A Liberal Nationals Government will deliver a massive $175 million expansion of home and community care and support for Victorians with chronic disease and other conditions who can safely be treated outside hospital in the comfort of their own home and in their community. Many Victorians have to be admitted into a public hospital or…
The Nationals Member for Mildura Peter Crisp has today announced that an elected Liberal Nationals government will fund and build a residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre for Mildura. The 18 to 20-bed centre will address the critical need for residential rehabilitation services in north-west Victoria. Mr Crisp was joined in Mildura today by Shadow…
Tuesday 18 June 2019 Labor’s legacy on the botched, stalled Murray Basin Rail Project Out-of-money and indefinitely on hold: this is the Andrews Labor Government’s legacy for the stalled Murray Basin Rail Project. Under questioning in Parliament today, Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan again arrogantly denied responsibility for botching the major upgrade works instead of…
Daniel Andrews and his failed Public Transport Minister, Jacinta Allan, must come clean on their secret plan to swallow up country rail services into the struggling metropolitan PTV system. The Andrews Labor Government has appointed Jeroen Weimar, CEO of Public Transport Victoria (PTV) to the role of V/Line Board Chairman from 1 July. Quotes attributable…
Shepparton will finally get the rail service it has long wanted under a Liberal National plan to revitalise the city’s rail services and help decentralise Victoria’s economic and population growth. The Liberal Nationals will double the current number of return rail services from Shepparton to Melbourne. Through a $77 million investment the Liberal Nationals will…
First, Luke Donnellan denigrated and disrespected country Victorians. Now he is straight out lying to us. Asked today in Parliament if Labor’s botched placement of wire rope barriers would result in workers mowing kilometres of the Hume Fwy grass verge with push mowers, the Roads Minister responded ‘no’. But photographs of workers mowing the edges of…
Communities along Victoria’s state borders will benefit from the services of a dedicated Cross Border Commissioner under an elected Liberal Nationals government. People living and working in Victoria’s border communities alongside New South Wales and South Australia face unique problems, including with access to services, licencing and coordination of emergency services. Shadow Minister for Regional…
The Nationals have announced nominations for preselection for the seat of Morwell in November’s State Election will open on February 5. Nationals State President Neil Pankhurst said The Nationals are seeking candidates who are committed to fighting in the best interests of the Morwell electorate. “The 2018 state election is an opportunity for the Latrobe…
Today, Labor’s Roads Minister Luke Donnellan detailed his ‘bold plan’ to fix country Victoria’s deteriorating road network – a new website. Country Victorians don’t need a website to tell us regional and rural roads have been seriously neglected by the Andrews Labor Government. What’s worse is that Luke Donnellan’s ‘bold plan’ doesn’t include a cent…
Shadow Water Minister Steph Ryan is encouraging landholders to make their views known on the Andrews Labor Government’s draft Rural Drainage Strategy. Ms Ryan said she was concerned the strategy failed to provide greater clarity around the management of rural drainage schemes. Labor’s strategy proposes that rural drainage schemes will be managed in four ways:…
Water Minister Lisa Neville must insist Labor’s senators stand up for the interests of Victoria’s Basin communities. Labor’s Victorian senators Kim Carr, Jacinta Collins, Gavin Marshall and Kimberley Kitching have been completely silent about where they stand on the recovery of the 450GL of up water from the Southern Basin. In 2013 The Nationals moved…
If Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan is genuinely committed to making Victoria’s freight rail network as ‘efficient and safe as possible’ Labor should fund upgrades at level crossings on the Maryborough to Mildura line. The Andrews Labor Government today announced the appointment of a Rail Freight Advisory Council to advise on rail industry issues. Freight rail is…