Tag: Neil Angus

Former MP Says Victorian Budget a Disaster for Local Businesses

Former Victorian Liberal MP Neil Angus has criticised the Labor government for introducing a new round of taxes targeting large businesses and landowners in the 2023-2024 state budget to repay COVID-19 debts.  The new taxes are part of the measures introduced by the Victorian Labor government to address the $31.5 billion (US$20.9 billion) debt incurred…


COVID-19 Ushers in Slippery Slope for Rights, Freedoms in Australian State: MP

A Victorian state MP has said that the rights and freedoms of Australians have been incrementally chipped away during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the unprecedented newly proposed pandemic laws potentially making Victorian leaders have “unfettered power” over the lives of the state’s residents. Neil Angus, the Liberal Party member for Forest Hill, says that 20…


Vaccine Mandate For Victorian Politicians Passes Lower House of Australian State Parliament

COVID-19 vaccines will soon become mandatory for all staff and members of Parliament in Victoria after a motion passed the lower house with overwhelming support and just one dissenting vote. Victoria’s state government is hoping to impose the vaccine mandate under its emergency powers, which will force all staff and politicians to receive one dose…