The Andrews Labor Government has set the stage for an ugly showdown between legal forestry workers and increasingly belligerent and reckless protestors by blocking urgent amendments to legislation covering the…
Cruel cuts to community based mental health supports by the Andrews Government exposed during the Parliamentary Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) is placing local support services under pressure. Local mental…
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath is encouraging livestock producers to update their farm biosecurity management plans to better protect their properties from a potential foot and…
The need for ongoing support for sustainable land management projects by Landcare has been highlighted by regional Victorian MP, Melina Bath during National Landcare Week. National Landcare Week runs from…
The Howitt Society has launched a parliamentary e-petition calling on the Andrews Government to increase its annual bushfire fuel reduction targets. The petition comes after the Andrews Government turned its…
A new one-billion-dollar Victorian hydrogen strategy released by The Nationals and Liberals ahead of the Victoria state election holds great hope for the Latrobe Valley. The Nationals Member for Eastern…
The arrival of varroa mite in Australia is causing concern for apiarists, Gippsland honey producers and Victoria’s horticulture industry. Australia was free of varroa mite until last month when its…
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath is encouraging Gippsland primary producers to assess farm safety and their health and wellbeing during National Farm Safety Week. “This year…
Latrobe Valley parents of children with disabilities have gathered to protest today in Traralgon following serious allegations of a ‘cover-up culture’ by the Andrews Labor Government. The protest comes as…
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath has labelled the Andrews Government’s Emergency Management Victoria’s (EMV) Extreme Weather Event Report reviewing the June 2021 storms and floods as…
A state-wide poll to identify Victoria’s worst roads has Traralgon Maffra Road currently sitting in the top five. The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath said many Gippsland residents…
Victoria’s emergency services personnel are unable to complete vital first responder training after activists placed an injunction of TAFE Gippsland’s Forestec Rowboat training coupe. In state parliament today The Nationals’…