Premier Jacinta Allan has admitted her own Government needs to do more to help homeless people living in the bush near Bendigo. Ms Allan was interviewed on ABC Radio this week regarding families living in the Ironbark forest – including one family of nine with seven children. Many have little more than a tent to…
Premier Jacinta Allan must step in to end the escalating dispute with Victoria Police, The Nationals Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad said today. Police have warned they would stop issuing penalty notices for all but the most serious speeding offences if the differences cannot be resolved. The Government would also face a huge bill…
The Labor Government must reverse its decision to axe funding for Victoria’s regional community leadership program, The Nationals Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad said today. “Now, more than ever, regional Victoria needs strong community leaders. “In the last decade we have experienced drought, bushfires, COVID and, more recently, floods that have devastated local communities…
The State Government must provide direction on how the old Bendigo Law Courts will be used, amid fears the heritage listed buildings will fall into disrepair, The Nationals Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad said today. Ms Broad raised the matter in Parliament, saying the community was keen to see progress on the future of…
The Labor State Government is being accused of concealing the true extent of how many employees will be denied or have limited access to Victoria’s struggling WorkCover scheme, with union leaders slamming the government during the parliamentary inquiry. The Nationals Member for Northern Victoria Region, Gaelle Broad said the unions were scathing in their criticism…
A raft of new State Government taxes, red tape and regulations have sparked major problems in the housing market, The Nationals Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad said today. Ms Broad met with a roundtable of local real estate agents in Bendigo to discuss key issues affecting the housing sector. “This is an unfolding disaster.…
Students from Winters Flat Primary School have had their campaign against plastic fruit stickers raised in State Parliament. The students contacted The Nationals Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad who has formally asked the Minister for the Environment to step in to resolve the issue. “I was contacted by Aurora and Georgie, who are in…
This week’s flood inquiry hearings have revealed the heavy bureaucratic burden placed on regional councils The Nationals Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad said today. “Recovery is being delayed by Government red tape. Local councils are being asked to jump through complicated bureaucratic hoops, instead of getting on with the job of repairing vast damage…
Bendigo residents are still reeling from a recent alleged family violence incident which sparked an outpouring of grief and anger in the city, The Nationals MP Gaelle Broad told Parliament this week. Speaking on new legislation which will make non-fatal strangulation a stand-alone offence, Ms Broad said the issues were very raw and painful for…
The State Government plans to do nothing about the destructive bat colony in Bendigo’s Rosalind Park, The Nationals Member for Northern Victoria Gaelle Broad said today. The Minister advised that approximately 38,000 grey-headed flying foxes were in Rosalind Park this year, but the State Government is ignoring calls to relocate them. “The Labor State Government…