Victorian Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas has been asked for a please explain after the Latrobe Urgent Care Clinic* in Moe was closed to patients without notice on Monday 13 January. The Latrobe UCC, which is supposed to take the pressure off hospital emergency departments (ED) and services the whole of the Valley, also cut its…
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After 10 years of Jacinta Allan and Labor, Victorians have never been worse off. For the last decade, Jacinta Allan has held senior positions in the Victorian Labor Government, and she has consistently failed to deliver on her commitments to Victorians. The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, said on almost every key performance indicator…
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A Japanese consortium has warned it is poised to pull $2.35 billion investment from a world-first coal to hydrogen project in the Latrobe Valley, prompting scathing criticism of the Allan Labor Government by The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron. The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain (HESC) project pioneered the conversion of brown coal to hydrogen…
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Recent performance reports released by the Department of Health show that Latrobe Regional Health (LRH), Gippsland’s main acute mental health provider, is failing to meet mental health-based government service targets. In the 2023-2024 financial year LRH only achieved 84 per cent of its targeted mental health community service hours. Based off the figures achieved in…
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The family of Doctor Ashley Gordon, who was tragically killed during a home invasion earlier this year, was in Victorian Parliament this week for the tabling of their petition which called for sweeping changes to the state’s bail laws. Sponsored by The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, the petition requests the Labor government take…
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Students from Moe Albert Street Primary School’s Junior School Council (JSC) have been rewarded for their tireless community advocacy after two years lobbying for benches to be installed at the school entrance. The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, visited the JSC this week for the grand unveiling of two benches – one installed by…
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The Latrobe Valley has been snubbed again by the Allan Labor Government, with an announcement the first 100 per cent government-owned renewable energy project will be built in Horsham, despite a promise the State Electricity Commission would be brought back to Morwell. The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, labelled the decision “disgraceful”, and said…
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Road maintenance works in regional Victoria plummeted a staggering 95 per cent last financial year under the Allan Labor Government, the Department of Transport and Planning has revealed. Data published in the Department’s annual report shows the area of road “rehabilitated or resurfaced” in regional Victoria fell to 422,000 square metres in 2023/24, down from…
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Buses have replaced trains along the Gippsland line two-thirds of the time since the start of 2023, confirming the region is a train desert under the Allan Labor Government. Shadow Minister for Roads, Danny O’Brien, analysed V/Line announcements on social media and calculated buses had replaced trains on 416 out of 639 days – 65%…
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The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has issued a reminder that all signed pages for the ‘Change for Doctor Ashley Gordon’ petition must be returned by no later than Friday 8 November. Doctor Gordon’s family launched a Parliamentary petition in May, sponsored by Mr Cameron, calling on the state government to take three actions…
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