“Yet again Labor have announced a policy, then worn heavy and most-warranted flak from The Nationals via our strong connections in regional Australia, and accepted they got the policy wrong,” Dr Webster said.

TOPICS: Local power outage, insurance, Victorian government responsibility, Tri-State Regional Aged Care Forum in Mildura, care waiting times, telephone assessments, aged care algorithm, interaction with hospital and bed-block, investment in age

TOPICS: Regional Aged Care, waiting for care, telephone assessments, aged care assessment algorithm, Nick Coatsworth, Coalition energy policy, projects' impact on farmers and prime agricultural land

"The issue is whether Labor is dismantling more than a decade of developed specialist expertise without proper consultation or clear evidence that patients will be better off."

“The Fuel Price Shield would provide certainty. When a serious oil shock hits, (under the Coalition), the tax comes down automatically. When oil prices return to more normal levels, the ordinary rate is restored.

The broadacre harvest is upon us, yet Labor has stranded between 30 to 50 per cent of the skilled workforce needed to get the crop in. It is beyond condemnation.

“Labor has allowed migration to run out of control, and while they pull the rug out on the imminent hay, canola, wheat and barley harvests, Labor are now also pulling the handbrake on producing Australia’s food and fibre in future."

“Our veterans have served our country and sacrificed for our way of life. They should never have had to fight their own government for the health care they need.”

All of a sudden, what we have instead are 600 jobs gone. While Labor want to declare that they are the government for workers, I don't think losing 600 jobs is the way to be the government of workers.