by admin | Dec 14, 2022 | Achievements, Media Releases, News
The votes have come in and I have not been re-elected for a second term. Hindsight is always 20/20, and these outcomes are often difficult to decipher. I am no career politician; I came to Parliament at 60 years of age. We focused our re-election campaign on the work...
by admin | Nov 21, 2022 | Media Releases, News
In 2018, only 7 months out from the Victorian state election, Rod Barton and a team of transport workers who had been unfairly treated by the Government created the political party, Transport Matters. The Andrews Government had taken away their taxi licences in a...
by admin | Nov 17, 2022 | Media Releases, News
Deliveroo announced yesterday that it has been placed into voluntary administration and will be withdrawing its operations from Australia, leaving riders in the lurch. Rod Barton MP has long been advocating for greater regulation in the gig economy and believes...
by admin | Nov 15, 2022 | Advocacy, Media Releases, News
The community across the Yarra Valley desperately require a duplication of the line between Mooroolbark Train Station and Lilydale. Currently, services and performance are falling below community expectations. In the morning peak, passengers wait up to 34 minutes...
by admin | Nov 10, 2022 | Advocacy, Media Releases, News
On Monday, the NSW Government increased the assistance package to taxi licence holders, from $645 million to $905 million. This package is almost three-fold what Victorian taxi licence holders received. Rod Barton MP is calling on the Andrews Labor Government to...
by admin | Nov 8, 2022 | Advocacy, Media Releases, News
University Students in Victoria face a unique dilemma. In the face of a cost of living crisis, where available rentals are at all-time low and essential items are becoming more expensive by the day, full-time students are expected to survive on part-time incomes....
