City-centric Labor to axe Regional Development Fund

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The Andrews Labor Government look set to axe Victoria’s dedicated Regional Development Fund. Established by the previous Liberal Nationals government, the successful fund has invested $1 billion over eight years into regional Victorian communities. Funding for the program expires on June 30 this year but the new Regional Development Minister Jaclyn Symes clammed up about…

Labor blocks cancer compensation for firefighters

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Labor MPs again used their numbers in the Victorian Parliament this week to block the introduction of a scheme to pay compensation for volunteer and paid firefighters with cancer. The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP has expressed disappointment that Labor voted against allowing the Fair Presumptive Rights for Firefighters Bill to be introduced…