A Victorian Auditor General (VAGO) report last week revealed East Gippsland train and bus travellers have been paying a secret tax to fund the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) black hole. The report revealed Labor hiked every public transport ticket price from January 2025 and buried it inside the annual fare increase in a bid to…
DetailsThe Liberals and Nationals are set to give Victorian agriculture a fresh start, backing farmers, protecting productive farmland and rebuilding the roads and infrastructure our agricultural industries rely on. A new Victorian Farmers Federation survey of more than 1,000 farmers has highlighted the need for change, with nine in 10 saying they have lost faith…
DetailsDental experts have warned that already lengthy public dental wait times could worsen for vulnerable Gippslanders if the Carroll Labor Government is re-elected in November. Labor has announced it will establish 10 new free public dental clinics across Victoria and will open these new clinics to all Victorians, rather than limiting access to people who…
DetailsOnly The Nationals and Liberals have a fully costed, $5 billion, four-year plan to eliminate one million potholes and return to the preventative maintenance regime necessary to clean up Labor’s roads mess. After 12 years of neglect of our roads, Victorians won’t believe Carroll’s con job on road maintenance. Ben Carroll was Roads Minister when…
DetailsHundreds of dead birds are piling up at Nelson in south-western Victoria while just three kilometres away South Australian crews are actively collecting carcasses, exposing serious questions about Victoria’s response to the growing H5 bird flu threat. Nelson residents have reported hundreds of dead birds accumulating around the Glenelg River Estuary, part of the internationally…
DetailsFamilies across Lowan deserve to feel safe in their homes, businesses, and communities but rising crime and stretched police resources are leaving too many locals worried about becoming the next victim. Across our region we have seen cars broken into and stolen, fuel and equipment stolen from farms, businesses targeted by thieves, and serious incidents…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland MP is calling on Labor to review a V/Line timetable change after affected families contacted her office to raise concerns about the impact on students and commuters, with the change made without any community consultation. Students travelling from Heathcote Junction and Wandong to Seymour have now been forced…
DetailsThe Carroll Labor Government has ignored its own departmental advice on bird flu vaccinations for Victoria’s vulnerable little penguin colonies. Shadow Minister for Public Land Management, Melina Bath, has accused the Victorian Government in State Parliament of failing to act on expert advice to vaccinate Phillip Island’s and St Kilda’s little penguin population against H5N1…
DetailsThe Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, has described the introduction of laws recognising coercive control as a significant step forward for survivors of family violence. Speaking in Parliament on the Justice Legislation Amendment (Family Violence, Coercive Control, Good Character, Risk Assessment and Other Matters) Bill 2026, Ms Benham said she was proud and relieved to…
DetailsMember for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland MP has backed a Nationals private members bill that would strengthen protections for productive agricultural land and give greater weight to agriculture in Victoria’s planning system. The Planning and Environment Amendment (Agricultural Land and Food Security) Bill 2026, introduced by Shadow Minister for Agriculture Emma Kealy, would establish a framework…
DetailsThe Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe has questioned the Minister for Public Transport, Vicki Ward as to why Shepparton hasn’t received increased public bus transport services that they desperately need. In questioning the Minister in Parliament, Ms O’Keeffe said it was important with the new Minister in the role to be well informed…
DetailsNationals Member for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland has called for urgent action on ambulance services in regional Victoria, after being inundated with distressing reports of delayed responses and unavailable callouts. The comments come after whistleblowers told Ms Cleeland that a broken garage door at the Benalla ambulance station is impacting response time targets. Ambulance Victoria’s benchmark…
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