A Better Life for Foster Kids are Community Achievers
Gippsland based A Better Life for Foster Kids (ABLFK) has been recognised at the Australian Community Achievement Awards for Victoria, winning the Nectre Regional Service
The Nats slam Labors appalling timber compo offer
The 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
Labor’s staggering contractors and consultants bill
The new figures released this week by the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO) show spending on contractors and consultants by the public service increased by a
Mobile blackspots on V/Line trains continue despite Labor’s 8 year old promise to ‘fix them’
In 2015 Labor State Government promised to fix the mobile black spots on V/Line Trains with Gippsland’s regional rail commuters still waiting for the upgrade.
Latrobe Valley locals appear at Vic Flood Inquiry
The gaps in emergency warnings during the June 2021 Latrobe Valley floods were highlighted by local resident experts who travelled to Melbourne to present to
Latrobe Valley locals appear at Vic Flood Inquiry
The gaps in emergency warnings during the June 2021 Latrobe Valley floods were highlighted by local resident experts who travelled to Melbourne to present to
Funding opportunities for local manufacturing businesses
Local manufacturers are encouraged by The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath to apply for funding under The Made in Victoria program. The funding
Submissions extended for State Education Inquiry
The time period for submissions for the Inquiry into the state education system has been extended to Friday 15 December by the Legal and Social
Members Statement – The career of Sergeant Dale McCahon
Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (09:54): In my members statement today I would like to celebrate the career of Sergeant Dale McCahon, recently retired from the
Bath keeps up the pressure for State Coal Mine Visitor Centre Café reopening
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath has continued to pressure the Labor Government to re-open the Wonthaggi State Coal Mine Visitor Centre Cafe.
Where does your food and fibre come from?
Friday 17 November is ‘Ag Day Au’, a day where the agriculture industry and the hundreds of thousands of people employed in it are fittingly
The Nationals challenge Labor’s bureaucratic bushfire backburning approval process
Backburning on crown land during bushfires is set remain a torturous bureaucratic process after Labor’s Minister for Emergency Services, Jacyln Symes refused to acknowledge a
Labor’s construction industry timber ‘advice’ backflip
The Labor Government has suddenly backflipped on its directive to the Victorian building industry to cease designing and constructing homes with native hardwood timber. The
Neglected roadside vegetation a risk to regional communities
Out of control roadside vegetation must be addressed as summer and the impending bushfire season approaches. Shadow Assistant Minster for Public Land Use and The
Labor asks building industry to do its dirty work
The Victorian building industry has been directed to cease designing and constructing homes with native hardwood timber by the Labor Government. In a recent letter
All Aboard the Walhalla Goldfields Railway – Bath brandishes support for track extension
The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath has called on the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events in State Parliament to assist the
Lloyd Street and Waterloo Road intersection Moe
Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (13:09): (508) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and it relates to the upgrade to the
Victoria’s firewood review must improve access
The Nationals are calling for greater access to firewood gathering on public land as commercial supplies dry up and prices sky rocket following Labor fast
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