Today I am announcing changes to The Nationals’ Shadow Ministry and parliamentary team, following Tim Bull’s decision not to seek re-election at the November State Election. Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, will enter Shadow Cabinet as the Shadow Minister for Water, Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs and Shadow Minister for Disability, Ageing, Carers and Volunteers.…
DetailsThe Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, is encouraging local secondary schools, community organisations and social enterprises to apply for the latest round of Future Ready grants, aimed at helping young people build skills, confidence and connections for life beyond school. The two-year grants range from $24,000 to $168,000 and support programs that help young…
DetailsThe Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, has raised her concerns regarding the recent acts of youth violence. In raising the issue in Parliament this week, Ms O’Keeffe said the violent incidents over the past week which involved a number of local school students, have left victims traumatised, families distressed and members of the…
DetailsThe Nationals’ Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland, and Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, have stood with frustrated residents at a packed Glenrowan Hotel community meeting recently, to oppose the rapid industrialisation of the north-east by large-scale renewable projects. Locals from Glenrowan, Winton, Benalla, and surrounding districts raised serious alarms over the pace of approvals,…
DetailsMore than 38,500 Victorian renters lodged disputes through the rental dispute resolution system in the past year, highlighting the growing complexity, uncertainty and conflict within Labor’s rental framework. The figures, compiled from applications lodged with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) and Rental Dispute Resolution Victoria (RDRV), come after more than 150 changes to…
DetailsVictorians have until 31 July to claim the State Government’s 20 per cent registration rebate, but many regional residents are still finding the process confusing and difficult to navigate. While the rebate will provide some welcome relief for families already struggling through a cost-of-living crisis, the reality is many people across regional Victoria are either…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government has been caught out after widespread campground and national park closures over the King’s Birthday long weekend directly contradicted assurances given by Environment Minister Enver Erdogan in Parliament just one day earlier. During Question Time on Wednesday, Shadow Minister for Outdoor Recreation, Melina Bath, questioned whether the Allan Labor Government’s ongoing…
DetailsMallee residents face long waits and impersonal assessments over the phone for aged care support as the Coalition unearthed alarming data through Parliament this week, Shadow Minister for Regional Health and Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today. “The previous minister once told me regional Australians can settle for telephone or video assessments, not…
Detailshirteen young people from across the Euroa electorate have travelled to Melbourne to be officially recognised by The Nationals Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland MP, as recipients of the Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop Award. Coordinated annually through Ms Cleeland’s office, the award celebrates students who embody the values of Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop, including courage,…
DetailsDear Editor Twelve months ago, Jacinta Allan rolled out her $13 million machete bin program with great fanfare. Those bins have been removed and turned into scrap metal, a fitting symbol of a government defined by waste, spin and financial mismanagement. Victorians were promised action on crime. Instead, the latest figures show more than 630,000…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government’s latest changes to Victoria’s Renewable Energy Zones are proof that regional communities were right to raise concerns from the outset. In less than two years, Labor has released, revised and redrawn multiple versions of its Renewable Energy Zone map, which details the areas where it plans to concentrate the state’s wind,…
DetailsAfter years of advocacy from local farmers, the agriculture sector and The Nationals’ Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy, the Allan Labor Government has finally admitted it needs to do more to address concerns about mineral sands mining in the Wimmera Mallee region. The government has announced a Mineral Sands Agricultural Land Restoration Working Group, which…
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