The Andrews Labor Government has been called on to explain why progress has lagged since a $110 million commitment to new timber plantations in the Latrobe Valley was announced in 2017. Speaking in Parliament recently, The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien said it was unacceptable that five years have passed and we…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government must be honest with Victorians about its secret plans for more injecting rooms across Melbourne, which could see a second injecting room on the iconic café laneway of Degraves Street. Victorians deserve to know before they cast their votes this November whether Labor has plans to replicate its North Richmond Injecting…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government has set the stage for an ugly showdown between legal forestry workers and increasingly belligerent and reckless protestors by blocking urgent amendments to legislation covering the timber industry. The Nationals Leader Peter Walsh says his party wanted amendments to the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004 to better protect workers. Mr Walsh…
DetailsCruel cuts to community based mental health supports by the Andrews Government exposed during the Parliamentary Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) is placing local support services under pressure. Local mental services providers have closed due to a lack of state government funding while others are struggling to keep operating and remain viable. It was uncovered…
DetailsDear Editor, Victoria’s 401 Neighbourhood Houses play a vital role in helping locals access everything from food hampers through to training and education courses. They are a meeting point and a connection to the community, yet the future of as many as 27 Neighbourhood Houses is now in jeopardy due to funding uncertainty from the…
DetailsAfter being snubbed by the Andrews Labor Government in a bid to host events for the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games, Shepparton will be included as a hub if a Liberal and Nationals Government is elected in November. Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh and Shadow Minister for Sport Cindy McLeish were at Shepparton Sports Stadium…
DetailsA Liberals and Nationals State Government will secure the future of Victoria’s Neighbourhood Houses, today announcing a commitment to providing increased recurrent funding should it form Government in November. Shadow Minister for Disability, Carers and Seniors, Tim Bull, said this would end the uncertainty in the sector created by the current government. In 2018 after…
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The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien has called for answers on when new train services will be provided on the Gippsland line beyond Traralgon. Speaking in Parliament this week, Mr O’Brien, the newly appointed Shadow Minister for Public Transport, said that ongoing rail upgrade works had been promised way back in 2017,…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government is determined to leave Victoria’s farmers stranded with its refusal to support The Nationals in legislating common-sense changes to better protect licenced water frontage and Australia’s $80 billion agriculture industry from threats such as the current risk of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). The Nationals leader Peter Walsh says with Australian agriculture facing…
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Under questioning in State Parliament today, Victorian Minister for Agriculture Gayle Tierney refused to make public the plans of what the Andrews Labor Government is doing to ensure that Victoria is prepared for a Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak. The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region Melina Bath said Ms Tierney’s empty words…
DetailsWhile many areas in East Gippsland remain without any mobile coverage at all, the Andrews Labor Government is subsidising mobile phone upgrades in Melbourne suburbs. The Nationals Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull said it is appalling that they are focusing on upgrading service levels in the city to 5G when we have areas…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath is encouraging livestock producers to update their farm biosecurity management plans to better protect their properties from a potential foot and mouth disease outbreak. “The foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Indonesia is causing serious concern for our farmers and the wider community – we…
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