The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, is encouraging local volunteer groups to apply for Victorian Landcare Grants with project grants of up to $20,000 available. Some of the successful applicants in 2024 include the Goulburn Murray Landcare Network, VicNoTill, the Congupna and Tallygaroopna Landcare Group, the Waranga Catchment Landcare Collective and the Harston…
The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, has asked the Minister for Roads and Road Safety in Parliament for a time frame on when works will begin on the Goulburn Valley Highway and Graham Street intersection upgrade. The Victorian Government committed $700,000 in 2022 to deliver traffic signals to improve the safety and operation of…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (14:41): (1048) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the information I seek is: when will works begin on the intersection of the Goulburn Valley Highway and Graham Street in Shepparton? This is a dangerous intersection on a major road with high-volume traffic. The upgrade, which was announced…
The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, has called on the Minister for Transport Infrastructure to visit Shepparton Railway Station to see firsthand the desperate need for a carpark upgrade. The existing carpark is home to just 45 spaces, completely inadequate given the increasing level of demand on Shepparton Line V/Line services. Speaking from…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (19:04): (1043) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure, and the action I seek is for the minister to visit the Shepparton railway station to see why funding is desperately needed to upgrade the existing car park. Currently there are just 45 car parks at the station, and with only five…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (15:03): (1022) My question is for the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer continue to provide the Victorian Queensland fruit fly program funding in the 2025–26 budget? Fruit growers from across my electorate are deeply concerned about funding lapsing for an area-wide management plan, which could lead to Queensland fruit fly numbers increasing by up…
Infrastructure Victoria has recommended in Victoria’s draft 30-year infrastructure strategy that more bus and coach services are run in Shepparton with additional stops, extensions of existing routes and funding for extra services all forming part of the recommendation. The draft recommendation highlights that new suburbs in Shepparton have no bus services at all and reiterates…
The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District speaking with WIN News Shepparton about the Allan Labor Government’s mismanagement of the Shepparton Line Upgrade.
Alarming data from the Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services (RoGS) has revealed that Victoria has slumped to new lows in social housing dwellings, with fewer dwellings in 2024 than in 2015. As of 30 June 2024, Victoria had a total of 64,223 social housing dwellings, a reduction of 497 from the same time in…
With crime on the rise across the state, Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has finally admitted that her government’s soft on crime policies are not working, directing the Attorney-General and the Police Minister to review current bail laws. Crime across the state continues to escalate with the criminal incident rate 12.5 per cent higher year on…