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Final round of bushfire funding
The last of the Bushfire Recovery Victoria’s Community Facility funding stream will soon expire and Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, is encouraging local community groups to consider applying for grants up to $50,000. Applications…
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Public dental needs funding boost, not cut
Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, has asked the Minister for Health to invest in the public dental service after the Andrews Labor Government cut $24.2 million from the service in the recent budget -…
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Funds for bike park stage two should be announced
Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull said the turning of the first sod for Stage One of the Omeo Mountain Bike Park works on Friday would be the perfect opportunity for the State Government to…
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Fish unloading jetty replacement announced
Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, is delighted $687,000 in State funds have been allocated to Gippsland Ports to replace its jetty at the Lakes Entrance Fishermen’s Co-Operative. “Having raised the matter on several occasions…
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Review of Bruthen speed limit signs requested
Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull, has asked the Minister for Roads and Road Safety to review the speed limit signage adjacent to the Bruthen Primary School. Parents of students at the school have requested…
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Labor admits it intends to shoot our brumbies
The Victorian Government has confirmed that it plans to eradicate our brumby population, a move strongly opposed by Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull. Under questioning in a recent Parliamentary committee hearing, the government admitted…
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New Conran ramp a step closer
Tenders for the new Cape Conran boat ramp were issued last week and work should commence by late June / early August, according to Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull.“Last week I was joined on…
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Orbost’s promised new aged care beds not being delivered
Orbost is not receiving 38 new aged care beds as stated in the Budget papers and promised by the Minister, Anthony Carbines. Gippsland East MP, Tim Bull, had the chance to question the Minister through…
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Nationals will spend more in the regions
As country Victorians, we have been denied our fair share of State Government funding under Daniel Andrews. On the weekend the Nationals committed to rectifying this, with a commitment to spend 25 per cent of…
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Primary schools encouraged to apply for a Lone Pine seedling
State Member for Gippsland East and Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs, Tim Bull, is encouraging primary schools across East Gippsland to apply for the chance to receive one of the 100 seedlings available from the…
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Men’s Sheds grant open
Men’s Sheds grants that support to establish, expand or refurbish existing sheds across the state are now open.Nationals State MP, Tim Bull, is encouraging East Gippsland Men’s Sheds to consider applying for up to $80,000…
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Country roads miss out again, while regional development budget decimated
Nationals Member for Gippsland East, Tim Bull, said he is staggered there are no funds for a country roads blitz and the cuts of two years ago have not been restored.“With all the noise being…
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Helping clubs get back in the game
Nationals Member for Gippsland East Tim Bull has congratulated nine local community and sporting groups who have been successful in receiving funding under the Sporting Club Grants Program.The local clubs will share in the $900,000…
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Local emergency services should feature in budget
Gippsland East Nationals MP, Tim Bull is hoping to see some key projects ticked off in next week’s State Budget. “There is some important infrastructure that needs to be funded, in particular from a police…
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Mallacoota modular housing gets green light
Two short term modular homes will be installed by Homes Victoria at Mallacoota by June 2022 with 10 public new homes to follow that will be a combination of social and affordable housing.The need for…
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New campaign to expose East Gippsland’s worst roads
Following a city-based Labor MP saying complaints about the country roads network were an “imagined fantasy”, a new road safety campaign has been launched to find the worst roads in the state.East Gippsland Nationals MP,…
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Fire inquiry findings cannot wait ‘til 2024
Important recommendations from a review of the 2019/20 bushfires that ravaged the region will not be acted on by the Andrews Labor Government until 2024, leaving East Gippslanders to endure two more summers before shortfalls…
Photo of current charge stations available in Bairnsdale at The Riversleigh.
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East Gippsland, charge your engines
Several holiday towns within East Gippsland will soon have improved access to Electric Vehicle Charge Stations, after a push in the Victorian Parliament from local Nationals State MP, Tim Bull. Paynesville, Bruthen, Orbost, Lakes Entrance,…
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COVID enforcement insensitive and brutal
Infringements issued by the Department of Justice and Community Safety for alleged COVID breaches have raised the ire of small business owners who have endured the burden of changing compliance complexities for two years. Nationals…
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Scammers deceiving locals out of money
“If it’s too good to be true it probably is”, is a well-known phrase and Gippsland East Nationals MP, is asking locals to take heed. It comes on the back of a number of East…