MP Richard Riordan
Huge highway holes raised in parliament
Huge holes on the Princes Highway east of Colac are taking out cars and transport trucks alike, a regional MP has told the Victorian Parliament.
Petition calls for road fix
Simpson locals and community leaders are calling for sweeping changes to a dangerous stretch of the Lavers Hill-Cobden Road following six recent crashes. State Member for Polwarth Richard Riordan, Corangamite Mayor Kate Makin, Simpson Community House’s Deb Smith and Timboon business man David Costin gathered where 40-kilometre-per-hour signs have been introduced in response to the […]
Roads, housing and state support
Colac Otway Shire is desperate for State Government support to boost business, the region’s MP says.
Patients stoush continues in Parliament
A political stoush between the Victorian Health Minister and the Member for Polwarth over the Colac Area Health fake patients fiasco continued in State Parliament this week.
MP wants answers on centre funding
Polwarth MP Richard Riordan has demanded answers from the State Government on who will pay for land at Port Campbell’s proposed Visitor Information Centre.
SPEND IT HERE: Plea for state housing fund to flow into Colac Otway
The region’s key politicians say they’re doing all they can to ensure the Colac Otway Shire becomes a destination for the State Government’s plan to build 1300 homes in regional Victoria.
Candidate defending coast body
Polwarth Labor candidate Hutch Hussein has called out Polwarth MP Richard Riordan for being “out of touch” with the electorate’s coastal communities, after he called for an overhaul of the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority.
New role for MP
Polwarth MP Richard Riordan has taken on an extra opposition leadership role as the state heads towards an election in November.