A Nationals Government will bring the benefits of batteries to community organisations across Victoria and the Ovens Valley. As a key part of the Nationals’ Power to the People Plan, community organisations will be able to access grants of up to $1 million as part of a $100 million Net Zero Renewables Community Projects Fund…
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Crumbling roads in the Ovens Valley will be revived under a $288 million Nationals’ plan to re-establish the successful Country Roads and Bridges Program. Under the plan, annual grants of up to $1.5 million will be available to Victoria’s 48 rural shires and regional councils over the next term of government to fund the restoration…
DetailsYesterday Daniel Andrews was gaslighting Victorians by claiming Melbourne Airport Rail was part of his dud Suburban Rail Loop project. He has gone the full Orwell rewriting and rebadging the project on the Big Build website, so that the Melbourne Airport Rail project is described and badged as SRL Airport, in an effort to…
DetailsThe Liberals and Nationals’ Healthy Lunches program is excellent for childrens’ education and health, as well as being a boost for small business. Under our program, every public school student will be provided with a free, healthy lunch, helping to improve educational outcomes and good nutrition in schools, plus helping families with the spiralling cost of living. Healthy Lunches will…
DetailsDaniel Andrews’ power policy is so riddled with caveats and contradictions that it’s now clear that far from being a light bulb moment to address Victoria’s power crisis, it is just a political boondoggle to cover up failures to shore up the state’s electricity system. Mr Andrews’ policy started unravelling on Wednesday after the…
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The Nationals in government will deliver new weekday rail services on the Gippsland line after years of disruption and cancelled trains under Labor. Leader of The Nationals, Peter Walsh and Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien announced a new early morning service would run from Sale, enabling Wellington Shire residents to get to Melbourne…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government has already sold out Gippsland on the development of offshore wind with a government paper nominating the Port of Hastings as the state government’s preferred port for offshore wind construction and development. The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien said he was astounded that just a few days after…
DetailsLast night’s Federal Labor Budget means higher energy prices, higher taxes, and provides zero cost of living relief for hard-working Victorian families. Only the Liberals and Nationals have a clear plan to reward hard-working Victorian families, such as $2 tram and train fares, half price V/Line fares, and we will cut seven Labor taxes…
DetailsVictoria has been left short-changed on critical infrastructure funding by the Albanese Labor Government’s Budget. Anthony Albanese has ripped almost $5 billion from Victorian infrastructure projects, including the Wellington Road duplication, Monash rail, Napoleon Road upgrade, Glenferrie Road level crossing removal and the East West Link. In return, Anthony Albanese has given $2.2…
DetailsLabor Premier Daniel Andrews has once again shown complete contempt for rural and regional Victorians in backing a federal Labor decision to cut projects worth millions of dollars and shelve grant applications for others, including a vital childcare centre in Yarriambiack Shire. The Victorian Premier has today refused to call out the federal Labor Government’s…
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Lakes Entrance Fishermen Limited (LEFL), formerly known as the fishermen’s co-operative, will receive a $5 million rebuild and country of origin seafood labelling will be introduced if the Victorian Liberals and Nationals win the upcoming State election. In making the commitment, Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, said the rebuild will be part of the…
DetailsIt’s clear Daniel Andrews has sought to doctor Ken Lay’s report into a second injecting room in Melbourne all because the draft finding that a second one isn’t needed doesn’t suit his agenda. Mr Andrews is tangled in his own web of spin, stating there is no report on a second injecting room and yet…
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