12 February 2016 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says the Andrew Labor Government has shown contempt for rural patients who need to access public transport to attend medical appointments in Melbourne. Mr Walsh said he had been contacted by a Rochester senior citizen who regularly uses public transport to…
11 February 2016 Constituency Question Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – (Question 6754) My constituency question is to the Minister for Education on behalf of the school communities of Echuca South Echuca West and the Echuca Specialist School. These three schools are going to be co-located on a new greenfield site and previously met with the minister to brief…
11 February 2016 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has used State Parliament to draw attention to the need for funding to progress the vision for a combined new primary school in Echuca West. The project would combine Echuca South Echuca West and Echuca Specialist School on a greenfields site.…
10 February 2016 Minister for Public Transport Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I rise to support the request of the upper house that the Minister for Public Transport attend upper house committee hearings around her failings as Minister for Public Transport. As has already been very well laid out by the manager of opposition business this is…
10 February 2016 Premier Daniel Andrews has been caught out on his promise of free kindergarten for drought ravaged communities. On November 15 2015 Daniel Andrews told a community meeting at Birchip: “Free kinder so no kinder fees for anyone sending their kids to kinder over those 10 local government areas.” ABC Birchip Daniel Andrews…
10 February 2016 “This is a win for local families but it shouldn’t have needed Daniel Andrews to be shamed on the floor of Parliament to deliver his promise. “For weeks the Andrews Government has been telling families that the free kinder program wasn’t meant for everyone. “If it wasn’t for the Coalition raising this…
Tuesday 9 February 2016 Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan has added to the misery of regional Victorians by admitting in Parliament that the V/Line crisis is costing taxpayers $300 000 a day in replacement buses. At the same time it was revealed through a Parliamentary inquiry today that the cause of the wheel-wear problems plaguing…
1 February 2016 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is encouraging sporting clubs to apply for round two of VicHealth’s 2015-16 Active Club Grants program which open today. For more than 27 years VicHealth has provided small grants to more than 10 000 community sport and active recreation clubs and…
Friday 29 January 2016 Bendigo residents will have lost all confidence in Jacinta Allan. Just two weeks ago she promised that “Bendigo will have better train and bus services making it easier get to get to work or to school and home again at the end of the day.” But now Bendigo’s train network is…
29 January 2016 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh today called on the community to celebrate the success of local businesses by nominating them for the 2016 Telstra Australian Business Awards. For 24 years the national Awards program has recognised the best of Australia’s entrepreneurial spirit and the courage of…
