Local MP and deputy Nationals leader Steph Ryan has added the roads portfolio to her existing responsibilities as the Shadow Minister for water, public transport and liquor and gaming. Ms Ryan has vowed to use the role to continue the fight to increase spending and improve the quality of all Victorian roads. “I will continue…
The Victorian Labor Government’s unwillingness to support a western Victorian food manufacturer to expand its local operations has seen our state lose thousands of jobs to South Australia. South Australian Premier Steven Marshall is today celebrating his state securing a massive investment in food manufacturing with Horsham’s Australian Plant Proteins to set up a commercial…
Labor’s plans for a second injecting room on Melbourne’s iconic Degraves Street cafe strip has been categorically rejected by local traders, residents and now Melbourne’s Lord Mayor. The Andrews Labor Government secretly spent more than $40 million buying the old Yooralla building on Flinders Street at the same time as it pursued plans to open…
Treasurer Tim Pallas has finally apologised today for his disgraceful slur directed at a female Labor colleague and the Premier must now do the same. Amid a frenzied press conference announcing the Andrews Labor Government has been forced to withdraw its own legislation to impose a big new housing tax on Victorians, Treasurer Tim Pallas…
The Labor Government’s unwillingness to support Horsham-based food manufacturer Australian Plant Proteins to expand its local operations has seen thousands of local jobs lost to South Australia. South Australian Premier Steven Marshall is today celebrating his state securing a massive investment in food manufacturing, with APP to set up a commercial-scale pulse protein extraction facility…
The Andrews Labor Government has cut the capacity of the aerial firefighting aircraft based in Shepparton. Member for Euroa and Deputy Nationals leader Steph Ryan and The Nationals’ candidate for Nicholls Sam Birrell joined CFA volunteer Tom Brodie at Shepparton airport this morning to flag concerns about the changes. Ms Ryan said the government signed…
The Monaro Highway, a critical freight route in and out of East Gippsland, is the latest in the local roads network requiring urgent attention with local Nationals MP, Tim Bull, saying “just like many others, it is falling to bits”. This comes on the back of Roads and Road Safety Minister, Ben Carroll, spruiking in…
Member for Euroa Steph Ryan has invited the state’s Police Minister to visit Euroa to inspect the local police station. Speaking in Parliament this week, Ms Ryan said Euroa’s police station was no longer fit for purpose and needed to be rebuilt. “The building in Kirkland Avenue is small, old and inadequate for modern policing,”…
The Andrews Labor Government has backtracked on its plan to take revenue from regional newspapers after strenuous opposition from The Nationals and the community. Labor’s Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Bill 2021, introduced in Parliament earlier in February, sought to remove a requirement for the state government and local councils to communicate changes and consultation opportunities…
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath has highlighted the dangerous state of the Great Alpine Road in Gippsland’s high country in State Parliament this week. Raising the issue on behalf of locals, Ms Bath called out unsatisfactory engineering works, substandard road repairs and poor communication from Regional Roads Victoria. “The Great Alpine…
Growing State Labor Government housing taxes are putting affordability even more out of reach for struggling Gippslanders. The Nationals Member for Gippsland South Danny O’Brien raised concerns in State Parliament this week at the difficulty Gippslanders, particularly first home buyers, are having in finding somewhere to live. “While the State Government’s latest housing tax –…
A new housing tax that will add an average of $20,000 to the cost of buying a home in regional Victoria will be opposed by The Nationals in Parliament. Announced on Friday and yet to be debated in Victorian Parliament, the State Labor Government’s new housing tax has already been vehemently opposed by property industry…