One Nation leader for Victoria promises more for northern Victorians

Mrs Tyrrell was in Echuca on November 23, exploring the challenges and strategies of ensuring more tourists visit the region.

“I’m the party leader for Victoria, the first and only member elected for the party One Nation,” Mrs Tyrrell said.

“In my experience as a politician, I’ve done a good job as the only person in my party, networking and getting to know my colleagues within the government, opposition and the cross-bench.

“My main aim was to establish those good working relationships for my constituents in the north of Victoria.”

During the interview, two subjects discussed were jobs and funding that will repair country roads to a suitable standard.

“For business owners, it is difficult to pay those staff wages and increase power bills from an employer’s perspective,” Mrs Tyrrell said.

“They’re going through the roof. They also have the cost of insurance and wholesale goods, where the price of produce has been inflated.”

She said paying staff a decent wage is complex.

She is concerned that many business owners will burn out due to the business’s stresses.

The discussion of employment and the challenges of paying staff a fair wage touched on immigrant workers and foreign visas.

“We also have to find those people who want to work and work weekends,” Mrs Tyrrell said.

“It’s hard enough to find staff that want to work weekdays, let alone weekends. And that is a big issue we are seeing around northern Victoria.

Mrs Tyrrell, who lives at Invergordon, near Shepparton, is pleased to see workers from abroad work in various sectors such as farming, retail and hospitality and tourism.

Mrs Tyrrell offered this regarding the second issue of road funding.

“For north Victoria, I still have a lot of hopes for serious road investment,” she said.

Another issue was the perception of the party leader, Pauline Hanson, the one-time fish and chip shop owner-turned politician.

“I trust that Pauline and I, if we ever have a disagreement, and we haven’t had one yet, we would be professional and talk through it,” Mrs Tyrrell said.

Fortunately for the newly appointed leader of the Victorian branch, she can work on her constituents’ behalf.

“The beauty of my party is I have the freedom to represent my constituents to the best of my abilities,” Mrs Tyrrell said.

“She would only pipe up and say something if I stepped out of line and did something wrong to the people I represent.

As the interview began to wind down, she was asked about some of the issues facing northern Victorians.

Immediately, Mrs Tyrrell reeled off the issues of most concern to her constituents.

“Roads are one of the biggest issues right now; I have never seen them this bad in the past two decades,” Mrs Tyrrell said.

“The VNI-West Interconnector, where farmers will be forced to host giant metal pylons to transfer electricity between NSW and Victoria.”