Victorian Landcare Grants now open

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The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is encouraging volunteers helping to protect and restore Victoria’s land and environment to consider applying for funding under the latest round of Victorian Landcare Grants. Environmental volunteer groups can apply for project grants of up to $20,000 for on-ground works, education and capacity building projects that help to…

Western Victorian communities missing out under Daniel Andrews

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A new VAGO report has confirmed that communities in Western Victoria received a bigger slice of funds under the Liberal Nationals and are missing out under Labor. The Victorian Auditor-General’s Outcomes of Investing in Regional Victoria report is a scathing assessment of the Andrews Government’s failure to properly administer the Regional Growth Fund. The VAGO…

Bullying rife in Lowan schools

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The 2018 Attitudes to School report recently released by the Victorian Education Department has revealed that government schools in country Victoria are hotbeds for bullying with rural students more likely to experience bullying than their metropolitan counterparts. Local schools are also concerned about a lack of Student Support Services, with the West Grampians Network Horsham…

Liberal Nationals establish inquiry to fix farm trespass laws

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Improved protection for Lowan farmers against the destructive actions of law-breaking activists will be at the centre of a parliamentary inquiry to fix farm trespass laws. The Nationals proposed a motion to State Parliament this week to establish the inquiry, following serious concerns more is needed to protect farmers from law-breaking activists. The National Member…

Kealy signs up again for Nappy Collective

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy has again thrown her support behind ‘The Nappy Collective’ project by signing up her office as a local collection point. The project collects leftover unused disposable nappies and redistributes them to organisations that support families in crisis or in need. There are 410 official drop points in 64…

Farmers ignored in Labor’s sham rates review

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The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy believes the Andrews Labor Government’s review into rates is a sham and won’t address the number one issue faced by farmers: the unfair rates cap. Ms Kealy has slammed the terms of reference for the review, which were finally released by the Andrews Government after a lengthy delay.…

Stronger laws the priority to protect Victorian farmers

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy says the Andrews Labor Government is stalling on calls to fix farm trespass laws, despite Victorian farmers and farm businesses still being relentlessly targeted by extreme activists. The Federal Liberal Nationals Government and the Queensland Government have both announced stronger penalties to stop activists targeting farms in the…

Back to the bad old days – Letter to the Editor

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Dear Editor, Daniel Andrews recently claimed he doesn’t want to “go back to the bad old days where there were two Victoria’s” — Regional Victoria and Melbourne. But under his city-centric government, Regional Victoria has already been left behind. One of the first things Daniel Andrews did as Premier was cut the $160 million Country…

Kealy – local banking must stay local

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The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has written to the Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews demanding he reverse the Labor Government’s mandate to remove State Government banking from local communities to Westpac’s Sydney branch. Ms Kealy raised the matter in Parliament in February in a question to the Treasurer of Victoria who failed to respond…