Labor Ignores Swan Hill Rail Commuters

Thursday 1st December 2016 Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allan  has shown complete disrespect to regional rail commuters on in the Murray Plains Electorate with her announcement this week on additional services  according to Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh. “The Minister promised 80 new regional services across the state…

Country People Hardest Hit by High Fuel Prices

Thursday 1st December 2016 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said the Andrews Labor Government’s new laws to ban display of discounted fuel prices fails to address the major concern for local motorists – high fuel prices. A ban on fuel retailers displaying discounted prices came into effect this week.…

Funds Available To Restore Local War Memorials

Thursday 24th November 2016 Community members of the Murray Plains Electorate involved with veterans groups are invited to apply for funding to renew or repair their local war memorials through the Restoring Community War Memorials Grants program. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is encouraging all RSL clubs local councils…

Echuca Must Benefit From New VLine Services

Thursday 24 November 2016 New VLine services to Echuca must be among 80 additional services to be announced next week Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Peter Walsh said. Mr Walsh said country commuters – and not just Bendigo residents – must benefit from the 10 new services for the Bendigo line. “We…

Local History Grants Now Available

Thursday 24th November 2016 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has encouraged community groups to apply for a share in $350 000 in funding for projects that preserve and share stories from our past. Mr Walsh said this latest round of grants of up to $15 000 is available through…

Grievances – Police Resources

23 November 2016 – Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I rise today to grieve for all Victorians because there is a law and order crisis here in Victoria. Victorians are living in fear fear of carjackings fear of home invasions fear of assaults and fear of burglaries. If you look at the crime statistics crime in this…

Unconventional gas ban

Tuesday 22 November 2016 Comments attributable to Leader of the Opposition Matthew Guy The moratorium is already in place and already operating so why is Daniel Andrews desperately pushing this legislation through when there’s a crime crisis and important legislation like our youth parole changes and the “˜No Body No Parole’ to get through before…

Victoria must back Barnaby to dump Basin upwater

Monday 21 November 2016 Background Now is the time for Victoria to help get rid of the Basin Plan’s 450GL up-water all together. The up-water was a secret deal struck in October 2012 between Federal Labor and the South Australian Government. To mitigate this political madness Victoria’s Liberal-Nationals fought hard for a trigger to be…