Vic Government scraps close contacts
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy is pleased to finally hear that as of 11:59pm Friday 22 April 2022 household close contacts will be free to leave quarantine. …
City Labor MP snubs crumbling country roads
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy is frustrated to hear that recently in Parliament a city Labor MP labelled our crumbling country roads as “imagined fantasies”. The accusation…
Vic Governments planned burn backfires
In Parliament earlier this week, Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy requested the Minister for Environment visit the Warby Ovens National Park near Wangaratta to witness firsthand the irreversible…
Push for regional work visas to ease critical worker shortages
The Liberals and Nationals have recently launched a new positive campaign set to fill the workforce shortages and bring thousands of skilled workers to regional Victoria. Mr McCurdy said,…
Puffing Billy far more reliable than North East trains
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy recently encountered the disastrous state of regional Victoria’s railway services when his usual trainline commute from Shepparton to Melbourne turned into a replacement…
Premier Andrews remains silent on triple 000 failures
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy is disappointed to hear that despite recent calls for urgent assistance to regional ambulance and triple zero services, 12 Victorians have died…
McCurdy calls for hospital upgrades in country towns
Last week in Parliament Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy highlighted the lack of investment and desperately needed upgrades for regional hospitals in our smaller country towns across the…
McCurdy Rides in Support of Mental Health
The Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, rode in support of mental health awareness on Sunday 20th of March, with the Black Dog Ride. Mr. McCurdy said, “There has…
Victoria – the not so ‘Education State’
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy recently spoke in Parliament highlighting his concerns about the Andrews Government’s 2021-22 budget skipping regional schools within the Ovens Valley region. In…
Labor continues to contemplate protection for our regional farmers and their families
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy is eager to see whether the Independent MP’s in Parliament’s Upper House vote in favour for greater protection for our Victorian farmers through…
Regional resident declined 000 call for help
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy recently expressed his concern in Parliament calling for the Minister for Ambulance Services to address the ever-increasing decline of Ambulance call outs to…
Regional business owners left abandoned by Vic Government
Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy spoke in Parliament concerning the Andrews Government lack of support towards local business owners across the Ovens Valley. Mr McCurdy said, “I…