Monday 25 February 2019 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is encouraging clubs to submit an application to the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund which is also open to councils and the Grassroots Cricket Fund. “The Grassroots Cricket Fund is open to clubs situated only in regional and rural areas with…
Friday 22 February 2019 The drought package announced by the Victorian Government today is a disappointing token gesture. The package is a long way short of what farmers have been calling for and what they were expecting. This is a $13 million band-aid and it’s grossly inadequate in the context of the catastrophic conditions…
Friday 22 February 2019 Latrobe Valley timber contractors are furious the Andrews Labor Government continues to threaten the industry’s future by refusing to put out critical Timber Release Plans (TRPs). Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath and Member for Narracan Gary Blackwood were in Traralgon today to meet…
Questions Without Notice – Timber Release Plan 2 21 February 2019 Mr Walsh : My question is to the Premier. Premier 2500 forestry jobs and a further 1400 jobs at Australian Paper in the Morwell area are at risk because your government has refused to sign the timber release plans that were supposed to be finalised…
Adjournment – Swan Hill Health Services 21 February 2019 Adjournment : My adjournment issue tonight is to the Minister for Health in the other place and it concerns the Swan Hill Needs a New Hospital campaign. I ask the minister to visit Swan Hill hospital so she can then be better informed to lobby harder…
Address in Reply – Governor’s Speech p2 21 February 2019 Mr Walsh : Last night when the house was adjourned I was well through my address-in-reply. I suppose the theme of what I was talking about was the issue that was raised in the Governor’s speech on behalf of the Andrews government and that was fairness…
Question Without Notice – Timber Release Plan 21st February 2019 Mr Walsh : Premier in addition to the 4000 direct jobs in the sector that I have talked about there are a further 24 000 jobs in the construction and manufacturing sector that rely on the supply of Victorian timber. Why won’t your government act more…
Thursday 21st February 2019 The Andrews Labor Government look set to axe Victoria’s dedicated Regional Development Fund. Established by the previous Liberal Nationals government the successful fund has invested $1 billion over eight year into regional Victorian communities. Funding for the program expires on June 30 this year but the new Regional Development Minister Jaclyn…
Thursday 21 February 2019 Labor MPs have again used their numbers in the Victorian Parliament to block the introduction of a scheme to pay compensation for volunteers and paid firefighters with cancer. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said that the Fair Presumptive Rights for Firefighters Bill was originally introduced…
Thursday 21 February 2019 Today in Parliament Daniel Andrews’ hypocrisy was on full display with his false claims that he isn’t playing politics with the future of Victoria’s timber workers. Thousands of jobs of harvest and haulage contractors and sawmill workers have been in limbo for months while Daniel Andrews plays games with Timber…
