State school disability budget lowered Children with disabilities in Victorian state schools have become the latest victims of the state government’s budget cuts. Teachers delivering one-on-one support to children with disabilities through the Visiting Teacher Service are being made redundant by the state government, with 117 frontline specialist teaching jobs in regional Victoria employed under…
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Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, has met with members of the deaf and hard of hearing community this week to discuss the impact of recent cuts to the Visiting Teacher Service. More than 80 jobs provided by the Visiting Teacher Service have been slashed by the Andrews Labor Government, disadvantaging the state’s most…
DetailsCattle and sheep farmers must be supported by the Government through continued funding and support for the management of wild dogs, instead of being held to ransom by The Greens and their war on farmers. Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, called on the Minister for the Environment [Ingrid Stitt] to reinstate the proper…
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The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien is calling on the Andrews Labor Government to ensure that all reasonable options for energy transmission from Gippsland-based offshore wind farms to the electricity grid are thoroughly considered. Mr O’Brien, who recently undertook a study tour in Europe to gain a better understanding of the offshore wind…
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Road resurfacing and maintenance activities have virtually been abandoned by the Andrews Labor Government as Victoria’s financial woes worsen. Road’s performance measures in the 2023-2024 budget continue “to be confirmed”, with Labor refusing to divulge the actual target. “The state is broke and those of us in regional Victoria are left to pay the price,”…
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Hundreds of furious primary producers today rolled into Melbourne on tractors, prime movers and utes, urging the Andrews Government to re-think its energy plan that will destroy prime agricultural land. More than a thousand kilometres of prime land is set to be ripped up and replaced with 1600 steel towers 80m in height, carrying…
DetailsRevelations in the media today that there will be virtually no Victorian road resurfacing program this financial year are an indictment on the Andrews Government’s continuing financial mismanagement. Victorians are well aware that our roads have deteriorated dramatically in the past few years and regional Victoria, in particular, is bearing the brunt of repeated roads…
DetailsVictorian family businesses are continuing to be slugged by increased costs and charges under the Andrews Labor Government. Times are getting tougher for businesses as Labor continues to impose never-ending costs, impacting family businesses to the point where they must decide whether they can afford their staff. WorkCover premiums are soaring like never before as…
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The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien is encouraging Gippslanders to take part in community consultation designed to inform Victoria’s Bushfire Management Strategy. The establishment of Victoria’s Bushfire Management Strategy is the result of recommendations from inquiries held in response to the Black Summer Bushfires that occurred in the summer of 2019-2020. Mr O’Brien…
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Lifeline Loddon Mallee needs urgent funding from the State Government to deal with increased demand for its life-saving services, the Nationals Shadow Minister for Mental Health Emma Kealy and Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad said today. Ms Kealy and Ms Broad visited Lifeline Loddon Mallee in Bendigo to hear about the ongoing mental…
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Today the Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Tim McCurdy, joined the Nationals Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, in the region to hear feedback on the Retirement Villages Act. Ms O’Keeffe thanked everyone that made an appointment to meet with Mr McCurdy and herself. “We had a really productive morning hearing from a…
DetailsNationals MP, Melina Bath has blasted the Andrews Government on its failure to build new social and affordable housing stock in eastern Victoria, labelling its Big Housing Build an expensive sham. National Homelessness Week, which runs from 7 August – 13 August has been signified on the steps of State Parliament through the placement of…
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