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Costs and reoffending rates spiralling out of control under Andrews’ broken Youth Justice system
The release today of the 2021 Report on Government Services (RoGS) on Youth Justice lays bare the damage being done by inaction from the Andrews Labor Government.…
Statement by Shadow Minister for Road Safety and the TAC, Brad Battin regarding transiting from Queensland and the ACT to Victoria by road
Today, the Acting Premier has put the lives of Victorians at risk. The call by Jacinta Allan to force families returning from Queensland and the…
More questions than answers on wire rope barriers
Under questioning at PAEC on Thursday, Minister for Roads and Road Safety Ben Carroll couldn’t answer basic questions about the maintenance of wire rope barriers.…
Labor’s Minister for Crime Prevention can’t explain what’s being done to try and reduce crime
Under questioning today, Labor’s Minister for Crime Prevention was lost for words when asked to explain what the government was doing to try and reduce…
Labor cuts funds to another government watchdog
Daniel Andrews has slashed funding to another government watchdog investigating his party – this time about a 30 per cent funding cut to the Victorian…
Our plan to rebuild the CFA: community consultation begins
In July this year, the Victorian Liberal Nationals announced their plan to rebuild the Country Fire Authority (CFA) following the implementation of the Andrews Labor…
Liberal Nationals to withdraw Victoria from controversial Belt and Road
A Michael O’Brien-led Liberal Nationals Government will withdraw Victoria from Labor’s lop-sided and secretive Belt and Road deal with the Chinese Government. This is not…
Daniel Andrews and the Labor Government impose new tax on number plates
By voting down amendments proposed by the Liberal Nationals in the Upper House this afternoon, Daniel Andrews and the Labor Government have this afternoon imposed…
Labor fails small and family businesses in budget
Daniel Andrews is more interested in looking after his construction union mates than in bringing small businesses back to life. Mum and dad businesses have…
Andrews Labor Government shuffles the deckchairs and hides behind a veil of secrecy on road projects
Despite promises of a big-spending budget, all the Andrews Labor Government has managed to do for roads is to shuffle the deckchairs and refuse to…
Labor’s budget fails to address the real problem in Daniel Andrews’ failed Youth Justice system
Despite the increasingly irreparable damage done to the Youth Justice system by the Andrews Labor Government, the 2020/21 Budget has failed to do anything to…
Labor’s new tax on jobs
Victoria is currently in the middle of a jobs crisis, so what does Daniel Andrews do? Andrews introduces a new tax on jobs. Labor’s announcement…
Remembering our lost road traffic victims
Today marks the 25th World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. We pause to remember the millions of people worldwide who have been killed or seriously injured on the road,…
Labor’s personalised number plate cash grab
Daniel Andrews’ latest cash grab is to whack a new tax on Victorian personalised number plates. Hidden deep in Labor’s Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2020…
Finally, victims heard
The Liberal Nationals have won a battle to force amendments to the Justice Legislation Amendment (Supporting Victims and Other Matters) Bill 2020, which go some…
Labor must not cause more pain for sexual assault victims and their families
Last night the Legislative Council passed an amendment moved by the Liberal Nationals that preserved the legal status quo for the families of deceased sexual…
Andrews Labor Government’s shallow learners permit announcement is six months too late
Today’s announcement from Labor’s Roads Minister that work is only now just starting on putting Victoria’s learner’s permit test online is six months too late. …
Andrews Labor Government empty promises and spin leaves prospective learner drivers disappointed – AGAIN!
Andrews labor government empty promises and spin leaves prospective learner drivers disappointed – again! A few hours after being pressured by the Liberal Nationals and…
Liberal Nationals secure victory for young drivers
Daniel Andrews and the Labor Government have finally listened to calls from the Liberal Nationals and the community to catch up with technology and put…
Labor dragged kicking and screaming to extend motorcycle learner’s permits
Labor’s Roads Minister, Ben Carroll has finally heeded calls from the Liberal Nationals to extend motorcycle learner’s permits. In August the Liberal Nationals wrote to…
Labor’s licence testing plan for regional Victoria lacks detail
Labor has this morning quietly announced a return to licence testing in regional Victoria but failed to provide important details on how the thousands of…
Dance school continually roadblocked by Daniel Andrews
Dance schools across the state face another roadblock, in Daniel Andrews roadmap to recovery. Despite the Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions declaring to Ausdance…
Labor still has no idea how it’s going to fix its licence testing mess
Labor’s Minister for Roads and Road Safety, Ben Carroll has failed to give Victorians any confidence that Labor will be able to clear the growing…
Andrews Labor Government continues to hide Youth Justice worker assaults
Minister for Youth Justice, Natalie Hutchins has hidden the number of assaults against staff at Victoria’s Youth Justice Centres to cover up Labor’s systematic failings in the problematic…
Planned burns must be allowed
Planned burns must be allowed The Liberal Nationals are calling on Premier Daniel Andrews to immediately lift his ban on vital fuel reduction burns. CFA…
Labor’s COVID-19 response risks creating a lost generation
Today the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee of the Parliament of Victoria heard that young people are being disproportionately impacted by the Andrews Labor Government’s response…
Mixed messages from the Andrews Labor Government over online Learners Permit testing
Despite repeated calls from the Liberal Nationals to move the Learners Permit’s test online, mixed messaging from the Andrews Labor Government continues to leave learner…
Statement from Shadow Minister for Victim Support on change to Judicial Proceedings Reports Act
Any changes made to laws governing the rights of victims of crime should be made with only one thing in mind – the victim. Today’s…
Liberal Nationals to oppose State of Emergency power grab by Andrews
The Liberal Nationals will vehemently oppose and vote to defeat the Andrews Labor Government’s attempt to extend State of Emergency powers for a further 12…
Drivers shouldn’t pay when they can’t use the roads
The Liberal Nationals are calling on the Andrews Labor Government to give car owners a break by extending all vehicle registrations in Metropolitan Melbourne who are housebound due…
WorkSafe must be upfront about hotel quarantine investigations
The Liberal Nationals are calling on WorkSafe to detail what investigations it has, or will be undertaking into the Andrews Labor Government’s hotel quarantine fiasco.…
Secretive Andrews Labor Government silent on road injury statistics
In a further demonstration of the lack of accountability and transparency from the Andrews Labor Government, the release of the number of TAC claims that…
More Victorian businesses set to close, worst of all states
More than 1-in-8 Melbourne small and medium businesses (SMBs) will not reopen due to the harsh lockdowns put on Victorians caused by the bungled hotel…
Lack of direction from Andrews Labor Government on computer-based testing
Today in the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee, the Andrews Labor Government have shown the only roadblock to computer-based learners permit test and hazard perception test…
Labor MP put Politics before Sole Traders
Labor MP’s in Casey are putting politics before representing the sole traders in their electorates, leaving one of the largest sectors, especially in the South-East on their own during COVID-19. This…
Lack of clarity on licence testing
The Liberal Nationals are calling on the Andrews Labor Government and VicRoads to clarify the licence testing arrangements that will be put into place during…
Statement on Hotel Quarantine Board of Inquiry
The Hotel Quarantine Board of Inquiry Chairperson, Jennifer Coate has today confirmed the Inquiry is not a court and recognised what the community has known…
Victoria’s sole traders abandoned under Labor’s Stage 4
Today will be the last day that many Victorian businesses are able to operate for six weeks. Sadly, a number of these businesses – especially…
Labor blocks all questions in Parliament in political protest
The Victorian Labor Party has failed each and every Victorian by refusing to answer any questions in Parliament today. In order to cover-up government failures,…
Daniel Andrews contradicting restrictions leaves dance schools behind
Daniel Andrews must explain why dance schools are being left behind and restrictions on private dance classes are not being lifted.Many locally run dance schools…
First sod turned on $68 million Hillstowe community
Liberal State Member for Gembrook, Brad Battin MP and AVID Property Group (AVID) celebrated the start of construction on the $68 million Hillstowe community in…
‘More will die’: Calls to confront drug driving surge
Story by A Current Affair Staff: A surge in drug drivers on our roads is prompting calls for a complete overhaul of the system, as…
labor priorities: cancelling number plates and branch stacking
In yet another example of the Andrews Labor Government focusing on the wrong issues, personalised number plates are being cancelled for being ‘offensive to the…
Chaos and dysfunction in Daniel Andrews’ youth justice system
An 18-year-old offender who threw boiling water at the face of a youth justice worker, causing permanent disfiguration, will receive no additional time to his…
2019 road toll up while cameras out of action under Andrews
Today’s report by the Road Safety Camera Commissioner into the failure of speed cameras shows that Daniel Andrews and Labor have dropped the ball on…
Road safety needs action
Victoria’s road toll continues to climb and the best Labor Road Safety Minister Ben Carroll can do, is pull together a roundtable meeting. During the…
Think local when buying a drop.
It’s never been more important to ‘Think Local. Support Local’.Liberal State Member for Gembrook Brad Battin MP headed to D’Angelo’s winery in Officer to speak…
Labor electorates favoured for bus services in Casey and Cardinia.
Labor has continued to ignore residents vital need for bus services in Cardinia, favouring Labor electorates with their latest bus route announcements.Residents were shocked and…
pandemic has a strain on mental health
As we face our second Stage 3 lockdown, I know many in the community are finding it more difficult than the first. Isolated from friends…
Pakenham Railway Line fails for 12 months in a row on punctuality.
The Pakenham Railway line has failed for the 12th month in a row on punctuality as revealed in the delayed December metro rail data.As commuters…
Liberals to rebuild and restore Victoria’s iconic CFA
An elected Liberal Government will rebuild and restore the Country Fire Authority (CFA) which has been destroyed by the Andrews Labor Government. Within the first…
Alarming crime increase in Cardinia and Casey.
Today’s crime statistics highlight the damaging result of a Government more concerned withParty branch stacking than protecting Victorians. Alarmingly at the same time Daniel Andrews…
Family violence soars in Cardinia
Today’s crime figures have revealed a concerning rise in family violence in Cardinia dramatically increasing by 17.8% in the past 12 months. Residents between the…