The Morwell Bowling Club has been a much-loved community asset for over a century, and in many ways it’s the heartbeat of the town. This morning we woke to the devastating news the club has been destroyed by fire overnight. While the new bowling greens and function centre were undamaged in the blaze, the rest…
After weakening bail laws last year, “reforms” to the youth justice system which passed through the Victorian Parliament today are more evidence the Allan Labor Government is buckling under mounting pressure from the Opposition and fed-up communities across the state. Premier Jacinta Allan said the changes were proof Labor was taking “strong and decisive action”…
The Allan Labor Government is marching ahead with mergers of regional health services, regardless of its spin and rhetoric. Yesterday it was revealed regional health will be consolidated into five “local health service networks” – Barwon South West, Grampians, Loddon Mallee, Hume and Gippsland. Premier Jacinta Allan claimed there will be no “forced” amalgamations, but…
After blocking attempts by the Victorian Nationals and Liberals to strengthen the state’s bail laws, the Allan Labor Government has shown it has no real plan to address the youth crime crisis. The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, said Labor’s refusal to wind back legislation that passed in March to weaken bail laws was…
The Latrobe Valley small business community has been let down again by the Allan Labor Government’s refusal to send public servants back to the office full-time, according to The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron. Mr Cameron, who is also the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business, said small businesses in the Morwell CBD were…
The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has taken aim at the Allan Labor Government for using “shameful delay tactics” to avoid delivering a Fire Rescue Victoria station that was promised for Moe. The night before Victorians went to the polls in 2022, Labor announced the derelict Old Baw Baw Hotel on Lloyd Street would…
The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has called on Labor to reveal the true extent of the housing crisis in the Latrobe Valley ahead of Homelessness Week. Mr Cameron spoke with the Gippsland Homelessness Network as 6000 origami homes were placed on the steps of the Victorian Parliament, highlighting just one tenth of the…
Another “totally avoidable” accident at the notoriously dangerous Bank Street intersection last week has underscored the dire need for Labor to act immediately and install traffic lights. On Thursday afternoon two people were taken to hospital after a school bus and car collided on the Princes Highway. It comes after The Nationals’ Member for Morwell,…
Energy costs in Victoria have risen again, with the Australian Energy Market Operator reporting a 43% surge in wholesale electricity costs for the April to July quarter this year compared with last year. The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, said the massive spike in power prices was more evidence the state government’s promise to…
Labor’s claim that the new Tyers is “flood resilient” has been debunked once and for all after it closed for a second time since opening in December 2023. After only moderate rainfall the Latrobe River burst its banks and – in a surprise to absolutely no-one – the much-maligned causeway on Tyers Road flooded and…