Licence testing must resume
East Gippsland’s young adults need to be able to obtain their driving licences during the Coronavirus lockdown. Nationals Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, said it was not right…
Responsible Gambling Awareness Week, time to reflect
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, has encouraged people to consider the impact that gambling has on their lives and family relationships during Responsible Gambling Awareness Week, which for…
Kealy hosts visit by Shadow Minister for Education to Longy
The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy has hosted a visit to the electorate by the Shadow Minister for Education, Cindy McLeish MP, taking the opportunity to tour Longerenong College…
Incentives for health professionals urgently needed
Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has called on the Andrews Labor Government to explain what it’s doing to address critical GP shortages in rural health, as communities in western Victoria…
Poll shows overwhelming opposition to super school
The Andrews Labor Government should halt its plan to create a super school in Shepparton, after a poll conducted across the Shepparton electorate showed more than 60 percent of people…
Shepparton teachers gagged over superschool
Shepparton school teachers concerned about the Andrews Labor Government’s new super school have been warned not to criticise the school in public. The minutes from a school meeting in May…
Liberal Nationals to break down barriers for rural students
A young person’s future shouldn’t be determined by where they live. For many young regional Victorians the daunting challenge of moving away from family and friends for tertiary education is…
Half a billion missing from the education department
Victoria’s training budget was underspent by hundreds of millions of dollars in 2016-17 but no one seems to know where the money has gone. Asked today how much money was…
Dairy training
Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE’s decision to cut dairy training at Warragul and Leongatha raises more questions than it answers. The Andrews Government must come clean on the number of students…
Young people call bull on Mikakos’ excuses
Young people encouraged to apply for Labor’s Youth Congress are still waiting to hear if their applications were successful, four months after the Congress was due to begin. Asked about…
Tierney hides training report, now eight months overdue
Background The Andrews Labor Government is burying key data showing the extent of its cuts to Victoria’s struggling training system. Asked about the delay of the 2016 training market report…
Labor’s failed Federation Training ‘rescue’
Daniel Andrews’ TAFE ‘rescue’ has been a total sham. A third of Federation Training’s workforce was sacked with 182 full time equivalent staff losing their jobs at the TAFE in…