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Budget must deliver for regional communities

Media29 April, 2022

Increased spending for health, roads, housing and community infrastructure in regional Victoria must form part of Tuesday’s State Budget to ensure Lowan communities get their fair share. Member for Lowan…

New campaign to expose Victoria’s worst roads

Media20 April, 2022

Victorians are being asked to name the state’s worst roads in a new campaign to identify the most dangerous hazards that are risking lives on our road network every day. Launched…

Funding for Yarriambiack childcare desperately needed

Media20 April, 2022

The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy and Deputy Leader of The Nationals Steph Ryan have met with representatives of the Murtoa community and Yarriambiack Shire Council to discuss the…

Another blow to local health care as Horsham maternity services suspended

Media14 April, 2022

The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is concerned at a decision made late last night to suspend maternity services at the hospital in Horsham. The decision means that local…

Labor’s building charge hike a huge blow

Media4 April, 2022

Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has called on the Andrews Labor Government to immediately intervene to revoke a massive planned fee increase set to hit the region’s builders. The Victorian…

Labor, Independents and Greens team up to stop tougher farm trespass fines

Media25 March, 2022

Legislation for on-the-spot fines for farm trespass has finally passed state parliament after two years of delay by the Andrews Government. Amendments to double the maximum fine for illegal farm…

Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Bill 2021 – Council amendments

Parliament23 March, 2022

Ms KEALY (Lowan) (15:54): There is a saying which is a hacked from Marcus Aurelius, which is, ‘Words are opinion, not fact. Action is the only truth’. I have been…

New report finds regional Victoria “highly under-serviced” by public transport

Media22 March, 2022

Many communities in regional Victoria are “highly under-serviced” by public transport, with flow on effects to liveability acting as a handbrake on potential population growth, a new report has found.…

Kealy continues call for tougher penalties for farm trespassers

Media21 March, 2022

The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is calling on Independent MPs in Parliament’s Upper House to vote in favour of greater protection for our Victorian farmers through harsher on…

Thousands of jobs lost to South Australia as Labor drops the ball

Media1 March, 2022

The Labor Government’s unwillingness to support Horsham-based food manufacturer Australian Plant Proteins to expand its local operations has seen thousands of local jobs lost to South Australia. South Australian Premier…

Labor forced to back down on regional newspaper attack

Media24 February, 2022

The Andrews Labor Government has backtracked on its plan to take revenue from regional newspapers after strenuous opposition from the Nationals and the community. Labor’s Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Bill…

Tougher penalties needed for farm trespass

Media22 February, 2022

Member for Lowan Emma Kealy says it is crucial that farmers are protected against illegal and traumatic farm trespass crime. In Parliament last week, Ms Kealy and her National Party…

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Budget must deliver for regional communities

New campaign to expose Victoria’s worst roads

Funding for Yarriambiack childcare desperately needed

Another blow to local health care as Horsham maternity services suspended

Labor’s building charge hike a huge blow

Labor, Independents and Greens team up to stop tougher farm trespass fines

Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Bill 2021 – Council amendments

New report finds regional Victoria “highly under-serviced” by public transport

Kealy continues call for tougher penalties for farm trespassers

Thousands of jobs lost to South Australia as Labor drops the ball

Labor forced to back down on regional newspaper attack

Tougher penalties needed for farm trespass

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