Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, After 111 days of leave the Premier is finally back in the job. He says he’s ‘fighting fit’ which is good news given the long list of problems he’ll have to tackle to get our people and our state’s economy back on track. Top of the list is the need to release a…

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Let’s get our community groups on track says Walsh

Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, wants the Transport Minister, Ben Carroll, to directly intervene in the leasing of VicTrack land to councils and community groups. Speaking in Parliament this afternoon, Mr Walsh said the current policies about the use of VicTrack land across regional Victoria are “ad hoc at best, and a shambles at…

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Rise in farm theft builds case for dedicated crime squad

Farm crime continues to rise nearly two years since the Labor Government promised to crackdown on livestock and equipment theft from Victorian farms. New data from the Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) has confirmed a 9 per cent increase in livestock stolen in the past 12 months. And despite the ‘crackdown’ most crimes still go unsolved.…

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