General News
9 April, 2026
Country people,. renewable energy and Bev's award
Our reader letters and online words
LETTER
Disrespect for
country people
Sir, The height of disrespect is for any government to ignore the very people it represents.
A very real example of this is the Allan Labor Government bulldozing through new laws allowing the government, transmission firms, and energy distributors to seize farmland for power lines, without approval. These new powers were hurried through without the government undertaking any community engagement.
So it comes as no surprise recent data revealed 50 per cent of Victorians said they felt “mostly” or “completely” unheard by government, and of those who felt completely unheard, 29 per cent were from regional Victoria.
Regional Victorians have been ignored by Labor since it came to government in 2014. The independent Budget Office confirms regional Victorians currently receive only 12 per cent of the state’s infrastructure investment despite being home to 25 per cent of the population.
Labor has done nothing to fix and upgrade regional roads, sat on its hands on regional crime and firebombings, ripped millions of economic benefits from the regions by cancelling the Commonwealth Games, allowed housing to drop to record lows, done nothing on fuel shortages, and turned a blind eye on $15 billion of CFMEU corruption – $15 billion that could have gone to roads, schools and hospitals in regional Victoria.
The Nationals will always fight for regional Victoria and ensure it gets its fair share.
Danny O’Brien
Leader of the Nationals
ONLINE WORDS
SHIRE’S RENEWABLE ENERGY BENEFIT STRATEGY
Wallaloo & Gre Gre District Alliance wrote: None of these councils conducted community consultation before agreeing to this agenda. No where in the report does it propose any mitigation. It’s all about the supposed economic stimulus- numbers that come from the Victorian Government (a very trustworthy source of information- they gave $15b to organised crime). NSW councils at a recent senate inquiry have said that ‘there is nothing good about it and that they are financially damaged by these projects’! Why would councils in Victoria, the most broke state in Australia think they are going to get a better deal? Wake up and protect the main economic driver in these councils which is agriculture!
BEV TAIG RECEIVES
BOWLS AWARD
Ken Hynes wrote: Congratulations Bev. Lovely to see you honoured with this award.
Thelma Moresi wrote: Congratulations Bev on receiving this special award. Well deserved.
Inglewood Golf Club wrote: A local legend no doubt about it!
Enzo Scafati wrote: Congratulations Bev, you’re a goer.