Thursday 21 November 2024 The Department of Government Services has conceded a key website designed to improve the transparency of local councils was a dud, describing it as “end of life” and “ageing”. The website dubbed “Know Your Council” was very much the shopfront of local government, allowing interaction with the public, but…
DetailsThursday 21 November 2024 The VicRoads joint venture is still costing Victorian taxpayers despite the Labor Government entering into a 40-year deal to outsource the registration and licensing division to the private sector. The Victorian Parliament’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) has been told that the Labor Government paid $269.5 million to…
DetailsWednesday 20 November 2024 The Allan Labor Government has redirected vital funds from road safety programs to spend on more revenue-raising speed cameras as it desperately tries to plug black holes in the state budget. Evidence heard at Parliament’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee today revealed $42.8 million was “transferred” from the Road…
DetailsTuesday 19 November 2024 Local council monitors, appointed to act as the last line of defence against poor governance, earn $1335 per day – plus expenses. The wages bill is footed by ratepayers in an era where councils are already cash-strapped and fearing for their sustainability. The admission came from the Department…
DetailsTuesday 19 November 2024 Dear Editor, Regional Victorians will now have no choice but to pay $25 million a day to pay the interest bill on Labor’s debt that is set to rocket to $200 billion in the next two years. That’s correct, $200 BILLION of debt. Labor has no plan…
DetailsFriday, 15 November 2024 Parents looking for a low-cost holiday activity over summer are being encouraged to consider a VICWIM intensive swim program and one of our local pools. One-week courses are available throughout January for children aged 4-12 of all swimming abilities at the government-subsidised cost of just $35. The Nationals…
DetailsThursday 14 November 2024 Mount Arapiles climbers rallied at State Parliament calling on Premier Jacinta Allan to end what they say is an outrageous restriction to public land access. The climbers launched a petition rejecting the Allan Labor Government’s plan to ban rock climbing at the world-renowned Mount Arapiles. The move follows…
DetailsWednesday 13 November 2024 The Liberals and Nationals have won the fight to ensure commercial fishers will be spared onerous red-tape that threatened their livelihoods. New Allan Labor Government legislation had cast a dark shadow over the fishing industry with fears of unprecedented “good repute” rules being implemented. Fishers, their families and…
DetailsTuesday 12 November 2024 Victoria’s roads are falling apart, yet the Allan Labor Government is forcing our skilled road workers to find jobs in Queensland. Today in Parliament, Labor failed to address why a contractor’s crew of 10 workers from Ballarat had to be sent over 2000 kilometres to Far North Queensland for…
DetailsTuesday 12 November 2024 After ignoring repeated calls for action, the Allan Labor Government has finally introduced the Tobacco Amendment (Tobacco Retailer and Wholesaler Licensing Scheme) Bill 2024, aimed at tackling Victoria’s rampant illegal tobacco trade. This response comes after a staggering 110 tobacco shops have been destroyed in arson attacks across the…
DetailsSaturday 9 November 2024 The Allan Labor Government’s multi-million-dollar raid on Victoria’s water authorities is stalling critical infrastructure, driving up water bills and worsening the state’s housing crisis. In a troubling pattern of financial mismanagement, Labor has diverted $651 million from Victoria’s water authorities in the past financial year, with a mix of…
DetailsSaturday 9 November 2024 New data from the State Government has revealed Labor’s astonishing neglect of our roads, with the area of road maintenance undertaken falling by a whopping 95 per cent. Data published in the Department of Transport and Planning annual report shows the area of road “rehabilitated or resurfaced” in regional…
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