Wednesday June 14th 2017 The Kyabram community has responded with overwhelming support for a petition for an increased police presence in the town with over 1 600 signatures collected in a four week campaign. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said the community’s response to the issue and their support…
Wednesday 14 June 2017 Serious questions are being asked after the Andrews Labor Government appointed a critic of wild dog control programs to the long awaited Wild Dog Management Advisory Committee. The advisory committee has finally been announced today nearly two years since Labor sacked a very effective committee which included experienced landholders and…
Wednesday 14 June 2017 Australian Sustainable Hardwoods has announced today it will close its Heyfield mill earlier than planned. ASH confirmed today the mill will wind down from August due to “VicForests expected short supply of logs to the mill again this year”. At a recent hearing for the parliamentary inquiry into VicForests VicForests…
Wednesday14th June 2017 A parliamentary Committee has recommended the Andrews Labor Government reconsider its proposed taxi reform legislation including its new $2 tax on every taxi trip. A report tabled in Parliament last week by the Economy and Infrastructure Committee recommended amendments to the Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry Bill 2017. Daniel Andrews’ own Labor MPs…
6th June 2017 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (By leave) – The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Anthony Foster was a good man and he did something. Tragically he passed away after a stroke on 26 May this year aged 64. Anthony and Chrissie worked tirelessly to make…
6th June 2017 Kerang Rail Accident Memorial Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – It seems like yesterday but it has been 10 years since 11 people tragically lost their lives and countless more had their lives changed forever by the Kerang rail disaster. Yesterday’s memorial service was filled with sorrow but also with a feeling of solidarity as all those…
Tuesday 6th June 2017 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh congratulated the Echuca SES unit on its successful application to the Emergency Services Volunteers Sustainability Grant Program (ESVS) The fully volunteer unit has been allocated $39 909.10 to help with the purchase of a new light tower and trailer “…
Tuesday 6th June 2017 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh congratulated the Kerang SES unit on its successful application to the Emergency Services Volunteers Sustainability Grant Program (ESVS) The fully volunteer unit has been allocated $16 271.32 to improve its facilities with concreting yard works and new storage. The ESVP…
Tuesday 6th June 2017 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains congratulated the Rochester CFA on their successful application to the Emergency Services Volunteers Sustainability Grant Program (ESVS) The fully volunteer Rochester brigade has been allocated $4 470 to help with the purchase of new lighting to bolster their operational equipment “ Mr…
Thursday 1 June 2017 Background The Andrews Labor Government could save thousands of forestry jobs in Victoria by reducing the size of “˜highly precautionary’ timber harvest exclusion zones. At a parliamentary inquiry into VicForests VicForests Acting CEO Nathan Trushell confirmed the Leadbeater’s Possum was being detected at a rate “much higher than ever anticipated“.…
