A plan to boost youth mental health services by 2026 is years too late for children who are suffering right now and could benefit from other immediate reforms that the Andrews Labor Government has refused to support. The Government has today trumpeted a plan to ‘scale up’ a mental health in primary schools program from…
The last of the Bushfire Recovery Victoria’s Community Facility funding stream will soon expire and Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, is encouraging local community groups to consider applying for grants up to $50,000. Applications for this final round of funding will close on June 30, so time is running out. “Bushfire Recovery…
The National Party if elected in November has committed to spending 25 per cent of all State capital investment in regional areas, primarily focusing on our neglected regional roads. Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy said, “Over the last couple of years the capital expenditure in the country has been 13% and 11%…
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy recently spoke in Parliament about the need for more investment in regional aged care facilities in towns like Cobram, Bright and Yarrawonga. In Parliament Mr McCurdy said, “Our health services in regional Victoria are being cut left, right and centre. We need more investment. “$20 million…
The Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into Renewable Energy has failed to acknowledge the positive contribution that waste-energy and hydrogen can make in helping Victoria achieve its commitment to net-zero by 2050. In Parliament, the Liberals and Nationals released a minority report to address the shortcomings in the Inquiry Committee’s majority report. Nationals Member for…
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy spoke in Parliament last week requesting the Minister for Health provide more resources and support for our regional nurses and health services. In Parliament, Mr McCurdy said, “I spoke to a local resident of Wangaratta who after celebrating her 80th birthday started to feel unwell and was…
Transport operators have exposed the toll of regional Victoria’s crumbling road network, with reports today revealing rough roads are making it harder to hire truck drivers and sending the cost of vehicle repairs skyrocketing. Transport operators who have been involved in the industry for decades say road quality is dragging down retention of drivers who…
A Matthew Guy-led Liberals and Nationals Government will stop Labor’s extermination of Victoria’s brumby population. The new plan, announced today, will see a shift in focus to rehoming and veterinary intervention to manage the brumby population, standing in stark contrast to Labor’s plan for total eradication. The Liberals and Nationals’ new approach will involve: The…
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy recently spoke in Parliament about the Victorian Government’s decision to take $2.5 million dollars of funding away from communities like Cobram, Shepparton and Mooroopna because the reduction of fruit fly is a shared responsibility. In Parliament Mr McCurdy said, “The fruit fly in our regions starts in…
In Parliament recently Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy urged the Victorian Government to start investing more money on our health system in all of our towns, Wangaratta is under enormous pressure as are our smaller towns like Cobram, Yarrawonga, Myrtleford that are struggling to maintain health services within their community. Mr McCurdy said, “As we reach…
A lack of healthcare options for regional Victorians diagnosed with dementia was the catalyst for a nearly 200km walk from north-east Victoria which arrived at Victorian Parliament in Melbourne today. Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh was on the front steps of Parliament with a celebratory whiskey in hand to meet Kyabram health champion Mick…
There’s a renewed push to capture new opportunities in manufacturing and drive alternative career paths in regional Victoria as part of Australian Made Week this week. Victoria was once a powerhouse in Australian manufacturing, but shortages of agriculture chemicals, machinery parts and PPE through the pandemic are driving home the desperate need to reduce Victoria’s…