The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has visited the St Vincent De Paul Society’s Assistance Centre in Traralgon in the lead up to this year’s festive season. Mr Cameron helped deliver food hampers and presents for the rising number of people doing things tough this Christmas as Victorians grapple with the cost-of-living crisis. “The…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has renewed calls for the Allan Government to urgently increase funding for CFAs in the Latrobe Valley after brigade captains claimed the organisation is “broken” under Labor. Brigades have warned they are in a worse position than before the catastrophic Black Summer fire season and said volunteer numbers…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has toured the St Vincent De Paul Society’s Assistance Centre in Traralgon ahead of Christmas to learn about the impact of food insecurity and the cost-of-living crisis during the festive season. Mr Cameron was joined by Opposition Leader, John Pesutto, for a day of engagements and meetings across…
DetailsAfter another accident at the intersection of Lloyd Street and Waterloo Road in Moe, The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has urged the Labor Government to fast-track long promised safety works. The notoriously dangerous level crossing was identified as a hazard where trucks, buses and cars queue and short-stack frequently, and accidents are now…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has met with the Minister for Police after tabling a petition calling for more police and PSO resources in the Latrobe Valley. Last week, during the last Parliamentary sitting period for the year, Mr Cameron tabled the petition which attracted nearly 1,000 signatures. “People have spoken, and the…
DetailsThe Nationals have slammed the Labor Government for offering native timber workers “appalling and inadequate compensation payouts” at the industry’s death knell. Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Public Land Use and Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath labelled Labor’s compensation “anything but fair” and said, “it has left contactors, workers and their families bereft.” “Former…
DetailsThe State Government’s timber transition plan has been exposed as a sham after it was confirmed just 4,000 of a promised 30 million trees have been planted. Under questioning in a Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) hearing last week, it was uncovered that just 0.013 per cent of trees promised under the Gippsland Plantation…
DetailsValley residents are being urged to do their bit to reduce litter and help protect the region’s environment by local MPs Martin Cameron and Darren Chester. The pair teamed up for a community action day with some friends, and removed 10 bags of rubbish from the banks of the Traralgon Creek. Mr Cameron said he…
DetailsMember for Morwell, Martin Cameron, joined with his National Party colleagues this week to call out the hoax that is the SEC, re-branding the State Electricity Commission “Soaring Energy Costs”. On the same day Labor unveiled its plan to enshrine the SEC in the Victorian constitution, MPs wore branded hats to explain what the SEC…
DetailsThe city of Latrobe has lost 37 public housing properties since 2018 under the Labor Government. “This is the government’s own data, and all the grandstanding about addressing the housing crisis is the reality that local public housing stocks have actually reduced,” The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, said. “Under the much-hyped Big Housing…
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