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Premier, the Bad Old Days are Here
Country folks left behind during bad old days.
Today Daniel Andrews claimed he doesn’t want to "go back to the bad old days where there were two Victorias" – Regional Victoria and Melbourne.
But under his city-centric government, Regional Victoria has already been left behind.
Country Victorians are forced to deal with a third-world train system that constantly breaks down, while the Andrews Government pours billions into Melbourne metro projects.
Month after month, V/Line services fail to meet punctuality targets. In February alone, 10 out of Victoria’s 11 regional lines ran late.
In January, a Broadford resident told me she had to quit her job because our train service is so bad she can’t rely on it to get her to work.
Last year, a Violet Town man missed saying goodbye to his mother when she passed away because the train broke down.
The Liberals and Nationals made a $19 billion commitment before the 2018 State Election to buy new V/Line trains and create a network of fast rail across Regional Victoria.
Meanwhile, all Daniel Andrews does is fire pot-shots at the Commonwealth about putting money into Victoria, ignoring the fact that the Federal Coalition Government is doing the heavy lifting on regional rail, investing more than $1.6 billion into the $1.75 billion Regional Rail Revival.
Country people have been left behind because the Premier for Melbourne isn’t interested in Regional Victoria.
Source: www.gippsland.com
Published by: support@gippsland.com
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