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LATROBE JOBS THREATENED BY BRUMBY WHITE PAPER
July 27, 2010
The Brumby Government’s Climate Change White Paper, which includes plans for a staged closure of the Hazelwood Power Station, provides no long term job security for workers in the Latrobe Valley, The Nationals Member for Morwell Russell Northe said today.
“John Brumby plans to close two of the eight units at Hazelwood Power Station in the next four years but he has failed to guarantee that jobs will be protected as part of the closures,” Mr Northe said.
“More than 800 people rely on work generated by the Hazelwood Power Station and so a planned closure without an appropriate alternative will have devastating consequences in the Latrobe Valley.
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CHESTER BACKS COMMUNITY CRIME FUNDING
July 26, 2010
The Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is supporting a $50 million funding commitment to improve community safety by re-establishing the National Community Crime Prevention Program.
The program will support the crime-fighting efforts of local communities and the states with grants for security-related infrastructure including closed circuit television (CCTV).
Mr Chester said residents in several Gippsland and Latrobe Valley towns had expressed interest in securing funding for CCTV to reduce the incidence of anti-social behaviour.
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NATS LEADER RAISES POPULATION CONCERNS
July 21, 2010
Leader of The Nationals Warren Truss says the issue of sustainable population growth has been placed in the too hard basket for too long.
Speaking at Bairnsdale Rotary Club on Tuesday night, Mr Truss said the issue would require a fully informed national debate, regardless of which party won the August 21 Federal election.
Mr Truss was joined at the meeting by Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester and discussed a wide range of non-party political issues.
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