Regional Victorians are demanding a fair share of the state’s spend on hospitals, schools, infrastructure and mental health in the lead up to the State Budget on May 3. Restoring the funding that State Labor’s axed from regional development and agriculture in the past few years will also be crucial to ensure farmers and country…
A new plan to relieve fertiliser shortages by increasing production in Australia has highlighted the multi-billion-dollar economic windfall a shift in focus to bring manufacturing back to Victoria could deliver. Agripower Australian Limited confirmed this week it will ramp up production of fertiliser at its Queensland plant to cope with exploding global demand, generating 11,500…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, is calling on people across his electorate to name its worst roads in a new campaign to identify the most dangerous hazards that are risking lives on our roads every day. Mr Walsh said the statewide search launched today by the Liberal Nationals, is a three-month…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said today’s news of the rollback of Covid restrictions is an announcement that is “one of the most overdue decisions in living memory”. Mr Walsh said considering Victoria’s extraordinarily high vaccination rates there has been no excuse to drag out implementing changes The Nationals have…
A $219.5 million boost for innovation and research in Australia’s forestry sector today is a badly needed vote of confidence in Victorian jobs that State Labor is hellbent on destroying. Announcing the funds today, the Federal Liberals and Nationals will create jobs and invest in new, sustainable technologies in an effort to fix long delays…
The hypocrisy of State Labor’s cuts to agriculture jobs has been exposed with figures today that the number of spin doctors in the Premier’s personal office nearly outstrips resourcing for Victorian farmers. The Labor Government cut a further 109 jobs from Agriculture Victoria in recent months, from the pool of about 1100 to 1200 staff…
Long-term strategic planning of a 2026 Commonwealth Games will be crucial if regional Victoria is to reap the full benefit of infrastructure upgrades and promotional activities that the event will require. Country communities were a driving force behind the games bid and it’s crucial this ground work is used as a foundation for planning going…
Freedom of Information (FOI) documents have today exposed the secret 18-month campaign by State Labor to axe thousands of Victorian jobs in the timber industry. The FOI documents, finally released to Wellington Shire Council after years of requests and appeals, show Premier Daniel Andrews signed off Labor’s 2030 ban on native timber in April 2018…
Victoria risks losing its crown as Australia’s agriculture powerhouse according to new food and fibre export figures released this month. State Labor’s failure to secure more access to new and emerging global markets has seen the value of Victoria’s food and fibre exports in 2020-21 sink below $14 billion for the first time since 2017.…
The claim from Minister for Transport Infrastructure Jacinta Allan that the Murray Basin Rail Project is ‘ahead of schedule’ has left regional Victorians in absolute disbelief. The Murray Basin Rail Project is stalled, astronomically over-budget and nearing a decade behind schedule thanks to Jacinta Allan and Victorian Labor’s catastrophic project mismanagement. Leader of The Nationals…
