
Not one penny - Yarra Valley schools miss out again
State Liberal Member for Eildon Cindy McLeish has slammed the Andrews Labor government’s 2017 Budget which fails to deliver new funding for school upgrades in the Yarra Valley. “Daniel Andrews has once again refused to fund desperately needed projects in our region despite raising taxes on local households,” Ms McLeish said. Ms McLeish said she was bitterly disappointed that many schools in the region had missed out again. “Despite Daniel Andrews claiming to build an educatio

Daniel Andrews: tax more, give less
Daniel Andrews is taxing regional Victorians more, but giving us less. Before the last election, Daniel Andrews promised Victorians he would not introduce any new taxes or increase taxes. Since then however, Daniel Andrews has increased taxes by an average of $2,000 for every Victorian household. New taxes include an increase to the Fire Services Property Levy, increased taxes on purchasing new cars, additional land taxes and stamp duties for property transfers. Despite this