The Liberals and Nationals have recently launched a new positive campaign set to fill the workforce shortages and bring thousands of skilled workers to regional Victoria. Mr McCurdy said, “Our skilled workers are essential for our regions. Without enough workers in our hospitality industries, school sectors, hospitals, farms and so on, many businesses are…
Freedom of Information (FOI) documents have today exposed the secret 18-month campaign by State Labor to axe thousands of Victorian jobs in the timber industry. The FOI documents, finally released to Wellington Shire Council after years of requests and appeals, show Premier Daniel Andrews signed off Labor’s 2030 ban on native timber in April 2018…
Country drivers who complain that dangerous potholes are hazards on the rural road network are living in “imagined fantasies”, according to bizarre claims by a city Labor MP in Victorian Parliament. The accusation was levelled during parliamentary debate last night in a tirade about road safety by eastern metropolitan Labor MP Vicki Ward. Shadow Minister…
Today’s announcement shows the State Labor Government continues to ignore red flags raised by school principals, psychologists and counsellors that Victoria’s mental health workforce isn’t keeping up with demand for youth mental health. Under-staffed mental health services can’t provide the care and preventative support Victorian kids so desperately need. Shadow Minister for Mental Health Emma…
Decades of health worker shortages in Mildura are crippling the region’s ability to get on top of long delays for surgery. Today in State Parliament, Health Minister Martin Foley was unable to say just how many sick Victorians are stuck on the state’s health waitlist, despite predictions there’s now more than 100,000 people whose surgery…
The Liberals and Nationals have launched a positive campaign to fill workforce shortages and bring thousands of skilled workers to regional Victoria. Victoria has requested just 750 skilled worker visas from the Commonwealth Government this year, compared to a massive 3640 in New South Wales. Victoria’s ask makes up just six per cent of the…
Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has called on the Andrews Labor Government to immediately intervene to revoke a massive planned fee increase set to hit the region’s builders. The Victorian Building Authority is proposing to increase practitioner registration fees for both individuals and companies by up to 181 per cent in May, a move that…
The Andrews Labor Government is forcing more costs onto Melburnians by ordering desal water when it is not needed. A 15GL water order will be placed in 2022-23 at a cost of $11 million, which the Government has misleadingly claimed won’t be passed on to Melbourne water customers. Shadow Minister for Water Steph Ryan said…
The Euroa electorate is set to become ground zero for the Andrews Government’s unpopular changes to riverfront camping. Member for Euroa and Nationals deputy leader Steph Ryan said Labor had announced sites along the Goulburn in Seymour, Tallarook and Murchison were open to camping from today. The Andrews Government has also stated it plans to…
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy recently encountered the disastrous state of regional Victoria’s railway services when his usual trainline commute from Shepparton to Melbourne turned into a replacement bus trip. Mr McCurdy said, “I really feel for our regional residents. My experience is just one example of what occurs for our local…
Too many Victorian kids suffering increasing levels of anxiety and emotional stress will continue to fall through the cracks, with State Labor confirming today a boost to mental health support in schools is still two years away. The Government’s Schools Mental Health Fund Menu won’t be rolled out statewide until 2024, despite Victorian kids struggling…
Workers, families and communities whose livelihoods rely on Victoria’s $7.3 billion native timber industry are demanding the truth on the State Labor Government’s 2030 ban. Serious questions are being asked of the State Government, after Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes recently foreshadowed Labor won’t comply with a parliamentary request to produce scientific evidence on the ban because…