Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, has major concerns about the housing shortage across the Ovens Valley, due, in part, to a myriad of new taxes and red tape delaying developments. Speaking in Parliament, Mr McCurdy said, “Housing across regional Victoria and specifically in the Ovens Valley electorate is at crisis point. If the…
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Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, recently highlighted key concerns recorded about Labor’s lack of funding for education in the Ovens Valley, with particular focus on the long overdue upgrades at the Yarrawonga P-12 College. The Stage 2 upgrades were originally proposed and budgeted for by the Coalition Government in 2014, before the Andrews…
DetailsToday is an important day for animal welfare in Victoria as the Parliament has ordered that Labor stop their extermination of Victoria’s brumby population. A motion in the Legislative Council of the Parliament has passed, with Coalition MPs and crossbench MPs voting in favour of cancelling current, and planned, aerial and ground shooting of brumbies.…
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Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, captured the importance of adequately funding community sport in Parliament this week. Community sport plays an integral part in brining communities together in the Ovens Valley, and regional Victoria more broadly. Mr McCurdy said, “Sporting facilities are an incredibly important part of all of our communities, in every…
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The Nationals have announced a policy to back farmers who are angry about Labor Government plans to allow camping on their riverfront licences. The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien said The Nationals and Liberals in government would amend the Government’s ill-conceived changes which allow camping on farmers’ riverfront land in locations around the…
DetailsAfter more than a decade, veterans and emergency services personnel will again have access to specialised care for mental ill health and post-traumatic stress disorder episodes. Currently, veterans and emergency services personnel who are considered high-risk cannot access specific counselling which was previously offered through Austin Health’s Ward 17. That’s why a Matt Guy Liberals…
DetailsThe Nationals in government will give power back to landholders to decide who can camp on their river frontages, while increasing penalties for people who flout the rules. The Nationals have announced plans to address the Andrews Labor Government’s ill-conceived changes to the Land Act 1958 last year, which the government pursued despite concerns from…
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Regional Victorians deserve better care closer to home, which is what a Liberal and Nationals Government will deliver. Today’s announcement that the $35 billion Cheltenham to Box Hill rail line in Melbourne would be shelved means $8 billion injected into regional healthcare. Leader of The Nationals, Peter Walsh, says the commitment means brand-new hospitals in…
DetailsA Matt Guy Liberals and Nationals Government will give power back to landholders to decide who can camp on their river frontages while beefing up penalties to those who flout the rules. The new plan will address the many failures of the existing Land Act 1958 and regulations imposed on lessees from September last year.…
DetailsVictorian nurses are set to be up to $1,800 a year better off under an exciting new plan announced today by Victorian Liberal Leader, Matt Guy. Frontline nursing professionals have given so much to the Victorian community over the past three years. Nurses have often been required to work longer hours across more…
DetailsMember for Lowan and Deputy Leader of the Nationals Emma Kealy has called out an Andrews Labor Government trial to provide “cash for clunkers” as completely missing the mark in making our crumbling country roads safer. Labor’s Roads Minister this week announced the unsafe2safe program for regional Victorians, which will provide a cash subsidy to…
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Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy is disappointed to hear that the Victorian Government is again choosing to be short sighted when it comes to ensuring our regional residents have a roof over their head as many residents are forced to leave their rental accommodation. In Parliament Mr McCurdy said, “The housing shortage…
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