Yesterday Australians voted in the Voice referendum and the Victorian Liberals and Nationals acknowledge and respect the result. With the referendum now over, we must all rally to advance the wider cause of reconciliation and unite to close those gaps in life outcomes which, to this day, deny so many First Nations people the…
The parliamentary inquiry into last year’s flood event has uncovered significant shortcomings in Victoria’s Emergency Management warning system under the Labor Government. Evidence provided to the hearings this week highlighted how poorly informed and exposed regional communities were during emergency flood events. The Environment and Planning Committee, which grilled key figures in the…
Dear Editor, So much for a traditional honeymoon period for new Premier Jacinta Allan. Truth is, the honeymoon never started. Only two weeks into her term, she is grappling with the ongoing nightmare that is the Commonwealth Games debacle. Allan refused to front an inquiry into the Games cancellation, even though she…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, is appealing for Health Minister Mary-Ann Thomas to support his demand Canberra urgently intervene in the “frightening shortage” of diabetic drug Ozempic. Mr Walsh says this next generation option for type 2 diabetics – requiring just one injection a week – is now out…
The track record of our new Premier Jacinta Allan shows Victorians should brace themselves for more of the same. I am deeply concerned it will be business as usual. More money wasted. More debt. More mismanagement. More secrecy. More poor governance. Victorians talk about Daniel Andrews handing Jacinta Allan a poisoned chalice. The…
Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Peter Walsh, has declared he is finally lost for words at the number of ways Premier Daniel Andrews can “rip off regional Victoria”. Mr Walsh said the tax on short-stay accommodation such as Airbnb or Stayz is the broke Andrews Labor government’s latest desperate cash grab. Almost half…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the spring firewood season is open but once again people across his electorate have been left with nothing. Except, Mr Walsh points out, round trips of 100km or more, much more, because the nearest collection sites for Echuca, for example, are around Bendigo.…
The Liberals and Nationals strongly condemn the circulation of a fake letter, purporting to be written by a member of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria. In recent days, some land owners in the state’s north-west have received the letter, which contains damaging mistruths on land re-acquisition. Anyone seeking clarification is encouraged to…
The Andrews Government is lacking support and looking increasingly lonely in its premature call to ban gas in new homes. Labor in Victoria, quite simply, is the odd one out on gas. Some New South Wales councils have ushered in bans in new developments – but without any support from the NSW Labor Government,…
The Yoorook Report Into Victoria’s Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems released today highlights the sad fact that Victoria is the worst performing state when it comes to closing the gap in Aboriginal affairs. It articulates some atrocities from long ago, but more concerningly it demonstrates that across the past 25 years, the system…
