The release of the 2026 Size and Scope of the Victorian Racing Industry report has confirmed what racing communities across Victoria have always known, racing is a cornerstone of our economy, our regional communities and our way of life. With a $5.54 billion contribution to the Victorian economy, more than 33,000 full-time equivalent jobs and almost half…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland MP, has renewed her calls for rate relief for residents impacted by the Longwood bushfire, warning the Allan Labor Government’s latest round of recovery grants looks like a rushed, election-timed response to underspend in previously announced programs. The grants, worth up to $75,000 for community groups and not-for-profit…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Euroa, Annabelle Cleeland MP, has written to the Prime Minister and the Governor-General declaring Victoria’s bushfire recovery one of the most dysfunctional responses the state has seen, amid allegations the Allan Labor Government has politicised disaster recovery. The letter marks six months since the January bushfires tore through Longwood, Ruffy, Creightons…
DetailsMember for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland MP says regional Victorians have every reason to support the Coalition’s motion of no confidence in Premier Jacinta Allan when Parliament returns on 28 July, following years of broken promises, financial mismanagement and the continued neglect of country communities. Ms Cleeland said the Liberals and Nationals would use the debate…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy, has again called out the Allan Labor Government’s cruel changes to the P-12 complexity allowance, which will see some rural and regional schools tens of thousands of dollars worse off. The allowance is an annual Student Resource Package funding allocation for combined primary and secondary schools, to recognise…
DetailsKim O’Keeffe has informed me of her decision not to contest the coming state election. Kim has been a champion for the Shepparton community since long before she entered Parliament. In 2022 she helped shepherd her community through one of the worst floods in decades and was a strong voice helping the community get back on…
DetailsI have advised the Leader of the Victorian National Party, Danny O’Brien that I will not be re-contesting the seat of Shepparton at the upcoming Victorian State Election. It has been an absolute privilege, honour and joy to be a National Party member in State Parliament for the seat of Shepparton, and to represent and…
DetailsThe Nationals have criticised the Allan Government’s police recruitment announcement for Gippsland, accusing Labor of failing to address police shortages and recruitment challenges for years. The Nationals’ Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath said Labor was long on headlines but short on details, with no clear timeframe or location provided for the proposed Gippsland police…
DetailsRegional Australians are being forced to carry the cost of an energy transition that is rapidly losing public confidence and has no social licence, federal Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said today. “For years, communities across Mallee have raised concerns about transmission lines, industrial-scale wind farms and blanket solar developments turning productive farmland into…
DetailsThe Nationals’ candidate for Gippsland East, Gemma Rendell, said the recent Victorian Auditor-General report that found rural and regional schools are more likely to be in poor condition than metropolitan schools, again highlighted this government’s neglect of country Victoria. “The flow-on effect is that these schools face additional hurdles in attracting and retaining teachers, accessing…
DetailsThe Nationals’ candidate for Gippsland East, Gemma Rendell, says a Liberal and Nationals’ Government will deliver more Victorian produced gas to help lower energy bills, strengthen State’s energy security and support regional jobs. “Regional families, farmers and businesses are paying the price for more than a decade of Labor’s hostility towards the gas industry. “For…
DetailsEvidence before today’s Senate inquiry has raised serious questions about how known risks were managed inside Australia’s largest telecommunications network, while exposing ongoing failures in the Albanese Government’s oversight of critical telecommunications infrastructure. Telstra told a Senate Inquiry on Friday that last week’s Telstra outage, at its peak affected around 45 per cent of calls…
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