Dear Editor, Victoria’s mental health workforce is overworked, fatigued and being forced to close waiting lists as demand continues to increase, with many would-be patients waiting over a year for appointments. The Nationals understand that people need mental health support when they need it, not a year from now. That’s why The Nationals and…
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The Cobram Hospital will be rejuvenated under a Nationals Government, with a $30 million commitment delivered today by the Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy. Mr McCurdy said, “This funding is committing to the future of healthcare in Cobram. This is about doing the right thing for the next generation and ensuring that Cobram…
DetailsVictorian motorists could save up to $800 per year by getting the best price at the pump under a new plan announced today by the Victorian Liberals and Nationals. Later this week, Victorians are set to be hit with an additional 22 cents a litre for petrol and diesel when the petrol excise cut…
DetailsThe Murchison-Toolamba Football Club is the beating heart of the local community, with players, volunteers and supporters coming from right across the Goulburn Valley to cheer on their team. To ensure the club can keep kicking goals on and off the field, it needs a major upgrade to its facilities, and a Matt Guy…
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Innovation will be key in The Nationals and Liberals’ plan to address mobile blackspots across Gippsland while maintaining mobile service during emergencies will also be tackled. The Nationals in government will provide eligible Gippslanders in areas with poor mobile coverage a rebate to install mobile boosters in vehicles, homes and businesses to ensure they…
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Ovens Valley communities will benefit from a $150 million package to improve mobile coverage and broadband services if the Nationals are elected to government. The package will include rebates for people in areas with poor mobile coverage to install mobile boosters in vehicles, homes, and businesses. The announcement comes as the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman today…
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A question from Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, to the Minister for Health during Question Time this week has exposed the Andrews Labor Governments arrogance when it comes to addressing the health crisis in Victoria. Mr McCurdy asked the Minister about an Ovens Valley resident who was told in early 2021 that she…
DetailsAfter years of lobbying from the Victorian Nationals and the Victorian Farmers Federation, the Andrews Labor Government will finally address flawed licensing requirements that meant farmers were being forced to obtain irrelevant certifications to operate telehandlers. Currently, farmers using telehandlers weighing more than three tonnes require a dogging ticket and crane licence, which combined take…
DetailsInnovation will be the key in a Liberal and Nationals’ plan to address regional Victoria’s mobile blackspots. Under a Liberal and Nationals Government, Victorians in areas with poor mobile coverage would be eligible for a rebate to install mobile boosters in vehicles, homes and businesses. The subsidy is part of a $150 million Connecting Country…
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The Howitt Society’s e-petition calling for an increase in fuel reduction burning has been tabled in State Parliament. It was sponsored by Shadow Assistant Minister for Public Land Use and The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath. Consistent with the 2009 Bushfire Royal Commission recommendations the e-petition calls on the Andrews Government to…
DetailsRoads Minister, Ben Carroll’s announcement today that Labor is investing more funds into removing grass and weeds on roadsides is laughable when he has ignored the major issues of roadside vegetation for so long, according to local Nationals State MP, Tim Bull. “This is the Minister who, post fires, has left piles of 2019/20…
DetailsThe Victorian Liberals and Nationals will restore confidence in Triple-Zero calls with a $125 million investment into this critically important service that Victorians rely on, an announcement Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, said will be very well received by his local constituents. “Over the past couple of years, a number of East Gippslanders…
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