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…
DetailsRoad 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…
DetailsBuses 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%…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsJust as the revived State Electricity Commission was nonsensically enshrined in the Victorian Constitution, its first annual report has confirmed the Allan Labor Government is failing to deliver the affordable and secure energy Victorians were promised. Legislation passed yesterday to embed the SEC’s mandate and “flimsy” objectives into the Victorian Constitution, despite it making just…
DetailsThis week, The Nationals launched a clear plan to put local voices first in the transition to renewables. The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, said residents in the Latrobe Valley, like many across the state, have been left out of the conversation on renewable projects by the Allan Labor Government and multinational corporations. Mr…
DetailsNearly 150 golfers took to the greens of Traralgon recently in a wildly successfully instalment of the annual Tee Up for Mental Health Golf Day. The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, was proud to host the day again which raises vital funds for Lifeline Gippsland to fund its crisis telephone counselling services and for…
DetailsThe Nationals have discovered one of the Latrobe Valley’s best kept secrets which has quietly evolved from a business with potential to a global success story. Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, and Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath toured Omnia Specialties Australia recently – an enterprise that turns acids found in the Valley’s coal fields…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government has covertly shut down Regional Roads Victoria in a move that shows it has officially abandoned its duty of care for roads outside of Melbourne, according to The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron. The Regional Roads Victoria website has been taken offline and was replaced by a “Transport Victoria” website…
DetailsThe Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, has issued a please explain to the Minister for Housing for failing to respond to questions about social and affordable housing in the Latrobe Valley. During the last sitting week in Parliament, it was revealed the Minister for Housing, Harriet Shing, had failed to answer some 51 questions…
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