Backing our Brumbies in the Ovens Valley
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, has lauded the recent motion in the Legislative Council to force the Andrews Labor Government to end the barbaric shooting of wild Brumbies…
Labor should control pigs rather than shoot brumbies
State Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, has asked the Minister for Agriculture to address the explosion of feral pig numbers in the far north-east of state. Landholders in the…
A win for brumbies, the environment and Australia’s heritage
Today is an important day for animal welfare in Victoria as the Parliament has ordered that Labor stop their extermination of Victoria’s brumby population. A motion in the Legislative Council…
The Nationals back farmers with riverfront camping changes
The Nationals have announced a policy to back farmers who are angry about Labor Government plans to allow camping on their riverfront licences. The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny…
Nationals to reinstate farmers’ rights with riverfront camping changes
The Nationals in government will give power back to landholders to decide who can camp on their river frontages, while increasing penalties for people who flout the rules. The Nationals…
Vic Government permits Sambar Deer population to grow out of control
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy is concerned that the Victorian Government has allowed Sambar Deer population to grow out of control in areas across the Ovens Valley electorate.…
Labor playing politics with harvesters’ lives
The Andrews Labor Government has set the stage for an ugly showdown between legal forestry workers and increasingly belligerent and reckless protestors by blocking urgent amendments to legislation covering the…
Labor leaves farmers vulnerable to threat of FMD
The Andrews Labor Government is determined to leave Victoria’s farmers stranded with its refusal to support The Nationals in legislating common-sense changes to better protect licenced water frontage and Australia’s…
Clear plans needed from Labor for biosecurity
Under questioning in State Parliament today, Victorian Minister for Agriculture Gayle Tierney refused to make public the plans of what the Andrews Labor Government is doing to ensure that Victoria…
Update your farm biosecurity management plans
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath is encouraging livestock producers to update their farm biosecurity management plans to better protect their properties from a potential foot and…
Much more to do in relation to foot-and-mouth disease
While Zoos Victoria have completely closed parts of their zoos due to foot-and-mouth disease concerns, the Andrews Labor Government is pushing ahead with permitting camping on farms. Local Nationals MP,…
McCurdy calls for plebiscite from North East Water
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, is calling on North East Water (NEW) to hold a plebiscite into the proposed location of a new raw water offtake plant in…