Labor must park its plan to lock up more public land

Bush users have converged on State Parliament this week protesting against a plan to lock up more of Victoria’s public land. More than 77,000 hectares of public land will be locked up if the Andrews Labor Government adopts recommendations from the Victorian Environmental Assessment Council’s (VEAC) Central West Investigation final report. Member for Lowan, Emma…

Blue Ribbon Road upgrade too little too late

The decision by Labor to finally fund an upgrade of the Blue Ribbon Road north of Horsham is too little too late according to the Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy. Ms Kealy and local Kalkee residents have repeatedly called on the Andrews Labor Government to upgrade the road after local residents observed significant deterioration…

Children Legislation Amendment Bill

Victorian Parliament – August 29, 2019 Ms KEALY (Lowan) (10:59:38): It is a great privilege to have the opportunity in the short time that I will have available before question time today to speak on the Children Legislation Amendment Bill 2019. As we have heard from previous speakers, this is an enormously important piece of legislation…