The Andrews Labor Government should halt its plan to create a super school in Shepparton, after a poll conducted across the Shepparton electorate showed more than 60 percent of people oppose the plan. The poll which was commissioned by The Nationals found just 18.6 per cent of people supported the super school, while about…
Victoria’s Landcare networks could be forced to lay off their facilitators next year after the Andrews Labor Government failed to fund the positions. The news comes as Landcare marks its 30th anniversary as a national organisation this week. Member for Euroa Steph Ryan said The Nationals and the Liberals first funded Landcare facilitators in 2011.…
Regional commuters will be stuck on slow, overcrowded trains for at least two more years. Today, the Andrews Labor Government announced just six of “up to 18” train sets would be ordered this year, despite more than half the total project funds being allocated to spend in the 2019-20 year. Worse, the new trains won’t…
Frustrating delays on country train lines are leaving more and more regional Victorians stranded at the station with VLine punctuality plummeting again in July. Seven of VLine’s 11 services failed to meet their targets while more than half of the services on the north east line ran late last month, according to the latest VLine…
Member for Euroa and The Nationals’ deputy leader Steph Ryan is offering residents of the Euroa electorate free re-usable shopping bags before plastic bags are banned in November this year. Ms Ryan has told Parliament she supports a ban on single use plastic bags, ahead of a vote on the issue in the Legislative…
Shepparton school teachers concerned about the Andrews Labor Government’s new super school have been warned not to criticise the school in public. The minutes from a school meeting in May last year show teachers were told that when discussing the new school, they must praise it in public and keep any criticism behind closed doors.…
Victoria has failed to convince New South Wales and South Australia to restrict new licences to use water in the lower Murray region, putting at risk the integrity of the Barmah Choke and Lower Goulburn River. Minister Neville went to the Ministerial Council Meeting in Canberra on Sunday with the support of the Victorian…
An agreement to secure water for the Sunraysia must be reached when Basin Ministers meet in Canberra for the next Murray Darling Basin Ministerial Council meeting on Sunday. Earlier this month, the Victorian Government made the long overdue decision to intervene in the rapid growth of new permanent plantings in the lower Murray region by…
Geelong commuters are still plagued by delays and unreliable train services. The latest VLine performance figures show just 90.9 per cent of trains ran on time in June, failing to meet the performance target of 92 per cent. Shadow Minister for Regional Public Transport Steph Ryan said worsening problems meant it was impossible for commuters…
Nearly half the services on the north-east line were late in June – the worst result since Daniel Andrews was elected in 2014. The latest VLine performance figures show just 52.5 per cent of trains ran on time in June, worse than the previous low of 52.7 per cent recorded in May this year and…