LETTER TO THE EDITOR – Back to school As a new school year approaches, I would like to wish our teachers, students, staff and families a great year ahead. Last year I had the pleasure of visiting many primary and secondary schools across my electorate and it was really fantastic to get to meet and…
DetailsAs Victoria scrambles to address skills shortages across sectors as diverse as construction and healthcare, the Allan Labor Government has made another callous cut to crucial training funding. Vital Skills First funding has been slashed from Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) with the axing of the 10 per cent funding premium set aside for students to…
DetailsRegional Victorians are being urged to snap pictures of the worst potholes in the state in a new competition to put more pressure on the Allan Labor Government to take proper action and improve the appalling and unsafe state of regional roads. The Nationals and Liberals are running a statewide photo competition with the worst…
DetailsThe Allan Labor Government has announced forced health service mergers across the state following years of financial mismanagement and neglect of Victoria’s health system. The Nationals Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, said: “12 Local Health Service Networks will come into operation on July 1 this year, yet there is no detail on how these networks…
DetailsThe Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe speaking with WIN News Shepparton about sponsoring a Parliamentary petition calling for a Shepparton bus services review.
As Greater Shepparton continues to grow, bus routes and services are no longer meeting demand, with The Nationals Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, sponsoring a petition for a bus service review of the region. The last review was completed more than 15 years ago, well before extensive residential developments occurred across Kialla, Congupna and…
DetailsThe Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, has condemned the Allan Labor Government’s decision to increase the fire services levy with its re-branded Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund. The proposed changes to the fire services levy are set to double the amount that Victorian property owners pay each year. Ms O’Keeffe said regional Victorians…
DetailsKim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (19:14): (957) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Skills and TAFE in the other place, and the action I seek is that the minister provide a plan on how Shepparton GOTAFE are going to be able to provide adequate training, considering more than 60 critical jobs are set to be scrapped…
DetailsKim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (10:01): I wish to acknowledge Mr Greg Coghlan, the owner and operator of Goulburn Valley Vending Service for the past 20 years. Greg was notified in February that V/Line was changing the way it manages the provision of refreshments at railway stations and had entered into an agreement with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners,…
DetailsKim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (18:37): I am very pleased to finally get to speak to the budget. The state budget highlights the reality and disadvantage that communities face due to this government’s financial mismanagement and cost blowouts. I have never known a time of distress like people are experiencing right now. Cost of living, housing affordability…
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