Dan’s poor contact tracing keeping the state in lockdown
Regional Victorian families and businesses are back in lockdown because Daniel Andrews isn’t prepared to do the hard work to get gold standard contact tracing in place. While all Victorians…
Lifeline needed for Murray River communities
Checkpoints on Victoria’s border with New South Wales must be removed following today’s announcement that reclassifies all of NSW as either ‘green’ or ‘orange’ zones. Border communities are at their…
Wild dog destruction getting worse, not better, under Labor
Inadequate resourcing has taken the teeth out of wild dog control in Victoria, leaving livestock at risk and exposing landholders to further emotional and financial trauma. The Andrews Labor Government’s…
Federal investment gets Murray Basin Rail Project back on track
A more than $200 million Commonwealth rescue package will revive the Murray Basin Rail Project after it was derailed by the Andrews Labor Government. The Federal Liberal and Nationals investment,…
Regional Victoria robbed in big borrowing, big debt Labor Budget
The Andrews Labor Government has outspent itself with a city-focused State Budget that delivers little for regional Victorians. Country people’s resilience has been stretched to the limit this year, first…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor, Next week’s 2020-21 Victorian State Budget is a critical chance to lay out a plan to restore Victorians’ lives and livelihoods. The lessons of 2020 have created unique…
Murray Basin Rail transformation in tatters under Labor
Today’s release of the revised business case for the Murray Basin Rail Project confirms the Andrews Labor Government never intended to complete the transformation of Victoria’s freight rail network. Instead…
Ag shows get cold shoulder from Ag Minister
The Nationals are calling on the Andrews Government to provide financial support for Victoria’s 120 field days and agriculture shows held across regional Victoria each year. One million dollars in…
Derailed Murray Basin Rail Project must be priority for budget revival
Producers and transport stakeholders in north-west Victoria deserve the truth on how the Andrews Labor Government will revive the stalled Murray Basin Rail Project. Labor shelved the project after…
Liberal & Nationals to move no-confidence motion in Daniel Andrews
The Liberal & Nationals will move a no-confidence motion in the Premier. It is the first step needed to dissolve the Parliament and allow Victorians to vote the toxic Andrews…
Basin Authority split a win for Victorian irrigators
The Federal Government has announced it will split the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) after a long campaign by irrigators and the Victorian Liberal Nationals. A new statutory compliance role…
Labor pressed for answers on campaign against recreational hunters
The Andrews Labor Government has been pressed to explain a malicious campaign to discredit Victoria’s recreational hunters. In State Parliament today, Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath called on Labor’s…
