Member for Morwell Russell Northe has today in Parliament called on the Minister for Public Transport to abolish the unfair ticketing system that leaves Latrobe Valley families and students unfairly out of pocket. “Despite asking two basic questions in Question Time for this issue to be resolved, it was extremely disappointing that the Minister failed…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe said he had already been contacted by a number of Churchill residents who had expressed their concern that the town was to lose its only aged care facility. This follows news that Benetas have announced that residents at Hazelwood House in Churchill would be transferred to new facilities at Dalkeith…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe yesterday paid tribute in the Parliament of Victoria, to the Gippslanders impacted by the fires of the summer of 2009 – including Black Saturday. These fires ravaged Victoria, leaving behind an unprecedented trail of death, destruction and devastation. There were many incidents, but the Delburn Complex and Churchill fires are…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe today reflected upon the 10 year anniversary of the Delburn complex of fires that impacted a number of local communities including Mirboo North, Boolarra and Yinnar. “Whilst the fires had started a couple of days earlier, conditions were pretty horrible on the 30th January, 2009 and as the fires spread…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe today joined with Boolarra Community Hotel Board Chairman Barry Richards and Lifeline Gippsland, Business Operations Manager, Alex Todorovski along with members of the Boolarra community in a show of support for the upcoming Tom Curtain “Speak Up” tour to be held at the Boolarra Community Hotel on the 16th February.…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe says it is incumbent upon the State Government to take decisive action and address the Steelvision Morwell debacle that has impacted many local businesses, workers and families. “Steelvision were brought to the Latrobe Valley by the State Government with much fanfare in 2018, and the company subsequently received substantial funding…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe is calling upon the State Government to extend free bus travel for Gippsland commuters, following news that trains won’t be operating on the Gippsland line between the 2nd January and the 13th January 2019. Currently buses are replacing trains on our network from 1st December to 23rd December which has…
After attending Engie’s Hazelwood Community Information Meeting last night in Morwell, Member for Morwell Russell Northe has again re-stated his strong view that every option must be explored to keep Hazelwood Pondage open. “The tourism, recreation and economic benefits of the pondage are significant to our community so if it was that the Pondage permanently…
Member for Morwell, Russell Northe has described his reaction to a recent response from the Minister for Mental Health as “baffling” and “disappointing”. “I had previously written to the Minister in good faith, following community feedback and concern around Lifeline Gippsland’s desperate need for additional funding towards their crisis support line”, Mr Northe said, “but…
Member for Morwell, Russell Northe today called for additional support to tackle an alarming issue for our community – Prostate Cancer. “The mortality rates for men with this disease are higher in Gippsland in comparison to every other region of Victoria”, Mr Northe said, “our local men are diagnosed at more advanced stages of this…