Unemployment in Latrobe City Council has risen 1.3 per cent in just one quarter under Daniel Andrews according to this quarter’s Small Area Labour Markets figures. (Source: The Australian Government Department of Employment – June quarter 2016) Since Daniel Andrews and Labor came to office the unemployment rate in Latrobe has risen from 7.3 per…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe is encouraging local sporting clubs and community groups to apply for funding available through a Community Shade Grant Program which is now open. “The program provides grants of up to $50,000 to construct a new shade, purchase a portable shade, plant a natural shade or repair an existing shade,” Mr…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe is calling for nominations for outstanding local women to be inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women for 2017. Mr Northe said the Women’s Honour Roll, established in 2001, celebrates the achievements of Victorian women in a wide range of fields including women from diverse backgrounds, aboriginal women, women…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe is calling for nominations for the Victorian Young Achiever Awards for 2017. Mr Northe said the Young Achiever Awards recognise the achievements of young Australians who have worked to provide a service, program or project for young people that has resulted in positive, youth-led changes in a local community. “Just…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe has criticised the Melbourne Labor Government for failing to adequately answer questions in relation to its own Night Network Service. On Thursday 26th May 2016, Mr Northe asked the Minister for Public Transport, Jacinta Allan a series of questions in relation to the Night Network service which operates from Southern…
Member for Morwell, Chair of Latrobe L2P and member of the Shine a Light on Road Safety committee, Russell Northe this week in Parliament requested that road trauma support and counselling services be extended into the Gippsland region. Mr Northe said he had spoken with two local mums in Carola Atkin and Lisa Cook who both…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe highlighted rising unemployment in Latrobe Valley this week in Parliament. Mr Northe said it has been a challenging time for businesses in Gippsland, with the Andrews Labor Government making a series of decisions that has stifled business growth in the region. In addition to Labor axing key local economic development…
Following numerous requests from Gippsland Nationals MPs, the Victorian Parliament’s Environment and Planning Committee will hold hearings in Gippsland for the Inquiry into Fire Season Preparedness. Regional hearings will be held in Morwell on Monday 26th September and in Bairnsdale on Tuesday 27th September 2016. Member for Eastern Victoria Region Melina Bath, who sits on…
The Liberal-Nationals Coalition has proposed in Parliament today to establish an inquiry into fuel prices in regional Victoria. The inquiry, to be referred to the Law Reform, Road and Community Safety Committee, would consider pricing of unleaded, diesel and LPG fuels and include, but not be limited to, five other terms of reference: Examine…
Daniel Andrews promised no new taxes or fees, but is now going to implement a $2 per trip tax on country communities not serviced by ride-share company Uber. There is nothing fair about slugging country pensioners who in many instances have taxis as their only form of transport. The Government’s proposed reforms include: “All commercial…