Friday 21 December 2018 Volunteer and career firefighters who have developed cancer or other illnesses as a result of keeping our communities safe deserve equal compensation Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has said. In State Parliament this week Premier Daniel Andrews refused to guarantee that volunteers and career firefighters would be treated equally…
Friday 7 December 2018 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has encouraged fishing enthusiasts across the electorate to apply for the 2018-19 Recreational Fishing Grants Program. “The Recreational Fishing Grants program provides a fantastic opportunity for local fishers to apply for both small and large grants to improve recreational fishing…
Thursday 6 December 2018 Dear Editor All boating licence fees should be returned back into better infrastructure for Victorian fishers and boaters. On October 31 Labor matched our commitment to return 100 per cent of boat licence fees back into better facilities but barely a month later Daniel Andrews has already reeled in his…
Monday 3 December 2018 The Nationals’ Party Room met today and elected Peter Walsh as Leader and Steph Ryan as Deputy Leader of the Victorian Parliamentary Party. Both were elected by the Party Room uncontested for their respective positions. Mr Walsh said The Nationals will continue to work with our communities to give them a…
Monday 26 November 2018 I’m humbled to have been re-elected at Saturday’s State Election with an increased majority against a statewide swing. It’s very much a bitter sweet situation with the statewide result and there are a number of seats still in the balance where some good friends and colleagues appear to have…
Monday 26 November 2018 I’m humbled to have been re-elected at Saturday’s State Election with an increased majority against a statewide swing. It’s very much a bitter sweet situation with the statewide result and there are a number of seats still in the balance where some good friends and colleagues appear to have lost…
Monday 19 November 2018 Dear Editor Regional Victoria deserves a better deal. Cuts to funding for country roads divisive attacks on our CFA volunteers and a Melbourne-centric agenda has ignored the needs of country communities and chipped away at confidence in key regional industries. After four years it’s clear Daniel Andrews’ claim of “˜delivering…
Sunday 18 November 2018 An elected Liberal Nationals Government will expand the successful Community Ice Action Grants program giving communities in the Murray Plains electorate and across Victoria more opportunities to implement community solutions to tackle the scourge of Ice. Figures from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission show Ice use is rising in regional Victoria.…
Friday 16 November 2018 Murray Plains deserves a better deal. Speaking to people in Echuca and around the electorate many people have told me they’re concerned about the rising cost of living job opportunities rising crime levels and the appalling state of our roads and rail services. The Premier for Melbourne has lived up…
All Victorian firefighters will have equal access to cancer compensation under a Nationals Government. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh today said a Guy-Walsh Government had vowed to introduce a Presumptive Legislation Bill in the first parliamentary sitting week of 2019 if elected this November. Mr Walsh said the bill…
