Nationals’ vow to protect Victoria’s prime agricultural land

Local Issues, Media Releases

The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, has welcomed a landmark Private Member’s Bill in the Victorian Parliament this week, that seeks to protect the state’s most strategic agricultural land from being lost to poorly considered development. The Planning and Environment Amendment (Agricultural Land and Food Security) Bill 2026, introduced by The Nationals’ and…

Second Reading – Multicultural Victoria Amendment Bill 2026

Speeches

Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (12:42): I rise to speak on the Multicultural Victoria Amendment Bill 2026. This is a really important bill before the house. This bill proposes to replace the existing Victorian Multicultural Commission with a new body, Multicultural Victoria, and follows recommendations from Victoria’s multicultural review led by George Legakis, which delivered 41 recommendations to reform…