A Parliamentary Inquiry into the Health Impacts of Air Pollution has recommended the Andrews Government conduct an independent Environmental Effects Statement (EES) into Chunxing Corporations Used Lead Acid Battery (ULAB) secondary smelter proposed for Latrobe Valley. The Andrews Government allowed Chunxing Corporation to self-assess its environmental impacts, despite the ULAB project attracting significant opposition from…
The promise by Premier Daniel Andrews before the 2018 election to create 500 manufacturing jobs in the Latrobe Valley is officially dead and buried. Parliament’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) hearing this week heard that the proposed SEA Electric vehicle manufacturing plant promised by the Premier on the eve of the 2018 election…
Gippsland has the potential to lead Australia in the development of hydrogen technology and re-emerge as a centre for innovation and manufacturing excellence. Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Regional Victoria Peter Walsh was in Latrobe Valley today to talk hydrogen planes and transitioning the region, meeting with Gippsland Circular Economy Precinct Pty…
East Gippsland timber jobs are being sacrificed by an unnecessary Andrews Government zoning change. The Andrews Government has altered the prescriptions from General Management Zones to Special Management Zones for the Orbost spiny crayfish in East Gippsland timber coupes. General Management Zones allow for a balanced approach to managing a forest for a range of…
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath has vowed to fight Labor’s controversial Pandemic Bill which is schedule for debate in the upper house of State Parliament in mid-November. Ms Bath is sponsoring a parliamentary e-petition calling for the Bill to be withdrawn. Daniel Andrews’ new the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management)…
The Victorian State Government should stick to the agreed National Cabinet plan and announce an end date to vaccination restrictions. Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull said in Parliament last week that New South Wales has announced December 1 as an end date when vaccination status will no longer be relevant to what venues and…
Gippsland hospitality businesses already stretched and hurting with the Andrews Labor Government’s brutal restrictions have been thrown into chaos with a last-minute announcement that staff will need to be double-vaccinated by Friday 22 October. The Andrews Government’s roadmap and vaccine mandate clearly states authorised workers must have their first vaccination by October 15 – or…
The Nationals are calling for a comprehensive plan to revive local events in the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland. The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath said Gippsland’s events sector had been left devastated by a perfect storm of lockdowns, heavy restrictions on public gatherings and strict eligibility criteria over the past 18 months.…
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath has called on the Andrews Labor Government to denounce a disrespectful scare campaign against Gippsland’s volunteer firefighters. Ms Bath raised the issue in state parliament on behalf of Gippsland Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteers incensed by a new union-funded advertising campaign attacking the integrity of our…
Forestry workers are a step closer to facing increased culpability and liability after the Andrews Government refused to support amendments to the Forests Legislation Amendment (Compliance and Enforcement) Bill 2019 in state parliament today. The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region Melina Bath said Labor has ploughed ahead with its diabolical Bill which will introduce…
Latrobe Valley VCE students caught up in the local outbreak of Covid -19 must have online provisions provided to support them through their upcoming exam period. The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region and Shadow Assistant Minister for Education, Melina Bath said a number of VCE students were impacted by health orders through no fault…
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath is calling on the Andrews Government to bolster its effort to help vulnerable community members access vaccinations in Latrobe Valley. “The Latrobe Valley is lagging behind other regional areas in terms of vaccination rates and more needs to be done to support efforts to lift it,”…