Raywood station promising
I have a round trip of more than 60km by car to catch the train at Bendigo.
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The Eaglehawk station is not an option because it's not clean enough.
Raywood is five minutes from my suburb making it a more economical trip just to Bendigo by train.
Jenise Smallman, Neilborough
NSW border problems
Border closures continue to have a massive impact on families, businesses and communities.
As a resident of a Murray River community, I understand well how much we rely on our interstate neighbours - and them us.
Victorian Nationals MPs have been working constructively with our interstate counterparts to help individuals and businesses through the closures.
We're all prepared to do our bit to stop the spread of this deadly virus, but in some cases there's a safe, workable solution to help border communities go about daily life.
This includes securing agreement to reopen bridges at Tooleybuc, Gonn, Nyah, Murrabit and Barmah.
We've also delivered certainty for families with a daily bus service for children in NSW to get to class in Victoria and ensured NSW restrictions don't stop Victorian residents fishing from the banks of the Murray River.
There's still more work to be done.
Victoria's freight sector is grinding to a halt as a result of confusing advice on testing and isolation that's seeing some trucks turned back at the border.
And although we've made progress on seasonal worker bans, we'll keep working to find a solution that will protect public health while ensuring our farmers can get the workers they need for this year's harvest.
The Nationals will keep standing up for our regional communities on the issues that matter as we work together through this crisis.
Peter Walsh, Member for Murray Plains
Bus driver to the rescue
Thank you to the Bendigo bus driver who came to the aid of my 87-year-old mother after she fell backwards on to the road while boarding via the middle doors.
This change to boarding protocol is rightly aimed at protecting bus drivers during increase in COVID-19 cases in Victoria.
The kind and concerned driver suggested my mother wave her walking stick when buses approach to request front of bus boarding.
The next bus driver that came came ignored my mother's signalling and looked away.
Bus operators, please sort out your boarding protocols.
Thankfully, Mum was okay.
Lisa Pola, Maiden Gully
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