Better mobile coverage at last

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The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has congratulated the Halls Gap and Broughton communities on their successful campaign to have mobile coverage in the area upgraded. Ms Kealy has worked closely with these communities for many years to lobby for improved mobile infrastructure to eliminate black spots and improve safety for local residents. She…

Better mobile coverage at last for Gazette

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy has congratulated the Gazette community on its successful campaign to have mobile coverage in the area upgraded. Ms Kealy has worked closely with the Gazette community for upgraded mobile infrastructure to improve safety for local residents. She said Telstra’s announcement today that it would improve mobile coverage in…

Local Ag shows win funding

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy has congratulated a number of local show societies on their successful grant applications to the Agricultural and Pastoral Society Grants 2020-21 program. Ms Kealy said each of the grants, which are able to fund up to 90 per cent of the total project cost, would be used by…

Volunteer Emergency Service Equipment Grants available now

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy is encouraging local emergency service organisations to apply for funding through the latest round of the Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program (VESEP). VESEP is an annual grants program which provides funding to Victorian emergency services volunteer groups to purchase essential equipment including new vehicles, trucks, tankers and trailers…

Expand on-line testing now

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Following repeated calls from The Nationals, the state government has announced that learner drivers from across regional Victoria will finally be able to sit their learner’s permit test online. Member for Lowan Emma Kealy, together with her National Party colleagues, has repeatedly called for online testing to be implemented to help manage the huge backlog…

Kealy launches hospital amalgamation petition

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The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is urging residents to have their say about a proposed amalgamation between Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services. Ms Kealy has launched a petitION AGainst the move after the Minister for Health declined an invitation to visit Horsham to hear first-hand the community’s concerns about the…

Labor must get serious about rail freight

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More trucks could be forced onto already badly damaged regional roads, with the Andrews Labor Government’s rail freight plan again under a cloud. The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy said funding for the Mode Shift Incentive Scheme (MSIS) would expire on June 30, and once again there had been no commitment from Labor to…