COVID-19 RESPONSE May 2020

michaelobrien.com.au COVID-19 RESPONSE

Dear fellow Victorians, By working with the State and Federal Governments, we have all achieved an extraordinary outcome in supressing COVID-19 that makes – and Australia - the envy of the world. We appreciate everyone who has contributed to this achievement, especially our essential workers. You have our sincere thanks. This achievement, however, has come at a significant cost to our local economy, our community and to our way of life. With COVID-19 now apparently under a measure of control, it is urgent that the Andrews Labor Government puts in place a clear plan that enables us to take back our Michael O’Brien MP lives and rebuild our local communities. Liberal Leader Many hard lessons have been learnt from the virus outbreak; we now need to take action to deal with these shortcomings, such as our relative lack of local manufacturing capacity. The Liberals and Nationals have worked constructively during the virus pandemic to provide positive suggestions, and to hold the Andrews Government to account for its actions. In that same constructive manner we have prepared this Plan: our positive suggestions about what we believe should be the key priorities for the Government in the recovery phase. This is not a plan for the next election; Victorians can’t afford to wait that long. This is our Plan for immediate action by the Andrews Labor Government so that Victoria can rebuild from the damage done by COVID-19 to our jobs, our communities and our lives. These suggestions are necessarily bold and ambitious, because we don’t believe that business as usual is going to be enough to secure our recovery. Peter Walsh MP Our Plan has four themes – Securing Your Personal Finances, Rebuilding Local The Nationals Leader Economies, Building Better Communities, and Keeping Your Family Safe. No single political party has a mortgage on good ideas. With Victoria’s future at stake, the Liberals and Nationals urge the Andrews Labor Government to adopt our Plan to Get Victoria Back to Work and Back in Business. May 2020

P2 Getting Victoria Back to Work and Back in Business

OUR PLAN SECURING YOUR 1.PERSONAL FINANCES REBUILDING 2.LOCAL ECONOMIES BUILDING BETTER 3.COMMUNITIES KEEPING YOUR 4.FAMILY SAFE

P3 michaelobrien.com.au COVID-19 RESPONSE Background and context

Victoria’s economy was Businesses, including restaurants, cafes, the number of jobs in Victoria decreased food courts, pubs and clubs, cinemas, by 8.6 per cent - the worst in the nation. already underperforming galleries, theatres and even community The Andrews Government admits Victoria’s prior to this year’s sport were all forced to shut down. unemployment rate could increase to 11 per bushfires and the outbreak This has had a devastating effect on cent this year which would see Victorian our local economy, forcing thousands unemployment more than double and of COVID-19. of small business closures and hundreds 400,000 Victorians unemployed. of thousands of Victorians into the Our unemployment rate was above the On top of the hundreds of thousands unemployment queue. national average. We were halfway to appearing on the official unemployment recession with economic growth going rate, many more will face loss of income, backwards in the December quarter. Unemployment spike is underemployment or a cut in hours. the worst in the nation The Budget was in deficit to the tune of Every Victorian who has lost their $1.1 billion to 31 December 2019 - that According to weekly payroll jobs data job was, only a few months ago, is, before the state faced bushfires and collected by the Australian Bureau of working and financially contributing COVID-19. Statistics between 14 March and 18 April, to our shared prosperity. On top of this, net debt had doubled under Labor when 12% we were already the 11% VIC highest taxing state 10% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE in the nation. 9% 8% Bright spots in the economy were 7% testament to the hard work and ingenuity of Victorians prepared to have a go and 6% take financial risks to get ahead. 5% Now, the actions taken by the Andrews Government to address the virus have Dec Qtr Mar Qtr June Qtr Sep Qtr Dec Qtr Mar Qtr Sep Qtr 2020* 2018 2019 2019 2019 2019 2020 *Andrews Government estimates smashed local economies. ABS Data ABS Data ABS Data ABS Data ABS Data ABS Data

P4 The way back

The Andrews Government must deliver. It is the responsibility of the Andrews Government to take strong action to help Victoria recover, not just leave it all to the Federal Government. But the ability of the Andrews Government to properly fund an economic recovery is compromised by the rapid increase in That’s why Victoria has only reduced The time for rebuilding is a time for bold one business licence fee while New and constructive ideas to transform debt it built up before South Wales has removed twelve. Victoria into a jobs powerhouse.

COVID-19 hit. Post-COVID-19, Victoria needs a Good, well-paid and secure jobs will give Before COVID-19, the Andrews real plan to Get Back to Work and people back the income and security that Government had already doubled net Back in Business. is needed to rebuild their lives. state debt. $80 billion Now, net debt is on track to more than triple to $74 billion by 2021. $70 billion VIC Despite promising no new or increased $60 billion NET DEBT taxes, the Government has introduced 28 $50 billion new or expanded taxes, making Victorians the highest taxed of any Australians. $40 billion Too much debt, too high taxes and a $30 billion budget deficit means there is nowhere $20 billion to move. $10 billion That’s why the Victorian Government has announced less support to help 2014-15 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 businesses survive this pandemic than PEBU Forecast Actual Actual Actual Actual Actual Forecast with Forecast with COVID-19 COVID-19 has New South Wales. borrowing borrowing

P5 michaelobrien.com.au SECURING YOUR 1. PERSONAL FINANCES

Personal financial security means financialpeace of mind.

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Unfortunately, household A freeze on council rates finances have been badly The Andrews Government should support local government to hit by COVID-19. implement a freeze on all rates Victoria’s unemployment could more categories for 12 months. than double, with over 400,000 Victorians unemployed. On top of that, Real action to reduce tens of thousands of families have seen a reduction in take-home wages. energy costs Policies the Government should To help Victorian families with their implement to reduce energy costs hip-pocket costs we propose: include: No new taxes A one-off increase to the energy The Andrews Government has introduced 28 new or expanded taxes concession to $1000 per household despite promising not to do so before in 2020-21. it was elected. Implementing the Liberal Nationals’ The Government must not increase Zero to Landfill plan including taxes to fund its unprecedented debt supporting new Energy From blowout. Waste facilities to create a new, low The Government must not increase or emission baseload energy supply introduce any new taxes. for Victoria. A freeze on transport fees Immediately remove the current and charges moratorium on conventional The Government should negotiate onshore natural gas. with Transurban and ConnectEast for a freeze on all toll road charges until 1 July 2021.  Lower energy prices All metropolitan and regional public transport fares should be frozen at will also help attract current levels until 1 July 2021. new industry and Registration payments for commercial manufacturing to vehicles grounded because of COVID-19 should also be waived. our state.

P7 michaelobrien.com.au REBUILDING 2. LOCAL ECONOMIES COVID-19 has devastated Waive payroll tax below The Government should: our local economies, $10 million threshold Establish a $1 billion “Bringing Payroll tax can be a disincentive for Manufacturing Home” fund to with thousands of small business to hire. encourage manufacturers to locate businesses forced to shut their facilities in Victoria. The Andrews Government should Prioritise support for industries of and hundreds of thousands raise the payroll tax threshold so national importance such as PPE of jobs forecast to be lost. that businesses do not pay this tax manufacture, medical research, on the first $10 million of payroll to defence procurement and rare The loss of these mainly small businesses 30 June 2021. earths processing. has changed the nature of our local community for the worse. Reduce business taxes and COVID-19 has also exposed massive excessive regulation shortcomings in our local economy, The Government should waive fees particularly in our lack of local and charges for businesses to 1 July manufacturing capacity. 2021, including business licensing fees, labour hire registration scheme Now is the time for fees and place a moratorium on the employer levy under the long service bold action to turn leave portability scheme. this around. The Government must also cancel Get the employment rate back its $700 million dividend raid from to pre-COVID-19 levels by the WorkCover and provide WorkCover end of 2021 premium relief to businesses in 2020-21. The Government must reduce our unemployment rate back to Enforce statutory timeframes on 5.3 per cent (pre-COVID-19 level) State Government decision-making. by the end of 2021. The Andrews Government must Bring manufacturing home commit to delivering 10,000 to Victoria additional apprenticeship and Over the past 20 years, the number of traineeship commencements by manufacturing jobs in Victoria has fallen the start of 2022. by more than 50,000.

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Strengthening Victoria’s Work with the Federal Government economic base to facilitate safe entry for A lesson from COVID-19 shortages international students to rebuild this is that Victoria must diversify its important sector for Victoria. supply chain. No longer can we rely on just four countries for half of our Restore local small businesses merchandise trade or any single The State Government is one of country for more than a quarter of it. the biggest consumers in our economy The Government must: and must lead the way in purchasing from and awarding contracts to Victorian firms. Work with the Federal Government The Government must improve and the business community to unblock supply chain choke points. Victorian Government purchasing and procurement arrangements Refocus the London Global Victoria to include smaller suppliers, in officeoward t the UK and open a new particular local suppliers in rural and EU-facing office in Brussels. regional areas. Expand our Global Victoria presence The Government should also support Supporting creative industries in Indonesia and India by June 2021. tradies and contractors by providing Creative industries are being seriously Work with business to diversify payments on government contracts impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. our import base to ensure we are within seven days. The cultural and creative sector not dependent on any single employed an estimated 289,000 country for more than 15 per cent The Government should support local Victorians in 2018-19. of our merchandise imports. government to waive permit fees on local shopping strip businesses. The Victorian Government has Deliver the Murray Basin Rail Project a responsibility to facilitate the by December 2021 to revolutionise Boosting investment in recovery of this sector to pre- supply chains in north-west Victoria. Melbourne’s CBD COVID-19 employment levels by Build the East West Link to The Andrews Government has restricted June 2021. connect the Eastern Freeway with the development of Melbourne’s CBD, The Government must establish Citylink and reduce congestion on hurting opportunities for investment a $50 million Creative Industries Melbourne’s inner-city road network. and jobs. Restoration Fund. Expand free TAFE to make all training The Government must repeal This fund could be used to fund free for occupations experiencing C270 to promote flexibility and events such as a 2020 Virtual skill shortages in Victoria. employment growth. White Night.

P9 michaelobrien.com.au REBUILDING COVID-19 2. LOCAL ECONOMIES RESPONSE

Investing in local transport Establish a new $100 million and other infrastructure Metropolitan Road and Bike Paths Fund for smaller projects around  Actioning local greater Melbourne. shovel-ready Immediately reinstate the Country projects is essential Roads and Bridges Program. to generate local Begin construction of other major regional roads such as the Kilmore jobs right now. Bypass, Princes Highway (Traralgon The Andrews Government should to Sale) duplication, Shepparton Kick-starting regional tourism fast-track important local transport Bypass, Ballarat Western Link Road The Andrews Government must aim projects - to get new construction jobs (Stage 2) and Princes Highway to return the tourism sector to June underway. In particular it must: (west of Colac) upgrade. 2019 bed night accommodation levels by June 2021. The Government must establish a dedicated $200 million Regional Tourism Fund to support country communities. Last year the Andrews Government spent more than $100 million on self-promotional advertising, such as its multi-million dollar ‘Big Build’ campaign. All Government self-promotional advertising must be scrapped and redirected into advertising regional Victorian tourism. The Government should also complete projects including the Grampians Peaks Trail, re-open the iconic Mt Buffalo chalet and upgrade nature based facilities to get people back to bushfire-impacted north-east Victoria and Gippsland.

P10 BUILDING BETTER 3. COMMUNITIES Building better local The Government should aim to reduce the elective surgery wait list communities needs to to below the June 2019 figure of be a priority of the 40,000 by June 2021. recovery plan. Quality education and early childhood learning Many local services have been forced to Our children’s schooling has been close as a result of COVID-19 and there are severely disrupted by COVID-19. fears that they won’t return. Parents and teachers have done Affordable and their best but nothing replaces time hospital in the classroom. accessible The Andrews Government needs to and health services, work with the Federal Government to continue providing affordable education and childcare and kinder once the fee- childcare are all free period ends. essential for strong The Government must also immediately undertake a communities. maintenance blitz of our public schools to improve learning Reduce Victoria’s elective environments and clear the backlog surgery wait lists of school maintenance issues. Victoria’s elective surgery wait lists have blown out to nearly 51,000 people – the All scheduled school maintenance worst in the state’s history. spending for the next two years should be brought forward into ‘Elective surgery’ is essential. 2020-21, with an additional $10 million If we don’t invest in this now, the funded on top of the $45 million long-term detrimental effects will already provided to increase and be significant. maintain a deep cleaning program. The Government must work to The Government should prioritise immediately establish daily real providing local tradies and small time reporting of all hospital wait businesses access to undertake lists in Victoria. these works.

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The Andrews Government should provide $25 million for schools to arrange catch-up classes or schedule additional tutorials for students who have fallen behind, particularly for vulnerable cohorts.

Funding previously committed by the State Government for improvements to Independent and Catholic schools should be brought forward into 2020-21 and delivered by local contractors, using local materials. Improving our local environment A healthy local environment is essential Funding to Victorian Landcare for healthy communities. must be extended and grants should be expanded to support The Andrews Government community organisations or should immediately implement disability support employers to the Liberal Nationals’ Zero to Landfill grow, plant and care for trees. plan and prioritise investment in shovel-ready recycling and Energy From Waste projects.  Creating jobs Victoria must fast-track and supporting implementation of the Container the economy Deposit Scheme. through practical The Government should commit to environmental plant 1 million new trees in Victoria over the next 12 months. action.

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Ensuring sufficient funds for Making sure essential services by cutting Government waste we can deliver Now more than ever we can’t afford affordable wasteful Government spending. and accessible Every dollar wasted is a dollar that can’t be invested into essential services. hospital and The Andrews Government health services, is on track to more than education and triple State Government childcare. net debt to $74 billion. More debt means higher interest payments which can’t be spent on essential services such as health and education. The Government must establish a cross-party parliamentary oversight committee, with a non-government chair and majority, to scrutinise the Government’s unprecedented $24.5 billion of unplanned debt spending. The Government’s decision to cancel parliamentary sittings in May has allowed it to avoid scrutiny and stands in stark contrast to other parliaments, which have continued to sit regularly. The Parliament should sit for the equivalent of two weeks each month until June 2021 to ensure appropriate oversight and scrutiny of Government spending.

P13 michaelobrien.com.au KEEPING YOUR 4. FAMILY SAFE As we enter the recovery phase, it is important that the Government does all it can to keep you and your family safe. The Government needs to tackle the causes of crime, not just the symptoms. With unemployment, homelessness, and social dislocation all increasing as a result of the lockdowns, the Andrews Government must act to address these issues.

Supporting community The Government must commit to Reducing homelessness well-being scrapping the Mental Health Tax. Under the Andrews Government, Mental health issues have increased By cutting wasteful spending and the public housing wait list has blown because of the COVID-19 lockdown and prioritising, the Government can improved resources to support those adequately fund Victoria’s mental out to about 52,000 Victorians. health system without adding at risk must be prioritised. The Government must work another new tax. The Andrews Government must with industry to improve improve access to mental health Reducing family violence housing supply and affordability services with additional funding to Family violence is a significant concern via delivery of ‘Build to Rent’ bring Victoria’s mental health funding during times of social dislocation. residential projects. and service access from one of the The Andrews Government should lowest in the country to at least the increase funding to the not-for-profit The Andrews Government national average per capita. and community sector to support their must set a target of reducing the public housing wait list to The Government must increase work in family violence, homelessness 42,000 by June 2021. clinical support for young people and other home programs. and the acute bed rate to the national average. It is also essential that investment is provided to reduce the number of suicides in Victoria.

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Getting police back into The Government should bring years of the Andrews Government local communities forward a police and emergency meant Victoria’s court system was already under extreme pressure. With crime up by 16.9 per cent under the services infrastructure upgrade Andrews Government, it’s critical that program to give our hard Justice delayed is justice denied and as we emerge from this crisis, Victorians working first responders the the Government must ensure that infrastructure they deserve, while see a strong and visible police presence the technology and other solutions supporting local builders, tradies in their communities. needed to keep the justice system and other small businesses. The Government must ensure that working are urgently provided. Protective Services Officers are returned Key 24-hour police stations The Government must commit to our train stations from 6.00pm until such as Narre Warren, Benalla, to urgently needed video last train as soon as possible. Prahran and Hamilton desperately need rebuilding while growing conferencing and other technology The Government must urgently communities such as Clyde need to keep the courts moving and commit to reopening every one of and deserve their own emergency ensure the caseload backlogs for the recently closed police stations to services hub to keep the 2020-2021 are no more than those the community as soon as it is safe community safe. in 2018-2019 in the Children’s and to do so. Magistrates Courts. The Government must ensure Keeping justice moving that booze and drug buses are back Before COVID-19 the lack of The Government must also commit on the roads as soon as it is safe to investment in both physical and virtual to the return of jury trials as soon do so. infrastructure under the five and a half as possible.

P15 michaelobrien.com.au COVID-19 RESPONSE Our Plan in Summary

SECURING YOUR Reduce business taxes and excessive regulation The Government should also support tradies and The Government should waive fees and charges for contractors by providing payments on government 1. PERSONAL FINANCES businesses to 1 July 2021, including business licensing contracts within seven days. No new taxes fees, labour hire registration scheme fees and place The Government should support local government to The Government must not increase or introduce a moratorium on the employer levy under the long waive permit fees on local shopping strip businesses. any new taxes. service leave portability scheme. The Government must also cancel its $700 million Boosting investment in Melbourne’s CBD A freeze on transport fees and charges dividend raid from WorkCover and provide The Government must repeal C270 to promote The Government should negotiate with Transurban WorkCover premium relief to businesses in 2020-21. flexibility and employment growth. and ConnectEast for a freeze on all toll road charges Enforce statutory timeframes on State Government Supporting creative industries until 1 July 2021. decision-making. All metropolitan and regional public transport fares The Victorian Government has a responsibility to should be frozen at current levels until 1 July 2021. Bring manufacturing home to Victoria facilitate the recovery of this sector to pre-COVID-19 Registration payments for commercial Establish a $1 billion “Bringing Manufacturing Home” employment levels by June 2021. vehicles grounded because of COVID-19 should fund to encourage manufacturers to locate their The Government must establish a $50 million Creative also be waived. facilities in Victoria. Industries Restoration Fund. Prioritise support for industries of national importance A freeze on council rates This fund could be used to fund events such as a such as PPE manufacture, medical research, defence The Andrews Government should support local 2020 Virtual White Night. procurement and rare earths processing. government to implement a freeze on all rates Kick-starting regional tourism categories for 12 months. Strengthening Victoria’s economic base The Andrews Government must aim to return Real action to reduce energy costs Work with the Federal Government and the business community to unblock supply chain choke points. the tourism sector to June 2019 bed night A one-off increase to the energy concession to accommodation levels by June 2021. $1000 per household in 2020-21. Refocus the London Global Victoria office toward the The Government must establish a dedicated Implementing the Liberal Nationals’ Zero to Landfill UK and open a new EU-facing office in Brussels. $200 million Regional Tourism Fund to support plan including supporting new Energy From Waste Expand our Global Victoria presence in Indonesia and facilities to create a new, low emission baseload India by June 2021. country communities. energy supply for Victoria. Work with business to diversify our import base to Last year the Andrews Government spent more Immediately remove the current moratorium on ensure we are not dependent on any single country than $100 million on self-promotional advertising, conventional onshore natural gas. for more than 15 per cent of our merchandise imports. such as its multi-million dollar ‘Big Build’ campaign. Deliver the Murray Basin Rail Project by December All Government self-promotional advertising must REBUILDING 2021 to revolutionise supply chains in north-west be scrapped and redirected into advertising regional LOCAL ECONOMIES Victoria. Victorian tourism. 2. Build the East West Link to connect the Eastern The Government should also complete projects Freeway with Citylink and reduce congestion on Get the employment rate back to including the Grampians Peaks Trail, re-open the Melbourne’s inner-city road network. pre-COVID-19 levels by the end of 2021 iconic Mt Buffalo chalet and upgrade nature based Expand free TAFE to make all training free for The Government must reduce our unemployment facilities to get people back to bushfire-impacted occupations experiencing skill shortages in Victoria. rate back to 5.3 per cent (pre-COVID-19 level) by the north-east Victoria and Gippsland. end of 2021. Work with the Federal Government to facilitate The Andrews Government must commit to delivering safe entry for international students to rebuild this Investing in local transport and 10,000 additional apprenticeship and traineeship important sector for Victoria. other infrastructure commencements by the start of 2022. Restore local small businesses Establish a new $100 million Metropolitan Road Waive payroll tax below $10 million threshold The Government must improve Victorian Government and Bike Paths Fund for smaller projects around The Andrews Government should raise the payroll tax purchasing and procurement arrangements to greater Melbourne. threshold so that businesses do not pay this tax on include smaller suppliers, in particular local suppliers Immediately reinstate the Country Roads and the first $10 million of payroll to 30 June 2021. in rural and regional areas. Bridges Program.

P16 Begin construction of other major regional roads Victoria must fast track implementation of the Reducing homelessness such as the Kilmore Bypass, Princes Highway Container Deposit Scheme. The Government must work with industry to (Traralgon to Sale) duplication, Shepparton Bypass, The Government should commit to plant 1 million improve housing supply and affordability via Ballarat Western Link Road (Stage 2) and Princes new trees in Victoria in the next 12 months. delivery of ‘Build to Rent’ residential projects. Highway (west of Colac) upgrade. The Andrews Government must set a target of Funding to Victorian Landcare must be extended and reducing the public housing wait list to 42,000 grants should be expanded to support community by June 2021. BUILDING BETTER organisations or disability support employers to grow, COMMUNITIES plant and care for trees. Getting police back into local communities 3. The Government must ensure that Protective Services Reduce Victoria’s elective surgery wait lists Ensuring sufficient funds for essential Officers are returned to our train stations from The Government must work to immediately services by cutting Government waste 6.00pm until last train as soon as possible. establish daily real time reporting of all hospital The Government must establish a cross-party The Government must urgently commit to reopening wait lists in Victoria. parliamentary oversight committee, with a non- every one of the recently closed police stations to the The Government should aim to reduce the elective government chair and majority, to scrutinise the community as soon as it is safe to do so. surgery wait list to below the June 2019 figure of Government’s unprecedented $24.5 billion of The Government must ensure that booze and drug buses 40,000 by June 2021. are back on the roads as soon as it is safe to do so. unplanned debt spending. Quality education and early childhood learning The Government should bring forward a police The Parliament should sit for the equivalent of two and emergency services infrastructure upgrade The Andrews Government needs to work with the weeks each month until June 2021 to ensure appropriate program to give our hard working first responders Federal Government to continue providing affordable oversight and scrutiny of Government spending. the infrastructure they deserve, while supporting local childcare and kinder once the fee-free period ends. builders, tradies and other small businesses. The Government must also immediately undertake Key 24-hour police stations such as Narre Warren, a maintenance blitz of our public schools to improve KEEPING YOUR Benalla, Prahran and Hamilton desperately need learning environments and clear the backlog of school FAMILY SAFE rebuilding while growing communities such as Clyde maintenance issues. 4. need and deserve their own emergency services hub All scheduled school maintenance spending for Supporting community well-being to keep the community safe. The Andrews Government must improve access to the next two years should be brought forward into Keeping justice moving 2020-21, with an additional $10 million funded on top mental health services with additional funding to bring Justice delayed is justice denied and the Government Victoria’s mental health funding and service access of the $45 million already provided to increase and must ensure that the technology and other solutions from one of the lowest in the country to at least the maintain a deep cleaning program. needed to keep the justice system working are The Government should prioritise providing local national average per capita. urgently provided. tradies and small businesses access to undertake The Government must increase clinical support The Government must commit to urgently needed these works. for young people and the acute bed rate to the video conferencing and other technology to keep the The Andrews Government should provide $25 million national average. courts moving and ensure the caseload backlogs for for schools to arrange catch-up classes or schedule It is also essential that investment is provided to 2020-2021 are no more than those in 2018-2019 in the additional tutorials for students who have fallen reduce the number of suicides in Victoria. Children’s and Magistrates Courts. behind, particularly for vulnerable cohorts. The Government must also commit to the return of The Government must commit to scrapping the Funding previously committed by the State jury trials as soon as possible. Mental Health Tax. By cutting wasteful spending Government for improvements to Independent and and prioritising, the Government can adequately Catholic schools should be brought forward into fund Victoria’s mental health system without adding 2020-21 and delivered by local contractors, using another new tax. local materials. Improving our local environment Reducing family violence The Andrews Government should immediately The Andrews Government should increase funding to implement the Liberal Nationals Zero to Landfill policy the not-for-profit and community sector to support and prioritise investment in shovel ready recycling and their work in family violence, homelessness and other energy-from-waste projects. home programs.

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MICHAEL Members of the Legislative Assembly MP NEIL Liberal Member for Croydon O’BRIEN MP ANGUS MP Shadow Minister for Tourism, Liberal Member for Forest Hill Liberal Member for Malvern Sport and Major Events Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Leader of the Liberal Party, [email protected] Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs Small Business [email protected] MP MP Nationals Member for Lowan Liberal Member for Gembrook Shadow Minister for Mental [email protected] Shadow Minister for Roads (Metro), Health, Prevention of Family Road Safety and TAC, Youth Justice, Violence, Women Crime Prevention, Victim Support [email protected] PETER [email protected] WALSH MP TIM McCURDY MP Nationals Member for GARY BLACKWOOD MP Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Murray Plains, Leader of The Liberal Member for Narracan [email protected] Nationals, Shadow Minister Shadow Assistant Minister for Forestry for Regional Victoria and [email protected] Decentralisation, Agriculture, Aboriginal Affairs, Bushfire Recovery DAVID MORRIS MP MP Liberal Member for Mornington [email protected] Liberal Member for South-West Coast Shadow Minister for Finance, Shadow Minister for Rural Roads, Bay Protection, Fishing and Ports and Freight Boating, Ageing CINDY [email protected] McLEISH MP [email protected] Liberal Member for Eildon TIM MP Deputy Leader of BULL MP Liberal Member for Brighton Nationals Member for Gippsland East the Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Shadow Minister for Carers & Disability, Wastewatch, Freedom of Information Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs, Racing [email protected] Education, Regional Cities [email protected] [email protected] MP DANNY O’BRIEN MP Liberal Member for Hastings Nationals Member for Gippsland South [email protected] Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional STEPH Health, Ambulance Services RYAN MP [email protected] Nationals Member for Euroa Deputy Leader of The Nationals, Shadow Minister MP RICHARD RIORDAN MP for Water, Public Transport Liberal Member for Bulleen Liberal Member for Polwarth [email protected] Shadow Assistant Minister for (Regional), Gaming and Regional Victoria, Agriculture Liquor Regulation [email protected] [email protected]

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BRAD ROWSWELL MP MP MP Liberal Member for Sandringham Liberal Member for Ferntree Gully Nationals Member for Eastern Secretary to Shadow Cabinet, Shadow Minister for Emergency Victoria Region Shadow Assistant Minister to the Services, Industrial Relations and Shadow Assistant Minister Leader of the Workplace Safety, Child Protection for Public Land Use [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] RYAN SMITH MP MP MP Liberal Member for Warrandyte Liberal Member for Rowville Liberal Member for Western Shadow Minister for Energy Shadow Special Minister of State, Metropolitan Region and Renewables, Resources Shadow Minister for Counter-Terrorism, Shadow Assistant Minister [email protected] Manager of Opposition Business for Autism, Small Business [email protected] [email protected]

TIM SMITH MP MP Liberal Member for Kew Liberal Member for Northern Shadow Minister for Planning Members of the Legislative Council Victoria Region and Heritage, Local Government, [email protected] Housing, Population DAVID DAVIS MP [email protected] Liberal Member for Southern Metropolitan Region Leader of The Opposition in the MP Legislative Council, Shadow Minister BEV McARTHUR MP Liberal Member for Caulfield for Public Transport (Metro), Transport Liberal Member for Western Shadow Minister for Police, Infrastructure, Equality, Federal-State Victoria Region Community Safety, Corrections Relations, Priority Precincts, the Arts [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] MP MP Liberal Member for Southern EDWARD O’DONOHUE MP Liberal Member for Ripon Metropolitan Region Liberal Member for Eastern Deputy Leader of The Opposition Shadow Treasurer, in the Legislative Council, Victoria Region Shadow Minister for Economic Shadow Minister for Health, Shadow Attorney-General Development Ambulance Services [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] MP MP MP Liberal Member for Benambra Liberal Member for Eastern Liberal Member for Northern [email protected] Metropolitan Region Metropolitan Region [email protected] [email protected]

BRIDGET VALLENCE MP MP GORDON RICH-PHILLIPS MP Liberal Member for Evelyn Liberal Member for Eastern Liberal Member for South Eastern Shadow Minister for Environment and Metropolitan Region Metropolitan Region, Shadow Minister Climate Change, Youth Affairs [email protected] for Innovation, Jobs and Trade, Training [email protected] and Skills, Higher Education, Aviation [email protected]

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