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COVID enforcement insensitive and brutal
Infringements issued by the Department of Justice and Community Safety for alleged COVID breaches have raised the ire of small business owners who have endured the burden of changing compliance complexities for two years. Nationals…
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Scammers deceiving locals out of money
“If it’s too good to be true it probably is”, is a well-known phrase and Gippsland East Nationals MP, is asking locals to take heed. It comes on the back of a number of East…
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Outreach services must be part of new mental health centres
Nationals State Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, is seeking more information on two mental health and wellbeing centres to be established in Bairnsdale and Orbost. “Having spoken of the increasing need for mental health…
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Minister says roads are good, but reality tells us differently
The Monaro Highway, a critical freight route in and out of East Gippsland, is the latest in the local roads network requiring urgent attention with local Nationals MP, Tim Bull, saying “just like many others,…
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Minister must come clean on brumby culling program
Following reports of brumby carcasses being found in the East Gippsland bush, local Nationals MP, Tim Bull, has asked the Environment Minister to come clean on the details of the program. Speaking in State Parliament,…
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Minister ducking from season announcement
The Nationals Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull said 2022 will hopefully see the return of a full duck season in Victoria.Victoria has not seen a full duck season since 2018 with the season shortened…
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$9.9m aerodrome upgrade heads big East Gippy spend
East Gippsland has received $28 million in the Black Summer Bushfire Grants announced today with many key projects funded, including a $9.9 million upgrade to the Bairnsdale Aerodrome. Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, said…
City banks to call shots for rural communities
State-owned schools, health services and organisations have been directed to close accounts with smaller regional banks and transfer funds to Commonwealth, Westpac or NAB banks. The new Victorian Government purchasing contract requires large state-funded organisations…
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Minister should apologise to East Gippsland businesses
In a classic case of shutting the gate after the horse has bolted, Parks Minister, Lily D’Ambrosio, has today finally announced 30 new staff to help repair infrastructure damaged during the bushfires - two years…
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Labor’s city blowouts would fix our roads
The Victorian Labor Government’s plan to reduce speed limits on a number of rural roads without committing to increase spending and improve quality is an admission of failure according to Nationals Gippsland East MP, Tim…
Stumping up to improve cricket facilities in East Gippsland
Applications are open for the next round of the Community Cricket Program that will provide opportunities for grass root cricket clubs to share in $13.5 million to develop and upgrade cricket facilities across Victoria. Member…
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RAT shortage should ease soon
The chronic shortage of Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) for Coronavirus is expected to ease in the coming weeks, but Nationals Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, said the State Government had to take responsibility for…
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State telling porkies on fire rebuild
The State Government’s claim it has re-opened every recreation site impacted by the 2019/20 bushfires, is blatantly dishonest, says Nationals Gippsland East MP, Tim Bull.The Government reports it has “reinstated 100% of recreation sites”, but…
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Last chance for $250 Power Saving Bonus
The Nationals Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull is concerned eligible residents may miss out on a one off $250 payment from the State Government with applications closing on January 31, 2022. The $250 Power…
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Justice Richards decision delivers timber families a Christmas blow
A decision by Justice Richards in the Supreme Court yesterday has delivered a shocking Christmas blow to timber industry workers in East Gippsland. After years of inaction by the Andrews Labor Government to support the…
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Lily cold on Buchan pool while Cape Conran deadline passes
On December 12, 2020, Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio – a week over 12 months ago – said technical specialists had been engaged to prepare a plan to ensure the popular Buchan pool was compliant and…
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Promised plant nursery and 30 jobs for Nowa Nowa was all hot air
The State Government’s promise to establish a nursery employing 30 people in Nowa Nowa has, as many expected, been scrapped. In fact, it never progressed beyond the media release. Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull,…
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Untruths continue on Thurra River bridge rebuild
Parks Victoria has yet again failed to provide accurate information on the rebuild of the Thurra River Bridge two years after the fire. Last month it said the job was ready to go to tender…
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$1b fund for regional manufacturing
The Victorian Liberal Nationals have announced a major policy commitment to deliver the largest ever investment in manufacturing in Victoria’s history, a $2.5billion fund - with $1billion tagged for the regions. Gippsland East Nationals MP,…
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Labor delays on-the-spot fines for farm trespass
New on-the-spot fines for extreme activists who trespass on Victorian farms and threaten the safety of farm families still aren’t in place, nearly two years since the protective measure was recommended.In June 2020, the Andrews…