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Local students walk in the footsteps of our soldiers
Abi Gladstone and Angus Davis trekked the gruelling Kokoda Trail and return as ambassadors. Orbost Secondary College students, Abi Gladstone and Angus Davis, recipients of Arthur Grassby Scholarships, recently returned from their eight-day, 124-kilometre journey…
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Damaged barriers not being fixed
Damaged road barriers in East Gippsland are not being repaired in over 12 months. Gippsland East Nationals’ MP, Tim Bull, said he has raised the lack of repairs with the Roads and Road Safety Minister…
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Bemm fire break must be started
The non-commencement of work on the strategic fire break announced for Sydenham Inlet Road two years ago has been raised in State Parliament. Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, has asked the Minister for Environment,…
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Cash for containers needs expanding
With the cash for containers deposit scheme being introduced into Victoria in November, there are already calls for it to be expanded. Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, said the recent announcement by Labor indicated…
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Replacement bus services must cater for passengers
V/Line coaches replacing trains on the Gippsland line are not stopping at Clayton, Dandenong and Caufield, as the train services they are replacing did. Nationals Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, said this is hindering…
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Dangerous trees must be removed
Dead and dangerous trees marked for removal over three years ago remain on our roadsides, causing a major risk to drivers. Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, said the fact the department has been dragging…
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Bridge two and a half years off
The Thurra River Bridge will not be rebuilt for another two and half years, the Minister for Environment, Ingrid Stitt, announced on Wednesday – late 2025 at the earliest, almost six years after the fires…
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Winter warmers welcomed
Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, along with St Vincent de Paul volunteers in Bairnsdale, are calling on the generosity of locals to donate any unused blankets, sleeping bags, swags, tents and warm clothing to…
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MP’s in Orbost Friday
An opportunity to discuss the impacts the catastrophic closure of the timber industry six years earlier than announced with local Nationals MPs Tim Bull and Darren Chester will be available in Orbost this Friday.The two…
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Bull blasts One Gippsland
Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, has blasted One Gippsland for “welcoming” a State Budget that delivered none of the organisation’s key wish list priorities, cut roads maintenance, agriculture and regional development funding and announced…
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Disastrous Budget for roads, country Victoria
Today’s Labor State Budget has astonishingly cut a further 25.5 per cent from roads maintenance funding, ignoring their current dire state. Gippsland East National MP, Tim Bull, said it was a horror budget for country…
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Dan destroys timber industry
Regional Victorians are used to receiving little in Labor Budgets, but this one hurt us like few before, with the government using it to kill off the native timber industry, said Gippsland East Nationals MP,…
Andrews’ duplicity on timber
For the second time in a matter of weeks, the Andrews Labor Government has promoted its use of hardwood timber in State Government building projects, while at the same time closing down our local industry.…
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Minister ‘no’ to train buffet and bag checking services
Following a request to have buffet car facilities on the Bairnsdale rail service and bag checking re-introduced to support senior passengers, the Minister for Transport has said neither will be happening. Gippsland Nationals’ MPs, Tim…
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A win for safety at Conran
Ladders will be installed at the recently upgraded Cape Conran boat ramp to enable safe access to and from watercraft at the jetty, after the initial precinct design omitted the installation. Having made representations on…
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Minister questioned on call centre contact
Over-zealous call centre staff purporting to be representatives of the Victorian Government’s Energy Upgrades (VEU) are causing distress to East Gippsland residents. It has prompted Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull to raise the matter…
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Lookout access must be restored
A wooden boardwalk providing access to one of East Gippsland’s best views has not been repaired since being damaged in December, blocking access to the popular tourist attraction. Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, said…
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Andrews’ hypocrisy on timber
The hypocrisy of the Andrews Labor Government was on show last week when it boasted the use of Darwin Stringybark in the construction of the new St Kilda Pier, says Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim…
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Don’t cut frontline workers Dan
With many forecasting a tough upcoming State Budget that will cut the public service significantly, Nationals Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, says Daniel Andrews must commit to retaining frontline workers in rural areas. “What…
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ANZAC Day 2023
It was once thought ANZAC Day would gradually become less relevant with the soldiers from WWI having passed and the veterans of subsequent conflicts ageing. This was incorrect. Before the sun rises this ANCAC Day,…
