Media Release Archives : June 2013

The Napthine Government’s failures to deliver a key ‘jobs and investment plan’ for Victoria is threatening to see key growth corridors in Melbourne’s outer suburbs miss out on essential services and infrastructure, Leader of the Opposition, Daniel Andrews said today.

The Napthine Government’s continued failure to invest in Victoria has contributed to more than two years of falling job advertisements, with Victoria the worst of any state in Australia ANZ job advertisement research shows, Shadow Treasurer Tim Pallas said today.

Schools in South Gippsland and the Bass Coast continue to be neglected by the Napthine Government due to its significant underspend and lack of forward vision for education in the state, Deputy Opposition Leader and Shadow Minister for Education, James Merlino said today.

The Napthine Government is failing to invest in safer roads and bus stops for students travelling to and from school in Melbourne’s busy northern suburbs, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today.

The Napthine Government needs to continue to invest in schools in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, Leader of the Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today.

Students in regional and rural Victorian schools will be the big losers if Denis Napthine fails to sign up to ‘National Plan for School Improvement, implementing the recommendations of the Gonski review, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today.

Parts of Geelong and the Barwon region underwent periods where no ambulance was available over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today.

Most of Gippsland underwent periods where no ambulance was available over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today.

The Napthine Government’s decision to slash $30 million from sport and recreation will affect hundreds of local sporting clubs across the state and impact on local jobs in the community, Leader of the Opposition, Daniel Andrews said today.

The Napthine Liberal National Government will sack another 60 Parks Victoria staff, significantly impacting regional Victoria, Shadow Minister for the Environment, Lisa Neville said today.

Victorian workers should be alarmed that Denis Napthine is putting their rights at risk through his calls to Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbot to return to ‘WorkChoices’ and wind back industrial relations policy, Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Natalie Hutchins said today.

The Ballarat-Colac Road has deteriorated to a dangerous state with an increasing number of potholes and crumbling shoulders because of Napthine Government road funding cuts over the past two years, Shadow Minister for Roads Luke Donnellan said today.

180 aged care beds have already closed as Denis Napthine moves towards the full privatisation of aged care facilities across Victoria, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today.

Paramedics were kept in the dark and forced to drive ambulance vehicles for months after Ambulance Victoria and the Napthine Government had identified a catastrophic engine failure in their EURO4 fleet, Labor’s Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Wade Noonan, said today.

Manufacturing jobs continue to plummet under the Napthine Government’s mismanagement of the Victorian economy, Shadow Minister for Manufacturing, Adem Somyurek, said today.

The Napthine Government claims of a strong economy are in tatters with Australian Bureau of Statistics figures showing more tha

Mentally ill patients in the Gippsland Region are suffering from a lack of availability of services under the Napthine Government, Labor’s Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health, Wade Noonan said today.

Mentally ill patients in the Barwon Region are suffering from a lack of availability of services under the Napthine Government, Labor’s Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health, Wade Noonan said today.

New evidence has emerged that the Napthine Government is neglecting Victoria’s outer suburban growth areas, Shadow Minister for the Suburbs, Lily D’Ambrosio, said today.

Premier Denis Napthine has failed to acknowledge the growing ambulance crisis happening in Geelong and failed to rule out that it would adversely affect the safety of the community during the upcoming school holidays, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today.