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…
DetailsThere 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,…
DetailsLabor 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…
DetailsMember 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…
DetailsHealth 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…
DetailsDear 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…
DetailsVictorian 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…
DetailsDaniel Andrews and his government have today been forced to abandon their latest shocking power grab and will now seek to amend their COVID-19 Omnibus bill. Obviously this backdown is not the result of the Andrews Labor Government seeing reason, it is the direct result of community pressure and advocacy from the Liberal Nationals. Labor…
DetailsVictoria must seize the opportunity to build Big Buffalo and boost water security for irrigators in the north-east after the Federal Budget delivered an unprecedented $2 billion for water infrastructure. Labor Water Minister Lisa Neville has stubbornly refused to make the most of the Federal Liberal Nationals Government’s willingness to fund priority water projects.…
DetailsProducers and transport stakeholders in north-west Victoria deserve the truth on how the Andrews Labor Government will revive the stalled Murray Basin Rail Project. Labor shelved the project after Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan squandered the $440 million that was earmarked to deliver it – in full – on cost overruns, inferior rail track and…
DetailsConsumers will pay more for fresh fruit and vegetables in coming months if problems with seasonal worker shortages, including for farmers in the Sunraysia, aren’t addressed This week, a report commissioned by Hort Innovation revealed a shortfall of 26,000 workers is expected this year as a result of coronavirus shutdowns that closed international and domestic…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government must release the shackles holding back regional Victoria’s recovery by implementing New South Wales restrictions in country areas. Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton today doubled down on the Andrews Labor Government’s unrealistic roadmap out of lockdown which will force regional Victoria to stay in more weeks of lockdown until case numbers…
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