Agriculture Minister Jaclyn Symes confirmed today the Andrews Labor Government has failed to make progress to fix the seasonal worker shortage facing Victoria’s horticulture sector. Industry has spent months desperately seeking ways to secure more workers after the coronavirus pandemic shut Australia’s borders and resulted in a mass exodus of working holiday makers. Ms Symes…
The Andrews Labor Government can’t say what failures led to the waste of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on the now stalled and unfinished Murray Basin Rail Project. Last week’s long overdue release of the revised business case revealed Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan never intended to complete the project, instead favouring a $244…
Infinity owners Tara and Russell Jarrett in their empty Kyabram gym because Daniel Andrews has ignored all evidence to the contrary and refused to let gyms reopen. KYABRAM gym owners Russell and Tara Jarrett can only watch helplessly as their massive investment in the town is being chipped away by the refusal; the failure, of…
Today’s release of the revised business case for the Murray Basin Rail Project confirms the Andrews Labor Government never intended to complete the transformation of Victoria’s freight rail network. Instead of completing the once-in-a-generation project, Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan has opted to leave the project barely half finished, only funding the patch up of…
There has been much confusion in regional centres about which businesses must be part of the screening and contact detail requirements. Put simply, every non-essential retail business must check photo identification and record the name, phone number and postcode of residence of every customer who enters their shop. If a business is closed in Melbourne,…
Labor Health Minister Martin Foley can’t explain why asymptomatic testing wasn’t offered to customers who were potentially exposed to a Melbourne virus outbreak that’s now spread to regional Victoria. Mr Foley was asked in State Parliament today if he agreed with CHO Brett Sutton that asymptomatic testing for customers of Chadstone’s Butcher Club wasn’t “value…
Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says the Liberal Nationals are moving amendments to new laws allowing camping on river and water frontages to safeguard our natural environment and protect existing rights for farmers. Mr Walsh said Victoria has more than 170,000 km of river and water frontages, and for decades Victorians have enjoyed these…
Health Minister Martin Foley can’t say why regional Victorians need to continue to wear masks, despite a 14-day average of 0.4 and zero cases from an unknown source for the past two weeks. Mr Foley was asked in State Parliament today to provide the evidence for blanket rules across the state, despite just five active…
Dear Editor, Victorians had a win this week with community pressure forcing Daniel Andrews and his Labor Government to abandon their latest shocking power grab by backing down on its controversial COVID-19 Omnibus bill. This was a decision Daniel Andrews didn’t want to make. In the past few weeks, I was contacted by hundreds of…
Victorian Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan is attempting to rewrite history by handballing blame for the stalled Murray Basin Rail Project to the Federal Government. Ms Allan’s claims in media reports today that Victoria has been let down by the lack of Federal Budget funds to restart the stalled Basin Rail couldn’t be further from…
