Nationals Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, is calling on local organisations to take a step towards improving road safety by applying for the Transport Accident Commission’s (TAC) 2024 Road Safety Grant Program. This initiative opens the door to support community groups and organisations to develop and implement effective community-based road safety projects within the…
The Nationals Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, is appalled by Federal Labor’s decision to axe the Shepparton Bypass, saying it is another example of Labor letting the Goulburn Valley region down. On Thursday, 16 November 2023, Federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King released findings of the Government’s Federal Infrastructure Review, revealing that Stage 1 the…
Recent wet weather has caused further damage across Victoria’s derelict regional road network, creating additional potholes and dangers for drivers to navigate. The Nationals Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe said it is hard to believe the dangerous conditions drivers are navigating, or that the state’s annual road maintenance budget continued to be cut. “Extreme…
The Legislative Assembly Economy and Infrastructure Committee will hold a one-day hearing in Shepparton as part of its inquiry into the impact of road safety behaviours on vulnerable road users. The inquiry will hear from Greater Shepparton City Council, Coolheads Young Driver Program, RoadSafe Goulburn Valley and the Goulburn Valley Motorcycle Club. The Nationals Member…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (19:17): (227) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, and the action that I seek is that the minister demand that the federal minister for infrastructure and transport ensures that the Shepparton bypass project remains an active and ongoing project. We do not want to see the Shepparton…
Member for Shepparton, Kim O’Keeffe, took the Strathmerton tragedy in which five people died last month to the floor of the Victorian Parliament this week, demanding Roads and Road Safety Minister, Melissa Horne, immediately and urgently intervene to remedy the dangerous Labuan Rd and Murray Valley Hwy intersection. Ms O’Keeffe says her deepest and most…