Labor goes out back door as timber workers seek answers
The Andrews Labor Government today again turned its back on the native timber industry, refusing to meet workers set to lose their jobs. Lily D’Ambrosio, Labor’s Minister for Climate…
Funding certainty needed to get trucks off our local roads
The Andrews Labor Government must provide funding certainty for the Mode Shift Incentive Scheme (MSIS) to encourage more freight onto rail. The MSIS is an incentive program providing financial…
Victorians being punished for Labor’s financial incompetence
Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is outraged that funding for several key health projects in the Lowan electorate has not been included in the 2023-24 Victorian State Budget. Tabled…
RIP Victoria’s timber industry
The Andrews Labor Government has signed the final death warrant for Victoria’s sustainable native timber industry and entire communities in the state’s east. Despite promising a staged transition through…
Call to stop unsolicited phone calls re Energy Upgrades Program
Unsolicited phone calls from call centres purporting to be representatives of the Victorian Government’s Energy Upgrades Program has been raised in State Parliament by The Nationals. Deputy Leader of…
Mental health bed waiting times blow out, again
A key mental health target has been missed, again, with 60% of patients forced to wait longer than eight hours for a mental health bed in Victoria’s emergency departments. Data…
Labor risks the Victorian pork on your fork
A critical food producer may be left to fend for itself if the Andrews Government refuses to guarantee protections against extreme animal activists this Mother’s Day. In Parliament, Deputy Leader…
Labor votes against protections for kids
The Andrews Government has made drug injecting rooms a permanent next-door neighbour to Victorian primary schools. The Liberals and Nationals moved amendments to ban drug injecting rooms within 250 metres…
Nationals use their united front to hammer down AEMO door of secrecy
The Nationals have hit the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) with a united front to hammer home the message regional Victoria deserves the respect of proper community engagement and communication…
Common-sense amendments to put community safety at centre of injecting room laws
The Victorian Liberals and Nationals will this week move common-sense amendments to the Andrews Government’s injecting room laws. Key to these amendments is a suitability of premises requirement that…
Statement from the Shadow Minister for Mental Health
After quietly placing a consultation link on the Engage Victoria website, Labor has given Victorians just 21 days to have their say on a decision that will shape the future…
Kealy calls for commitment to PPEP Talk® program funding
Member for Lowan and Deputy Leader of the Nationals Emma Kealy has called on the Andrews Labor Government to commit the funding necessary to allow the continuation of the Periods,…