Regional housing continues to hit crisis point
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, has major concerns about the housing shortage across the Ovens Valley, due, in part, to a myriad of new taxes and red tape…
McCurdy captures importance of funding regional sports
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, captured the importance of adequately funding community sport in Parliament this week. Community sport plays an integral part in brining communities together in…
Housing shortage reaches flashpoint in Ovens Valley
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy is disappointed to hear that the Victorian Government is again choosing to be short sighted when it comes to ensuring our regional residents…
Backing Victoria’s 401 Neighbourhood Houses
A Liberals and Nationals State Government will secure the future of Victoria’s Neighbourhood Houses, today announcing a commitment to providing increased recurrent funding should it form Government in November. Shadow…
New fire station for Korumburra on the agenda
Concerns have been raised over the suitability of the current Korumburra fire station to meet the needs of the local fire brigade and wider community. The Nationals Member for Gippsland…
“Reduce the water” – CFA volunteers given unfit vehicles
Local CFA brigades have been left dismayed after being asked to reduce the volume of water carried on firefighting vehicles to overcome an engineering failure. In State Parliament, The…
Local emergency services should feature in budget
Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull is hoping to see some key projects ticked off in next week’s State Budget. “There is some important infrastructure that needs to be…
Positive plan for Victorian women and girls to regain lost ground after COVID
Today we mark the contributions of Victorian women and girls to end toxic culture in the workplace and ‘Break the Bias’ to forge a path forward to gender equality. Sadly,…
Andrews Government backflips on local newspaper cuts
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy recently spoke in Parliament highlighting concerns that he and other National Party MP’s share regarding the Victorian Government’s Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Bill 2021. Mr…
No more lockdowns, fixing health waitlists in The Nationals’ plan for Shepparton’s recovery
Skyrocketing surgery waiting lists will be halved under an elected Liberals and Nationals Government so people in Shepparton can get the treatment they need, sooner. The Code Brown that has…
Labor directs city banks to call shots for rural communities
State-owned schools, health services and organisations have been directed to close accounts with smaller regional banks and transfer funds to Commonwealth, Westpac or NAB banks. The new Victorian Government…
Special Education daily RAT recommendation confusion
Children with disabilities are being asked to undertake five rapid antigen tests (RATs) each week before attending special development school by the Andrews Government. In contrast, mainstream school students are…