Melina is a passionate supporter of eastern Victoria and is committed to supporting local people and our community.
Melina is the Shadow Minister for Public Land Use and Aboriginal Affairs.
She has served on four parliamentary committees –
- Environment and Planning Standing Committee
- Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee
- Accountability and Oversight Joint Committee
- Electoral Matters Joint Committee
Melina successfully established the Inquiry into Victoria’s Public Education System in 2023 and the Inquiry into farm trespass in 2019 and animal activism in Victoria which led to a strengthening of Victorian laws.
Meet Melina Bath
MEMBER FOR EASTERN VICTORIA
A six generation Gippslander, Melina was raised on the family’s dairy farm in Fish Creek.
A love of regional Victoria, its people and a strong sense of community inspires her, she is passionate about supporting local issues and people to ensure the future of our country and peri urban communities.
Her focus is on regional and rural people and the challenges they face.
Melina is deeply passionate that all levels of government should be investing and growing regional Victoria.
Melina is the Shadow Minister for Public Land Management and Aboriginal Affairs and The Nationals’ Whip in the Legislative Council. She has previously served as Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Shadow Minister for Local Government, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Public Land Use, Education and Volunteers.
A love of politics is a family trait with Melina’s great, great, great grandfather, Richard Richardson, serving as the Member for Creswick in the late 1800s. She is the proud mother of two adult sons.
Attending Foster High School, Melina went on to complete a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Diploma in Education at the University of Melbourne.
She taught Chemistry and Mathematics for a number of years in Gippsland, before becoming a Leongatha small business owner in partnership with family for 12 years. Melina returned to teaching, leading the Mathematics department at Mirboo North Secondary College until being elected to become The Nationals’ Member for Eastern Victoria in 2015.
Melina is a passionate bush user who enjoys hiking and bushwalking when time permits. She walked the Kokoda track in 2023 to honour past service personnel who served in Papua New Guinea in WWII, describing it as an incredibly humbling experience which challenged her mentally and physically.
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