Varroa mite threat to honeybees escalates
The Nationals are demanding immediate action from the Andrews Government to protect Victoria’s agriculture industry and honey producers to stop an extensive outbreak of varroa mite in the state. Varroa…
Stacked ducks inquiry puts ideology ahead of science
The Liberals and Nationals today strongly back the future of duck hunting in Victoria, after a biased and stacked Inquiry recommended the end of the practice. Labor, the Greens and…
Labor uses Duck Inquiry to justify its end game
The final report in the Inquiry into Victoria’s Recreational Native Bird Hunting Arrangements has been released. The Nationals MP and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Public Land Use Melina Bath said…
WorkCover premiums soar, fuelling Vic’s cost of living crisis
Life under Labor is getting increasingly tougher for Victorian families and businesses as WorkCover premiums soar. The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath said the Andrews Government was…
Labor forced to backflip on visiting teacher service cuts
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Nationals MP, Melina Bath has congratulated families and disability advocates for forcing the Andrews Government to backflip on its decision to cut 85 jobs…
Comm Games financial black hole must be uncovered
The Andrews Government must come clean on the true cost the 2026 cancelled Commonwealth Games mess said The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath. A member of the Parliamentary…
Labor’s Big Housing sham failing the homeless
Nationals MP, Melina Bath has blasted the Andrews Government on its failure to build new social and affordable housing stock in eastern Victoria, labelling its Big Housing Build an expensive…
Bath battles gas connection ban in parliament
The Nationals MP, Melina Bath this week in State Parliament put on notice for debate a motion to overturn the Andrews Labor Government’s ban on new gas connections in Victoria.…
First hurdle cleared in race for Games truth
Victorians will finally get answers on the shambolic and embarrassing scrapping of the Commonwealth Games after an overwhelming vote in State Parliament. The Upper House today supported a Liberal and…
Broken promises loom as Latrobe Valley misses out again
The Latrobe Valley has been betrayed by the Labor Government as the reality of the decision to scrap the 2026 Commonwealth Games bites hard. Labor had promised a significant boost…
Labor’s public housing truth uncovered by Games shambles
The Andrews Government’s shambolic cancellation of the Commonwealth Games has further highlighted Victoria’s public housing crisis and Labor’s inability to respond to it. In response to questioning by The Nationals…
Cost of living soars under Labor
The affordability of essential goods and services is worsening under the Andrews Government after a raft of increased taxes and charges came into effect on 1 July 2023 in Victoria.…