Dear Editor, It was a pleasure to attend the Rural Press Club of Victoria’s 2024 Rural and Regional Journalism and Photography awards at the Bendigo Town Hall recently and I would like to congratulate the winners. It was great to see journalists from across Northern Victoria acknowledged, including Allan Murphy from the Sunraysia Daily; Darren…
The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad has again raised the JB Osborne Theatre in Parliament, noting that a response from the Minister is now overdue. “On 30 July I presented a petition in relation to the JB Osborne Theatre,” Ms Broad told Parliament. “A response from the Minister for Education was due on…
The Allan Labor Government’s much-hyped housing plan is simply a house of cards, according to The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad. Ms Broad said regional areas continued to struggle with housing as the government focused on the city. “We need a sensible approach to housing growth that stretches beyond metropolitan train stations and…
The Allan Labor Government must do more to combat increasing car theft and other crimes in the Bendigo area, The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad has told Parliament. Ms Broad said she had spoken to a local woman whose family was asleep when their house was broken into, and their car was stolen.…
A local business owner who received a flood small business grant has been asked to repay the money two years on from the devastating floods of October 2022. The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad said the distressing incident raised questions about how the grants program was handled by Business Victoria. Ms Broad told…
The planned social housing project in Myers Street Bendigo is a drop in the ocean compared to the overwhelming need for more affordable housing in the region. The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad said Friday’s visit by the Premier and the Minister for Housing to the Bendigo site was disappointing. “There are currently…
Ageing fire tankers are being shunted between northern Victorian towns in a move than has left many CFA brigades feeling like poor country cousins receiving hand-me-downs. The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad raised the issue in Parliament, saying it had affected brigades from Bendigo to Beechworth and beyond. Ms Broad told Parliament that…
The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad is encouraging all volunteers to take part in new research to gauge the state of volunteering in Victoria. Ms Broad said the study, which is being conducted by Volunteering Victoria, aims to capture trends and challenges in volunteering. As part of the survey, a special forum will…
The highly successful Passions and Pathways careers program faces an uncertain future despite winning a major award this week. State Government funding for the program runs out in April next year. The Nationals’ Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad congratulated the P&P team on winning the 2024 Career Development Association of Australia (CDAA) award for…
The State Government must take action to set up a proper retail licencing scheme for the tobacco industry The Nationals Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad has told Parliament. Ms Broad recently visited Eaglehawk where many residents and business owners are very concerned that a tobacconist and convenience store plans to open in the main…