Bev McArthur MP
@BevMcArthurMP
@LiberalVictoria Member for Western Victoria, Shadow Minister for Local Government and Scrutiny of Government [email protected]
❌💸Scrap Labor and We Will Scrap the Tax! 💸❌ I'm delighted by Brad Battin MP's clear and unequivocal commitment today - Scrap Labor and We Will Scrap the Tax! See my full media release: mailchi.mp/parliament/scr…
"On 1 July, the Yoorrook Justice Commission handed down its final report, concluding colonisation was a form of genocide and recommending sweeping redress including financial compensation and land return. Days later, the Premier and Minister announced plans to legislate a…
🔎 It’s not just Victoria’s major projects going broke — now even our top integrity watchdog can’t afford to do its job. Think of the hundreds of millions wasted on not holding the Commonwealth Games or perhaps the millions spent on paying the Premier’s army of spin doctors.…
🚜💥🥾 A $398 fine for helping a neighbour in drought by carting two hay bales just 600 metres on a tractor is completely absurd. This is a clear example of bureaucracy punishing the very people who keep our communities going in tough times. I raised this matter in Parliament…
⛺️ Finally, a win for outdoor recreation in Victoria. After months of uncertainty, the Minister for Environment has confirmed that the Central Highlands state forest will not become the Great Forest National Park. As a result, Victorians will continue to be able to freely enter…
📑It’s an absolute disgrace that local government have been turned into the tax and debt collector of the Allan Labor Government - a government which is seemingly hellbent on sending this great state broke. I’ve long said that if councils are forced to collect the Emergency…
🚒 A fire station without water? That’s the shocking reality at Bellbrae CFA station. Last sitting week, I tabled a petition calling on the Allan Government to connect mains water to the station, just 200m from fully serviced sites like the school and oval. Presently, Bellbrae's…
🧶 When the ladies of the Women’s Friendship Group Inc. of Manningham heard about the draconian ESVF’s impact on our severely drought affected farmers, they wanted to show tangible support. This fabulous group of ladies decided to send around 2,000 items of lovingly crafted…
🚔 The Allan Labor Government's number one responsbility should be to keep Victorians safe. But sadly, councils are footing the bill while the State Government shirks its duty to appropriately fund our police and restrain unrepentant, repeat violent offenders. Mebourne City…
✈🌳 I’ve called on the Minister for Planning to release a full Environment Effects Statement for the Acciona Tall Tree Wind Farm Project. Locals are being kept in the dark while 54 turbines could pose risks to local communities, the environment and nearby runways. We need…
🎣 The Victorian Fisheries Authority is closing Fisheries Stations at Braeside and Altona North and cutting 44% of full-time officers. These changes come without any risk assessment. This will reduce enforcement, harm marine safety, and threaten protection of Port Phillip Bay’s…
It was great to recently discuss the state of the local government sector with the @MAV_1879. Many thanks to CEO Kelly Grigsby, President Jennifer Anderson, and Director Kat Panjari for sharing their ideas.
🚨🚌IN CASE YOU MISSED IT….. On July 10, due to ongoing industrial action, no buses will run in Ballarat and buses in Geelong will run on a weekend timetable.
Once again inner-city activists are putting ideology ahead of the practical needs of regional communities. Farmers are not asking for eradication. They are asking for the right to protect their livestock from devastating wild dog attacks. These activists are now suing the…
🦘 Kangaroos are no longer a novelty in Western Victoria. They are now a plague eating pasture, destroying fences, and pushing our farmers to breaking point. While Labor ignores this aspect of the drought crisis, roads are increasingly more dangerous and paddocks are being…
Dr @s_mansfieldMP and I, as co-convenors of the Parliamentary Friends of the Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Service (CPRS), were pleased to host Dr Steer, Professor Sebastian King, RCH Executives, family representatives of the RCH Colorectal Care Consumer Advisory Group and…
🚜 A hardworking farmer fined $398 for delivering hay to a neighbour during a drought is not just unfair, it is outrageous. I have asked the Minister to review this case and fight for fairer, more practical rules that support our farmers in times of need. Watch my speech to…
Councils must stick to their core responsibilities. Frolicking into fringe social policy or foreign policy is not something they should be doing nor should they be dictating to their staff what they can and cannot say outside of their professional duties.
Well, well - who would have thought - the UN Human Rights Council have had to start standing up for biological females. Politicians in Australia might have to catch up. A woman is an ‘adult female human being’. No biological male can make claim to this space and we should stop…
"Erasing women and women-specific language and needs based on their sex is not only wrong, but also demeaning, regressive and constitutes one of the worst forms of violence that women and girls can experience," @UNSRVAW Reem Alsalem told the @UN Human Rights Council. #HRC59