2019 WorkSafe Awards now open

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP is encouraging local employers and workers with a passion for the health and safety of workers to consider entering this year’s WorkSafe Awards. “There are many fantastic businesses and individuals in Lowan who have made an enormous contribution and are achieving great things in improving health and…

Small business research and innovation grants up for grabs

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The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy is encouraging small and medium businesses to seek funding to develop their innovative solutions for government policy and service delivery challenges. “There are many innovative progressive businesses in the Lowan electorate that I would encourage to look at this grant,” Ms Kealy said. The Business Research and Innovation…

Power cut-offs spike under Labor

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy is alarmed by recent reports which show that more than 60,000 Victorian customers had their power cut off last financial year. Numbers are up 21 per cent on the previous year, while the average level of debt reached almost $1500 as prices leapt 16 per cent. “Once again,…

Yes Daniel, pay what you owe!

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The Nationals Member for Lowan Emma Kealy MP says it is unacceptable that it has taken four years and the intervention of the local Member for Parliament for the Andrews Labor Government to pay $6,894.45 of accumulated government debt to a local small business. “Daniel Andrews recently tweeted that getting paid what you’re owed shouldn’t…

Labor leaves small business struggling with four-year debt

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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,…

Farmers’ market support to return with Nationals

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP has welcomed a $2 million pledge of support for Victorian farmers’ markets and small food producers if the Liberal and Nationals are elected in November. Ms Kealy said the Nationals would bring back the $2 million Farmers’ Market Support Program to support existing farmers’ markets and establish…

Halls Gap Hotel hit with 64% increase in power costs

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The Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy MP continues to receive reports of local businesses struggling to manage skyrocketing power prices. The Halls Gap Hotel is the latest to contact Ms Kealy to report a 64% increase in their monthly power bill. The Halls Gap Hotel’s contract with their power provider expired on 31 December…