A reminder to be bushfire ready this summer
As we enter summer, The Nationals’ Melina Bath is calling on locals to make sure their property is bushfire ready. Ms Bath said after several milder, wetter years, an abundance…
Labor’s track record casts shadow over VFA–GMA merger
Victorian recreational hunters and anglers must not suffer a reduction in services as the Allan Labor Government presses ahead with their proposed Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) and Game Management Authority…
Labor’s wasteful spending costs regional communities
The Silver Review’s recommendation to abolish the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC) confirms what many Victorians already knew — that this was a taxpayer-funded bureaucracy driven by ideology, not outcomes.…
Expert insights bring bushfire preparedness realities into focus
Victoria’s fire season has begun amid total fire bans across large parts of the state, as forest management expert John Mulligan launched his new book Our Mismanaged Forests. Mr Mulligan’s…
Improved essential palliative care services needed
Underfunding of essential palliative care services is leaving patients and their loved ones in limbo at the most critical time of their lives. Data from Palliative Care Victoria reveals that62…
Bath calls out Labor’s stalling on Cape to Cape plan
Pressure is mounting on the Allan Government to end unnecessary delays and release the final Cape to Cape Resilience Plan. In state parliament The Nationals’ Melina Bath called on the…
Labor’s digital-only licence renewal freezes out thousands of hunters
Thousands of Victorian hunters face a licence renewal headache as the Allan Labor Government moves to an online portal. Under current rules, hunters must renew duck and quail licences online…
Thanking our farmers on National Agriculture Day
The Nationals’ Melina Bath is shining a light on Victorian farmers during National Agriculture Week. National Agriculture Day 2025 is celebrated on Friday, 21 November with this year’s theme: “Stand…
West Gippsland Hospital funding?
Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:59): (2025) My question is to the Minister for Health, and it relates to a request from many constituents in my electorate for a timeline on…
Gippsland public hospital deficits deeply concerning
The tabling of annual reports in state parliament has shown seven of Gippsland’s public hospitals are operating in deficit, raising further questions on the Allan Labor Government’s ability to manage…
