Facts: Before the election Daniel Andrews promised to create 100,000 full-time jobs within two years. (Sources: Daniel Andrews media statement – 6 October 2014; Back to Work – Victorian Labor’s Plan for 100,000 Jobs.) Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released today show that Gippsland has lost 1,500 full-time jobs since Daniel Andrews came to office…
Jobs and the economy are on the agenda today as Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh and Member for Morwell Russell Northe tour a local business in the Latrobe Valley. Mr Walsh and Mr Northe will meet with Peter Ceeney, Chair of the Latrobe City Business Tourism Association, and tour his business Gippsland Trade Printers.…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe has used a visit from Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh to highlight the desperate need to upgrade Newborough CFA Station, which the Labor Government refuses to fund. Mr Northe said the Liberal-Nationals Coalition committed $1.2 million for a new station prior to the 2014 election, but Labor had…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe spoke in Parliament this week of the Coaliton Government’s $73 million investment to upgrade Latrobe Regional Hospital (LRH). Mr Northe said he was proud that the Coalition Government had allocated $73 million towards the Stage 2a development of the hospital in its 2014/2015 budget. “Works will commence shortly and I…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe has welcomed the commencement of Morwell Primary School’s Regeneration Project. Mr Northe said clearing the old Morwell High School site on McDonald Street had started. “The Morwell Primary School Regeneration Project will merge Commercial Road Primary School, Morwell Primary School and Tobruk Street Primary School onto one site,” Mr Northe…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe is encouraging sports clubs and community groups to take advantage of the Community Shade Grants Program which is now open. Mr Northe said the program provides grants of up to $50,000 to construct new shade, purchase portable shade, plant natural shade, repair existing shade, or a combination of those categories…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe today joined volunteer firefighters at Yallourn North Fire Brigade to pledge his support to ensure all firefighters in Victoria are able to access assistance under any future presumptive legislation. Member for Morwell Russell Northe is one of the first MP’s to sign the pledge today. The pledge is: I…
Unemployment in regional Victoria is rising sharply under the Andrews Labor Government and Gippsland Nationals MPs are concerned nothing is being done about it. Member for Morwell Russell Northe said the latest Bureau of Statistics data showed regional Victoria shed 6,200 jobs this month, including 3,000 full-time jobs. “Regional Victoria has lost 10,100…
Youth unemployment could rise further in the Morwell and Narracan electorates, as Daniel Andrews cuts funding for vital workplace learning coordinators. Member for Morwell Russell Northe said the coordinators improved youth employment opportunities by arranging work placements for students undertaking training at schools, TAFEs or registered training providers. “Without this program, it is going to…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe is encouraging parents with leftover unused nappies to donate them to the Nappy Collective Giving Project. Mr Northe said the Nappy Collective Project aims to collect hundreds of thousands of leftover nappies from 370 official drop points in 31 towns and cities across Australia. “To date over 471,000 nappies…