The Coalition has formally moved yesterday that the Albanese Government be held to account for failing to meet a legislated deadline to table its response to a key regional telecommunications report. Shadow Minister for Regional Communications Dr Anne Webster MP moved a motion in Parliament calling upon Communications Minister Anika Wells to table its response…
DetailsMember for Mallee Dr Anne Webster was shoulder-to-shoulder with farmers in Ballarat on Friday as protestors from Mallee and across regional Victoria gave a frosty reception to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Premier Jacinta Allan at the Bush Summit. Joining farmers and Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie in tractors protesting at the event, Dr Webster said…
DetailsLives continue to be put at risk as a result of the Allan Labor Government’s inability to complete the duplication of the Western Highway between Buangor and Ararat. The 35km stretch of road either side of Ararat is the deadliest in Victoria and has been the scene of six fatalities between March and the end…
DetailsLabor continues to dodge questions around cuts to frontline emergency services jobs, with Treasurer Jacyln Symes the latest to duck for cover. Jobs have been cut in bushfire management yet Labor remains in denial, with Symes in Parliament refusing to concede frontline jobs have been lost. The Treasurer in February publicly stated frontline…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government has stripped farmers and landowners of their rights so power lines can be built on their property. Labor, with the support of the Greens, Animal Justice Party and the Cannabis Party, rammed through legislation last night that gives officials the power to use reasonable force to enter land deemed necessary for…
DetailsThe Allan Government’s contentious VicGrid energy transmission legislation has passed parliament, with the support of crossbench MPs from the Greens, Cannabis Party and Animal Justice Party. Opposing the legislation The Nationals’ Melina Bath condemned the Allan Government’s new sweeping powers as it erodes property rights, transparency, and the democratic process in regional Victoria. “Labor’s VicGrid…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government has lost the trust of 9 in 10 Victorian farmers as revealed by a Victorian Farmers Federation survey. In Question Time today, the Minister for Agriculture, Ros Spence, refused to explain how sacking more than 200 Agriculture Victoria staff over the past three years would build trust with Victorian producers or…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government continues to dodge questions surrounding cutbacks to Victoria’s emergency services. Victorians could be facing summer at the beach without paid lifeguards because of Labor cutbacks, but the Minister for Emergency Services today ducked and weaved under direct questioning in Parliament. Despite Victorians facing a $3 billion emergency services tax hike,…
DetailsMelbourne’s iconic Chapel Street is now overrun with illicit tobacco traders, leaving local businesses exposed to crime and residents living in fear. Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Tim McCurdy, said the Allan Labor Government had failed the community by acting too late. Victoria remains the only state in Australia without a serious, properly…
DetailsVictorians could be facing summer at the beach without paid lifeguards because of Labor Government cutbacks, despite a $3 billion emergency services tax hike. It has been revealed Life Saving Victoria (LSV) is seeking additional funds from coastal councils to cover the cost of paid lifeguards on our beaches. This is despite Labor taxing Victorians…
DetailsLabor promised no frontline service cuts — yet the Premier is now targeting Victoria’s incredible team of agricultural research scientists. This is a total disregard for the 21,300 farm businesses across Victoria — the lifeblood of our regional communities — who generate well over $14 billion in agricultural produce and drive around 27 per cent…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government’s continued contempt for regional Victorians has hit a new low, with the government unexpectedly expanding proposed renewable energy zones in the Wimmera, Mallee and south-west. The zones form part of the final VicGrid 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan released today, which identifies areas where the government wants to build wind, solar and battery projects.…
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