Politics
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No commitment on rehab
THE Victorian Government says the need for drug and alcohol rehabilitation services is particularly evident in north-west of the state. But it stopped short last…
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Boom at Risk- Council must push on with land zoning
SUNRAYSIA’S booming property market could come to a screeching halt in the next two years unless more land is urgently opened up for residential development,…
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Mildura Council asks the community to imagine 2040
MILDURA Rural City Council has urged the community to “imagine” how the municipality could be improved by 2040. Its new planning vision, called Imagine 2040,…
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Ali Cupper, ‘misrepresented’ and ‘gaslit’, shuns SOE Bill
MEMBER for Mildura Ali Cupper says she has been “gaslit” and “misrepresented by everybody” throughout her negotiations to gain concessions for regional Victoria within the…
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Stefano de Pieri backs Webster’s call for worker amnesty
MILDURA councillor Stefano de Pieri has cast aside his political differences with The Nationals to back calls from four of their federal MPs for a…
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Ali Cupper sells out Mildura on lockdown rules – Coalition
MEMBER for Mildura Ali Cupper has been accused of selling out her electorate by supporting a nine-month state of emergency extension. Ms Cupper this week…
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Cupper accuses Labor of back-flipping on SOE deal
THE Victorian Labor Government has been accused of back-flipping on a commitment to implement proportionate rules for regional Victoria under any further COVID-19 lockdowns across…
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JobSeeker rise ‘nowhere near enough’, says Mallee Family Care
MALLEE Family Care chief executive Teresa Jayet says the Federal Government’s announcement that the JobSeeker payment will increase by $50 a fortnight is “actually quite…
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Mildura drug and alcohol rehab service badly needed, says MP
VICTORIAN Treasurer Tim Pallas has been urged to consider the need for better drug and alcohol rehabilitation services in Mildura in the 2021-22 State Budget.…
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Regional lockdown was to counter virus spread fear, says MP
MILDURA was “roped” into a five-day statewide lockdown because “potentially hundreds” of people could have taken the highly contagious UK strain of the COVID-19 virus…
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Convictions Bill means not paying for life, says Ali Cupper
MEMBER for Mildura Ali Cupper says legislation that will allow eligible historical convictions to be hidden on a person’s criminal record will ensure people do…
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Murrayville Recreation Reserve ‘needs new complex’, says MP
THE Victorian Government has been urged to fund upgraded facilities at Murrayville Recreation Reserve. Member of Mildura Ali Cupper told State Parliament on Friday there…