State Member for Hastings, Neale Burgess, has urged the Government to provide immediate assistance to Inghams Enterprises after fire severely damaged the Somerville processing plant.
In a letter to the Minister for Industry and Trade Martin Pakula and the Premier John Brumby, Mr Burgess emp... (12-Jan)
The Brumby Government has failed to speak up for recreational and game fishers on the proposed ban on catching mako sharks.
State Member for Hastings Neale Burgess said that while the Queensland and New South Wales Governments argued strongly against the ban, Victoria was missing-in-action... (23-Dec)
State Member for Hastings, Neale Burgess, today officially opened the new McDonald’s in Somerville.
The McDonald’s store is the latest addition to Somerville’s Centro shopping centre on Eramosa Road West.
Mr Burgess said: “McDonald’s Somerville already employs 67 predominantly loca... (30-Nov)
State Member for Hastings, Neale Burgess, today announced Lillie Bickerton of Baxter Primary School as the inaugural winner of the Neale Burgess MP Christmas Card Competition.
Students from Primary Schools in the Hastings electorate were invited to submit a design which would feature on the... (27-Nov)
Member for Hastings, Neale Burgess, has welcomed the announcement that a Victorian Coalition Government will make Victoria’s train system safe again; including the Stony Point Line.
Mr Burgess said that a Victorian Coalition Government will put a Victoria Police Protective Services Officer ... (09-Nov)
State Member for Hastings, Neale Burgess, has called on the Brumby Government to construct the Baxter section of Peninsula Link as an underpass instead of its planned overpass.
In a joint letter with Federal Member for Flinders, Greg Hunt, to the Premier, Mr Burgess raised the serio... (30-Sep)
State Member for Hastings, Neale Burgess, has slammed the State Government’s decision to allow a bitumen storage facility to be built at Crib Point.
In a rally at the proposed development site on Saturday, Mr Burgess condemned the decision made by Planning Minister, Justin Madden as... (19-Aug)
State Member for Hastings, Neale Burgess, has condemned a recent spate of violent crime in Hastings as further evidence of escalating law and order concerns.
A 28 year old man died yesterday after being taken to The Alfred hospital, following a violent stabbing attack.
Police wer... (10-Jul)
State Member for Hastings, Neale Burgess, hosted a community forum last Wednesday evening, regarding the Brumby Government's proposed changes to the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) and imposition of the Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution (GAIC).
Around 200 residents, landholders and busi... (20-Jun)
Neale Burgess, Liberal State Member for Hastings, said today: “The Brumby Government has been caught trying to hide the truth about its economic mismanagement from the community by using Federal Government money to make it look like the state is in surplus.”
Mr Burgess added: “John Brumby must have... (04-May)