Member for Morwell Russell Northe today joined with Shadow Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises Neale Burgess and local businesses to call on the Labor Government to provide real solutions for the Hazelwood closure. The Government must create real jobs for the workers that will be displaced in March, sooner rather than later. Mr Northe…
Daniel Andrews appeared unaware of his own Government’s plans to relocate Ambulance Victoria’s Regional Headquarters away from Morwell when asked in Parliament this week. Member for Morwell Russell Northe asked the Premier why they were spruiking opportunities to relocate government departments to Morwell, while at the same time making plans to close one down.…
Victorians are encouraged to pay their respects to our past and present servicemen and women on Remembrance Day on Friday. Member for Morwell Russell Northe said November 11 was an important day to pause and remember. “On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month we observe one minute of silence,” Mr…
Premier Daniel Andrews has refused to detail how he will create real jobs for Hazelwood workers after two years of rising unemployment in the Latrobe Valley. In Parliament, Member for Morwell Russell Northe asked the Andrews Labor Government how they planned to create new jobs in the Valley before Hazelwood closes in March, when it…
Hazelwood power station workers are not the only Latrobe Valley workers neglected by the Andrews Labor Government, Member for Morwell Russell Northe said. Since December 2014, unemployment has skyrocketed rising 50 per cent in Latrobe City and nearly 10,000 people have lost full-time work in the Latrobe-Gippsland region. Mr Northe said Daniel Andrews had failed…
Background: This month’s ABS regional jobs figures show the unemployment rate in regional Victoria rose by 0.1% taking it to 5.7%. Employment in regional Victoria fell over past three months with full time jobs down 8453. Since Daniel Andrews came to office, the unemployment rate in Latrobe – Gippsland has gone from 6.1% to 8.0%;…
Daniel Andrews is leaving the Latrobe Valley in the dark on what he knows of the possible closure of Hazelwood power station, Member for Morwell Russell Northe said. The closure of Hazelwood would leave hundreds of local people without a job and despite Labor first slating the station’s shutdown in 2010 the Andrews Government does…
The Nationals are pleased that local dog breeders and animal lovers will be able to have their say through an inquiry that will investigate proposed new pet breeding laws. Mr Northe said the Liberal-National Coalition was successful in establishing an inquiry into the Domestic Animals Amendment (Puppy Farms and Pet Shops) Bill 2016 in Parliament…
A new grants stream to provide new equipment, updated facilities and further education and training is now open to Victoria’s emergency services personnel. Member for Morwell Russell Northe said the Emergency Services Volunteer Sustainability Grants Program was open to brigades, units, clubs and volunteers from the Country Fire Authority, State Emergency Service and Life Saving…
The Andrews Labor Government has left Victorians in the dark on the impacts of the closure of Hazelwood power station on energy pricing and security of supply. Member for Morwell Russell Northe called on the Government to detail a real plan for the Latrobe Valley’s future in State Parliament yesterday. Rumours of Hazelwood’s closure, a…