Nearly 200 aged care beds have already closed as Denis Napthine moves towards the full privatisation of aged care facilities across Victoria, Member for Cranbourne District, Jude Perera MP said today. Departmental figures show that there have been four closures of public aged care facilities, resulting in 179 less beds in the system than when [...]

Crime in our local area has again jumped showing the Napthine Government’s so-called tough on crime stance is in tatters, with new police crime statistics showing significant rises across most categories, Member for Cranbourne District, Jude Perera MP said today. Mr Perera said Victoria Police statistics for the Frankston area unfortunately shows increases in Drug [...]

Families living in Melbourne’s South Eastern growth corridors continue to be short changed by the Napthine Government’s failures to adequately fund local schools, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said. Mr Andrews visited the Cranbourne Secondary College today with State Member for Cranbourne, Jude Perera to meet with parents, students and the school community in [...]

The Napthine Government’s failure to back community calls to fund a vital intersection upgrade could put lives at risk, Leader of the State Opposition, Daniel Andrews, said today. Inspecting the Wedge Road and Dandenong-Frankston Road intersection with Member for Cranbourne Jude Perera, Mr Daniel’s said the Napthine Government was failing to make road safety a [...]

NAPTHINE’S CUTS TO IMPACT FRANKSTON FRONTLINE POLICING The Napthine Government must explain to the Frankston community how its $100 million budget cut to Victoria Police will help reduce crime in the area, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. Visiting Frankston with State Member for Cranbourne District Jude Perera, Mr Andrews said the Liberal [...]

The Napthine Government has released its latest hospital data which shows a further blowout in the number of Victorians waiting for elective surgery, Jude Perera MP, State Member for Cranbourne District said today. Mr Perera said the Victorian Health Services Performance Data for the March 2013 quarter, showed 1801 patients were now waiting for surgery [...]

Patients at our local hospitals will be no better off under this year’s budget due to another year of health funding cuts by the Napthine Government, Jude Perera MP, State Member for Cranbourne District said. In this year’s budget, an additional $210 million has been cut from the health budget – taking the total cuts [...]

The Napthine Liberal Government’s budget cuts to the Country Fire Authority (CFA) are set to continue with reports this week that a further $40 million will be cut in next week’s State Budget, State Member for Cranbourne District, Jude Perera said today. Mr Perera said that leaked documents revealed local CFA group officers were briefed [...]

People from the Frankston and Cranbourne areas are in life-threatening emergencies are waiting longer for ambulances placing lives at under the Napthine Government, Member for Cranbourne District, Jude Perera MP said. Mr Perera said documents obtained under freedom of information, demonstrate why one in four ambulances failed to meet the government’s own state-wide target of [...]

While Mr Napthine does nothing to provide business confidence or invest in Victoria, clouds hang over the future of many large Victorian employers including Shell, Ford, Holden and Alcoa. Last week, he served up a half-baked imitation of Labor’s commitment to mandate the purchasing of locally made cars by all government agencies. Labor will return [...]