The Nationals’ Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, says the Allan Labor Government’s latest State Budget proves once again that regional Victoria and the agricultural sector are not a priority. Mr McCurdy said Labor’s headline announcement of $84 million for agriculture was misleading, with almost three-quarters of that funding already allocated to bushfire recovery support announced months ago. “Victorian farmers deserve honesty, not creative accounting,” Mr McCurdy said.

After months of inaction, The Nationals Member for Ovens Valley, Tim McCurdy, says the referral of Victoria’s childcare regulator to the...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Across northern Victoria, farming families are being pushed aside by a government more focused on fast-tracking its...