The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP has demanded the Andrews Labor Government immediately fund the complete Warracknabeal Education Precinct project, escalating local community concerns about the half-completed state of the project in Parliament. The Andrews Labor Government has provided only a fraction of the funding required to consolidate the Warracknabeal Special Development School,…
Victorian farmers are losing crops and pastures and facing costly damage to fencing due to the Andrews Labor Government’s ongoing delays issuing permits to control rising numbers of kangaroos. Farmers have reported extensive delays — more than two months in some cases — to process applications for permits under the kangaroo pet food trial, which…
The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP spoke in Parliament today about the Andrews Labor Government failing to provide desperately needed funds to redevelop Baimbridge College. “This is a huge blow for the Baimbridge College community that have been working hard to secure funding, especially when the College was promised funding by the Education…
The Nationals have unveiled a plan to give young people in Lowan a brighter future with an $80 million fund dedicated to lifting educational outcomes in country Victoria. The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP said the Brighter Futures Fund would be targeted at rural communities experiencing a high level of disadvantage, including some…
The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP has congratulated the Murtoa Stick Shed Committee of Management, Halls Gap and Grampians Historical Society and the Hindmarsh, Horsham, West Wimmera and Yarriambiack Shire Councils on their successful Local History Grant applications. The Murtoa Stick Shed Committee of Management has received $8,646 for an informative website and…
The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy MP has raised serious concerns with the Treasurer in Parliament this week regarding a $6,894.45 debt owed by the Andrews Labor Government to a local small business. The debt relates to 52 individual invoices dating back as far as 2014 for purchases made by the Department of Environment,…
The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy MP says an elected Liberal Nationals Government will restore the Council Planning Flying Squad program to ease pressure on Victoria’s rural and regional councils. “Councils in rural and regional Victoria are under increased pressure from rates capping, rising costs and skills shortages and often do not have the…
This week we celebrate National Volunteer Week, giving us all the opportunity to promote the role of volunteers in our community and to say thank you to the six million Australians who give their time in the service of others. On behalf of all local residents, I would especially like to thank all volunteers in…
The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP has been inundated with complaints from local residents deeply concerned about the Andrews Labor Government’s botched rollout of centre line rumble strips on narrow and crumbling country roads. Ms Kealy raised the matter in Parliament this week, asking the Minister for Roads to immediately halt the rollout…
The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP says a recent experience of travelling on Victoria’s public transport system felt like a return to the days of Cobb & Co. Ms Kealy traveled from Horsham to Melbourne to attend Parliament last week on V/Line to witness first-hand the frustration of western Victorians fed up with…
