The Pomonal Men’s Shed Development Committee will receive $66,272 to build a new Men’s Shed. The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy is delighted Pomonal has won a share of funding available through the 2019-20 Men’s Shed Program after several years’ advocacy by the committee and strong support from the local community. “This is fantastic…
The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has again called on the Andrews Labor Government to introduce a direct public transport link between Hamilton and Horsham. The 120 km trip by car from Hamilton to Horsham currently takes 6-hours by public transport, with local residents required to travel by bus via Ballarat. “A number of…
As we prepare to celebrate Christmas and the arrival of a new decade, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone in the Lowan electorate a very Merry Christmas and a happy, safe and prosperous New Year. The Christmas and New Year holiday season is an opportunity to spend time with family and…
Primary schools across Lowan are becoming increasingly concerned that many of this year’s Prep students have not yet had their school entrance health screen under the Primary School Nurse Program. The program is designed to identify children with potential health-related learning difficulties and to respond to parent/carer concerns and observations about their child’s health and…
The Nationals, in government, will end household waste being sent to Victorian landfill by 2035. In the largest environmental overhaul in Victoria in decades, the visionary Zero to Landfill policy will bring energy-from-waste technology currently being used in central Paris, Amsterdam, Germany and Singapore to Victoria along with reforms to recycling. The policy comes as…
Labor Minister for Education, James Merlino MP has finally visited the Lowan electorate today, but disappointingly he is yet another Labor Minister to have left the chequebook at home. “Rather than announce additional funding for the school nurse program to assess hundreds of Prep kids that have missed their school entrant health and learning screening…
The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy will use a design by Charlie Mayes, a Year 6 student at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Warracknabeal as the cover for her 2019 Christmas card. Ms Kealy wrote to all primary schools in the electorate inviting students to design the cover of her Christmas card, asking them…
Western Victoria is grieving the sad loss of Geoff Handbury AO, now at peace and with his beloved late wife, Helen. Geoff made so many thoughtful contributions to the western Victorian community through his great ideas, business nous, passion, approachability and generosity. His belief in western Victoria as a great place to live, work and…
The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy has been contacted by a large number of local residents alarmed at the likelihood of major power outages across the region over summer. The concerns follow Energy Australia’s recent warning that Daniel Andrews aggressive push towards wind and solar electricity generation will send electricity prices through the roof…
Applications for the 2020-21 Local Sports Infrastructure Fund are now open. Grants are available through the Fund to community groups and clubs to develop infrastructure that provides modern, family and female-friendly, safe and accessible facilities with room to grow. Eligible projects include aquatic centre upgrades, sports ground and pavilion developments, sport surfaces and lighting installations…
