Regional communities across Northern Victoria deserve clear answers on what has changed since the devastating floods of 2022, The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria has told Parliament. Ms Broad said Northern Victoria covered almost half the state and many communities have experienced the devastating impacts of floods, fires and other natural disasters. Ms Broad was…
The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad has asked the Education Minister to address ongoing problems caused by flooding and water damage at Strathfieldsaye Primary School. Ms Broad told Parliament 17 classrooms have been impacted by flooding through water-damaged ceilings over the last four years. “One teacher noted that their classrooms have been impacted for…
The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad has called for more police in Northern Victoria, as the latest crime figures were released. Ms Broad raised the issue in the last sitting week of Parliament, saying there were currently 1400 vacancies on Victoria Police rosters and over 40 police stations, including Castlemaine and Kyneton, on reduced opening…
Doctors, nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in Northern Victoria will be offered incentives of up to $10,000 to take up critical jobs in rural and regional Victoria under a new plan from the Nationals. The Nationals and Liberals in government will invest $40 million over four years to establish a Victorian Rural Health Workforce…
Northern Victoria communities will benefit from a new Country Roads and Bridges Program under a Liberals and Nationals Government, with $288 million committed to repair, upgrade and maintain regional roads and bridges across Victoria. The commitment will provide each of Victoria’s 48 rural and regional councils with $1.5 million a year for four years in…
The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad has urged the State Labor Government to take serious action to combat increasing numbers of weeds and pests across the region. Ms Broad recently raised the issue in Parliament and also spoke at the Mount Alexander Wildlife Watch public form in Chewton at the weekend. Ms Broad…
Residents of Northern Victoria would finally get their fair share of state government funding under The Nationals plan, launched in Bendigo this week. The Nationals’ Fair Share Guarantee would lock in at least 25 per cent of all new government infrastructure investment for regional Victoria. The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad said regional…
Regional Victorians have been paying a secret tax to help fund the Suburban Rail Loop, The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad said today. Ms Broad told Parliament the revelations in the Victorian Auditor-General’s report that was tabled in the Parliament, Delivering the Suburban Rail Loop, were just extraordinary. “They have said the project is…
A petition calling on the Government to consider all options to relocate the colony of grey-headed flying foxes from Rosalind Park in Bendigo has been tabled in Parliament today. The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad sponsored the petition which attracted 2415 signatures. The petition noted that the scale of the colony is causing…
The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad has welcomed a landmark private member’s bill in the Victorian Parliament, to protect the state’s most strategic agricultural land from being permanently lost to poorly considered development. The Planning and Environment Amendment (Agricultural Land and Food Security) Bill 2026 was introduced into Parliament’s Lower House by Shadow…