The Andrews Government has again shown its disdain for the Latrobe Valley by hosting the State Electricity Commission Energy Jobs and Skills Forum in Melbourne last week, despite repeatedly claiming the SEC will be brought back to Morwell. The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, said the decision to hold the event at the Park…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, is calling on the Andrews Government to immediately address skyrocketing rates of homelessness in the Latrobe Valley as a matter of emergency. New data from the Council to Homeless Persons has revealed that homelessness in the Morwell electorate has increase a whopping 85 per cent in the five…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government’s ill-conceived plan to bring back the State Electricity Commission continues to unravel with the news a key adviser has quit, as the organisation’s interim CEO confirms power prices will rise substantially under the SEC. “The SEC’s own interim CEO said yesterday that energy prices will rise, yet Daniel Andrews and Labor…
DetailsThe Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has urged the Andrews Government to reinstate funding for Latrobe Youth Space after it was scrapped under the 2023-24 Budget. Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Mr Cameron raised concerns about the impact closure of the Youth Space would have on young people in the Valley. “Latrobe Youth Space was…
DetailsThe Andrews Government can no longer ignore the need for more police resources in the Valley, with the latest data revealing Latrobe has the highest crime rate of any local government area in regional Victoria. For the year to March 31, there were 10,319 criminal incidents per 100,000 population recorded in Latrobe – more than…
DetailsLabor’s Minister for Climate Change, Lily D’Ambrosio today denied Gippsland native timber workers an audience in the Latrobe Valley, instead choosing to slip out a back gate and return to Melbourne. Gippsland timber workers and their families called on Minister D‘Ambrosio to meet with them to discuss the impact of Labor’s decision to shut the…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government has fumbled questions about its plan to bring back the State Electricity Commission, failing to provide detail about the promised delivery of jobs for the Latrobe Valley. In a Public Accounts and Estimates Committee hearing last week it was revealed the SEC office and its 29 staff were located in Melbourne,…
DetailsThe true extent of the rort that is Daniel Andrews’ Latrobe Valley Authority has been exposed this week, after it was revealed the entire State Budget funding allocation for the LVA will be spent on staff and wages. Under questioning from The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien, in the Public Accounts and Estimates…
DetailsThe Andrews Government has again turned its back on Latrobe Valley and Baw Baw Shire by failing to commit to funding vital upgrades for the Tyers CFA, according to The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, and Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath. Ahead of the Budget last month, Ms Bath urged the Treasurer to…
DetailsThe Andrews Government is set to repeat history by underspending on regional roads to the detriment of local communities, according to The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron. “Labor’s latest catastrophic budget has cut more than $260 million in maintenance funding for an already crumbling network of roads, including in the Valley where notoriously unsafe…
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