Victoria State Emergency Service Horsham unit

Parliament

Victorian Parliament – 15 November 2017 – Ms KEALY – It was a great pleasure to meet the crew of amazing volunteers at the Horsham unit of the Victoria State Emergency Service (SES) last week. This small team of great people provide help after car crashes, during floods and even after accidents and falls in the Grampians…

Regional & rural roads

Parliament

Victorian Parliament – 15 November 2017 – Ms KEALY – The quality of roads in western Victoria has never been worse. While we are seeing limited roadworks on major roads after three years of Labor neglect, the quality of repairs in some areas is just appalling and nothing more than a waste of money. In Penshurst I…

Kealy — no news reflects roads neglect

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP believes a lack of public information regarding South West Victoria’s roads is a direct reflection of the Andrews Labor Government’s ongoing neglect of roads in the local area. The media release section on the VicRoads website is broken into five regions and metropolitan Melbourne. There have only…

Local History Grants Now Open

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP is encouraging community groups to apply for grants of up to $15,000 for projects that preserve, record and share stories from our past. Projects that have been supported in the past include the digitisation of historic newspapers to developing heritage town walks, recording of oral histories and…

Grants for shade now available

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP is encouraging sports clubs, not-for-profit organisations and community groups across the Lowan electorate to take advantage of the third and final round of the Community Shade Grants Program which is now open. Ms Kealy said funding was available in three bands: –       Band 1: up to $5,000…

It’s Your Fire Service – Letter to the Editor

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Victoria has a long and proud history of volunteerism within the emergency services. Unfortunately, in the last three years the future of our fire services has become uncertain. A recent parliamentary inquiry confirmed the Andrews Labor Government failed to consult firefighters before introducing flawed legislation in an attempted political fix for the fire services.  The…

Kealy calls for explanation on mammogram costs

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP has spoken in Parliament requesting an explanation why women with breast cancer or who are considered high risk pay $200 for a mammogram and ultrasound in Horsham when the service is free in Ballarat and Melbourne. While regular breast screening in Horsham is free, mammograms and ultrasounds…

It’s Your Fire Services – Lowan has its say

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP will join Shadow Minister for Emergency Services, Brad Battin MP to meet with local fire fighters and community members to listen to their thoughts on the future of their fire services. A recent parliamentary inquiry confirmed the Andrews Labor Government failed to consult firefighters before introducing flawed…

Kealy — travel times increase under Labor

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP is frustrated by V/Line’s new timetable to Horsham which has increased travel times to the region. “Not only does the new timetable include no new services to Horsham, many of the changes actually increase travel times to the region” Ms Kealy said. “There is no doubt Western…