The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe has called on the Minister for Housing, Harriet Shing, in Parliament to address the region’s rising rate of homelessness and to do an audit on the number of public social housing that are currently empty in the Shepparton District, a region that is facing a deepening housing…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (16:24): I am pleased to finally get to speak to the budget. The state budget highlights the reality and disadvantage that regional communities face due to this government’s financial mismanagement. It has simply become so hard for so many just to make ends meet, and this government has a lot to answer for.…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (15:24): I rise to make a contribution to the Domestic Animals Amendment (Rehoming Cats and Dogs and Other Matters) Bill 2025. It has been fun hearing everyone talk about their pets. It is probably a bit of a surprise, but I am actually petrified of dogs. I have always been scared of dogs. Jade…
The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe has said that she is appalled by the Allan Labor Government’s decision to waste $13 million on 45 machete bins, describing it is a wasteful and misguided attempt to reduce violent crime. All 45 bins will be rolled out across Victoria at nearly $290,000 each, alongside a…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (09:54): This past week the community have started to receive their rates notices, and my office has been inundated with residents shocked at the significant increase of the emergency services tax. In some cases people are paying more for the emergency services tax than the rates themselves, with some experiencing a doubling…
The Allan Labor Government has again ripped vital cost of living support away from thousands of regional Victorians at the very moment they need it most. The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe has said that by cutting the Power Saving Bonus by more than half, it is shutting the door on working families,…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (20:18): I rise to make a contribution to the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Medication Administration in Residential Aged Care) Bill 2025. That is a mouthful. This is a bill that has come before the house to amend the principal act, the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981, to further provide for…
Regional farming communities across Victoria are bracing for significant impacts as public sector job cuts threaten the vital support services that underpin the state’s agriculture industry. The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, has expressed her deep concerns at the proposed job cuts within Agriculture Victoria and related government departments, warning that the move…
The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe speaking with WIN News Shepparton about the Allan Labor Government’s recent decision to cut funding to Agriculture Victoria and the direct impact this will have on regional Victoria. https://www.kimokeeffe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/R00124470015_ef122b28-7b0b-4183-bc6e-3d6a1ed05c59.Encoding.mp4
Regional Victorians are once again under attack from the Allan Labor Government’s anti-gas agenda, with the closure of Solstice Energy compressed natural gas (CNG) pipeline. Nathalia residents and business owners will be hit hard by the closure of the town’s CNG closure by the end of 2026. The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe…