Inadequate public transport stories flood in

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP has been flooded with stories about the regions inadequate public transport system through her ‘Have Your Say on western Victoria’s public transport services’ campaign. Ms Kealy was recently contacted by an 88-year old Hamilton resident wanting to visit her sick sister in Horsham. After making enquiries about…

Fire risk concerns from roadside growth

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP is calling on the Andrews Labor Government to take urgent action to fund the slashing of roadsides across the region. Ms Kealy said the fire risk posed by vegetation growing on roadsides was a major concern to local residents. “I have been contacted by a number of…

Public transport system broken under Labor

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP is continuing her push for improved regional public transport services in Western Victoria. “There is no doubt Western Victoria has the poorest public transport in the state and the situation is getting worse, not better, under the Andrew’s Labor Government.” Ms Kealy said. Ms Kealy was recently…

Kealy – Labor must act now to restore platypus population

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP is calling on the Andrews Labor Government to support conservation efforts to help re-establish a platypus population in the upper reaches of the Wimmera River. Experts believe the millennium drought in the early 2000s ravaged platypus populations in the area. Ms Kealy spoke in Parliament in December…

Upward crime trend across Lowan continues

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP has expressed concern at a continuing upward trend in crime rates across the Lowan electorate. “Western Victoria has been abandoned by the Premier for Melbourne while the crime rate spirals out of control,” Ms Kealy said. “Drug use and possession, theft and burglary are the main areas…

Congratulations to VCE and VCAL students – Letter to the Editor

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Congratulations to those who have received their Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) results. Completion of secondary education is a significant milestone and achievement, and one that should be acknowledged and celebrated. If you haven’t received the result you had hoped for there are many other pathways available that…

Regional and rural roads – 14 December 2017

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Victorian Parliament – 14 December 2017 – Ms KEALY – I would like to address the mistruth that the Minister for Roads and Road Safety is currently peddling regarding roads funding. When compared to the last Liberal‑Nationals actual road asset management budget spend plus CPI, the Andrews Labor government have cut almost $77 million in 2016 and almost…

Rural general practitioners

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Victorian Parliament – 14 December 2017 – Ms KEALY – Country Victoria is in the grip of a critical shortage of general practitioners, and it is having a huge impact on the health of our local people. People who rely on prescription medication to manage their health are unable to get an appointment to see a local…

Wimmera platypus conservation

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Victorian Parliament – 14 December 2017 – Ms KEALY – Recurrent droughts have had a significant impact on the agricultural sector, the backbone of our economy, but have also had a disastrous impact on our local environment. A recent study of the number of platypuses in the upper Wimmera River region produced distressing results, finding that platypuses…