter of emergency. New data from the Council to Homeless Persons has revealed that homelessness in the Morwell electorate has increase a whopping 85 per cent in the…
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Caravan parks impacted by the 2022 floods need urgent support from the State Government to rebuild and recover, according to Nationals MP Gaelle Broad. Ms Broad told Parliament that a submission to the flood inquiry from the Victorian Caravan Parks Association noted 30 caravan parks were directly impacted by the floods. “This caused…
DetailsThe State Government is holding on to surplus land that could be used to help tackle the current housing crisis, Nationals MP Gaelle Broad said today. Ms Broad said prime locations in areas such as Bendigo and Wodonga were sitting idle while regional Victoria faces a rental and housing affordability crisis. “In Bendigo,…
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