The Education Minister has assured Parliament the old school sites of Mooroopna Secondary College, McGuire College and Wanganui Park Secondary College will not be sold off. The news came just two weeks after Deputy Leader of the Nationals Steph Ryan sought a guarantee of that very nature from the Minister. The controversial super school project and amalgamation…
The Liberals and Nationals have recently launched a new positive campaign set to fill the workforce shortages and bring thousands of skilled workers to regional Victoria. Mr McCurdy said, “Our skilled workers are essential for our regions. Without enough workers in our hospitality industries, school sectors, hospitals, farms and so on, many businesses are…
Decades of health worker shortages in Mildura are crippling the region’s ability to get on top of long delays for surgery. Today in State Parliament, Health Minister Martin Foley was unable to say just how many sick Victorians are stuck on the state’s health waitlist, despite predictions there’s now more than 100,000 people whose surgery…
The Liberals and Nationals have launched a positive campaign to fill workforce shortages and bring thousands of skilled workers to regional Victoria. Victoria has requested just 750 skilled worker visas from the Commonwealth Government this year, compared to a massive 3640 in New South Wales. Victoria’s ask makes up just six per cent of the…
The Liberals and Nationals have launched a positive campaign to fill workforce shortages and bring thousands of skilled workers to regional Victoria. Victoria has requested just 750 skilled worker visas from the Commonwealth Government this year, compared to a massive 3640 in New South Wales. Victoria’s ask makes up just six per cent of the…
New data from Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute shows large gaps in the provision of childcare across rural and regional communities, including the Euroa electorate. The study, which classifies communities as a childcare ‘desert’ or an ‘oasis’, depending on the availability of care, shows most local communities are a desert with either no childcare service or…
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy recently spoke in Parliament highlighting his concerns about the Andrews Government’s 2021-22 budget skipping regional schools within the Ovens Valley region. In Parliament Mr McCurdy said, “There is plenty of money being spent on education in Melbourne and not enough in our regional towns. “When we…
Local outcomes on better health, education, employment and housing for Aboriginal Victorians is in the spotlight today for National Close the Gap Day. Victoria has failed to close the gap in four of the seven original priority target measures and has recorded declining outcomes in education participation, Indigenous suicide rates and out-of-home care. Aboriginal Australian’s…
As our state comes up for air after two exhausting years of uncertainty and six long, draining COVID lockdowns, we are assessing the damage on our kids, our small businesses and across our communities and the Victorian economy. We know some parts of our society were more heavily affected than others. With the marking of…
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, Victoria’s gender pay gap worsened during the COVID pandemic, increasing from 9.6 per cent in May 2020 to 12.2 per cent in May 2021, a…
Victoria has today announced details of a Stolen Generations redress scheme. It comes two long years since the Government first flagged the intention to establish a Stolen Generations Reparations package. Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Peter Walsh said truth, healing and righting past wrongs are an important part of reconciliation and must go hand-in-hand with…
A Parliamentary Inquiry into power station industry transition and the Latrobe Valley Authority (LVA) saw the LVA grilled on its effectiveness in reducing unemployment and creating jobs in Latrobe City. At the Inquiry, established by The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath said the LVA appeared more interested in protecting the Andrews Government…