Labor’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…
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The 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,…
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The 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…
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The 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…
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The 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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The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has blasted the Andrews Government in Parliament for shirking its responsibility to answer questions from regional Victorians. Mr Cameron used his Members Statement last week to highlight the complete lack of acknowledgement, answers, and accountability shown by Labor Ministers in failing to respond to correspondence from Opposition MPs.…
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The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has asked questions about the status of the Morwell Food Manufacturing Precinct which has stalled under Regional Development Victoria. Two weeks ago, Mr Cameron wrote to the Minister for Regional Development, Harriet Shing, requesting an urgent update on the project slated for Princes Drive – a significant development…
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The Andrews Government has sounded the death knell for the local timber industry with today’s cruel and ill-considered decision to accelerate the end of sustainable native logging. The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, said Labor’s call to bring an end to native logging by the end of the year would spell disaster for workers,…
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The Andrews Labor Government has demonstrated its utter contempt for the Latrobe Valley and regional Victoria with a brutal State Budget that has slashed millions in funding from key areas including health, roads, emergency services, agriculture and community infrastructure. The regional development budget has again been cut, halved from $211.5 million to $106.6 million in…
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The Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has demanded answers from the Andrews Government about a proposed high-density housing development slated for Dunbar Road, Traralgon. In Parliament on Tuesday, Mr Cameron used his constituency question to ask the Minister for Housing whether the Andrews Government had signed off on an agreement with a private developer,…
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