The end of large community bank donations

More Lowan residents have contacted the Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy concerned at the impact on their local community of the Labor Government’s mandate to remove State Government banking from local banks. Labor recently announced that all state-owned organisations such as schools and hospitals must close accounts with local banks and transfer their money…

Western Victorian communities missing out under Daniel Andrews

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…

Kealy signs up again for Nappy Collective

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…

Kealy – local banking must stay local

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…

Address-in-reply – Governer’s Speech

Victorian Parliament – 20 March 2019 – Ms KEALY (Lowan) (16:25:33): It is a great privilege to provide your address-in-reply because of course it means that you have been re-elected or elected to this place. I would like to open my contribution to this debate by thanking the enormous number of people who have helped…

Kealy welcomes new local drug action team funding

The Nationals Member for Lowan and Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Emma Kealy has welcomed the Federal Coalition Government’s announcement that it will fund an additional 72 Local Drug Action Teams (LDAT) across the nation to tackle harm caused by drugs and alcohol misuse on individuals and families. The funding is being made available through…

Kealy calls on Labor to finish the Balmoral Community Complex

The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is calling on the Andrews Labor Government to immediately provide $200,000 to complete the Balmoral Community Complex project. The call follows the Federal Coalition Government’s announcement that it will provide nearly $500,000 to the Balmoral community to build a multi-purpose, multi-function complex at the Balmoral Recreation Reserve. Ms…

Heart-warming support for The Nappy Collective

The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy MP and Candidate for Mallee Dr Anne Webster visited the Horsham Christian Emergency Food Centre to deliver over 1,000 donated nappies. Ms Kealy has nominated her office as a drop off point for The Nappy Collective project for the past two years, collecting leftover unused disposable nappies for…

Parliament House Open Day – 19 March 2019

The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy has issued an invitation to the people of Lowan to visit Parliament House on Sunday, 17 March 2019. “The Victorian Parliament is celebrating Cultural Diversity Week with an open day filled with music, dancing and food from around the world,” Ms Kealy said. “Entry is free and everyone…