Farmers say regional roads in north-west Victoria will be smashed by thousands of additional truck movements this harvest while the Murray Basin Rail Project is still stalled under Labor. As Victorian farmers look ahead to a bumper grain harvest that’s predicted to top seven million tonnes, it’s been revealed today the botched Basin Rail upgrades…
DetailsOne week from Remembrance Day and many RSL-Sub Branches remain unsure about coronavirus restrictions and enforcement of vaccination status. Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs Tim Bull said more clarity was needed. “Remembrance Day has always had strong support from all sides, but we are at a stage where information applicable to services on November 11…
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The Nationals Member for Gippsland South Danny O’Brien is renewing calls for the Andrews Labor Government to undertake a formal review of power outages following the recent storm and subsequent blackouts. Mr O’Brien said a second widespread blackout event, with some Gippsland customers now facing a week without power for the second time this…
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The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath has vowed to fight Labor’s controversial Pandemic Bill which is schedule for debate in the upper house of State Parliament in mid-November. Ms Bath is sponsoring a parliamentary e-petition calling for the Bill to be withdrawn. Daniel Andrews’ new the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management)…
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The Victorian State Government should stick to the agreed National Cabinet plan and announce an end date to vaccination restrictions. Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull said in Parliament last week that New South Wales has announced December 1 as an end date when vaccination status will no longer be relevant to what venues and…
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Local MP and deputy Nationals leader Steph Ryan says the Andrews Government must stick to the plan agreed to at national cabinet and end vaccine restrictions. The call comes after Daniel Andrews again changed the goalposts on vaccine passports this week, telling the media: “this lockout process that only related to first and second doses,…
DetailsMember for Lowan Emma Kealy has welcomed the announcement that Mortlake will enter the Lowan electorate at the end of next year. The Electoral Boundaries Commission has finalised Victoria’s new electoral boundaries, which will see an extra 2676 square kilometres and about 9000 voters added to Lowan on November 1, 2022, ahead of next year’s…
DetailsMember for Lowan Emma Kealy has welcomed the announcement that Stawell and Great Western will enter the Lowan electorate at the end of next year. The Electoral Boundaries Commission has finalised Victoria’s new electoral boundaries, which will see an extra 2676 square kilometres and about 9000 voters added to Lowan on November 1, 2022, ahead…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Gippsland South Danny O’Brien has strongly opposed the Andrews Labor Government’s proposed pandemic laws which he says are a “draconian over-reach of state power”. “The pandemic legislation currently before the Victorian Parliament is seeking to permanently enshrine government over-reach into the lives and livelihoods of Gippslanders,” Mr O’Brien said. …
DetailsNew legislation which gives the Victorian Premier the Premier to rule by decree passed the Legislative Assembly last night, despite fierce objection from local MP Steph Ryan. The deputy Nationals leader vehemently opposed the Andrews Government’s Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021 and has vowed to repeal it if elected to government.…
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The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien is welcoming the addition of new communities to the electorate of Gippsland South following a redistribution of electoral boundaries in Victoria. Gippsland South, which is already 7,500 square kilometres, will grow by another 700 km2 and take in Yinnar, Boolarra, Yinnar South, Jeeralang and Budgeree in…
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Dear Editor, New legislation before the Victorian Parliament is seeking to permanently enshrine government over-reach into the lives and livelihoods of regional Victorians. High vaccination rates and the winding back of restrictions on our society have sent a ripple of hope through our communities that our lives are getting back on track. Vibrancy is returning…
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