A plan to slash funding to Victoria’s fight against Queensland fruit fly will make it harder for our farmers to fight off outbreaks of the destructive pest. The Andrews Labor Government has confirmed today it will slash fruit fly funds in the 2021-22 State Budget with just $5.3 million to be allocated to community grants…
Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has asked Victorians where in the world do people get to blow $7 billion – and counting – and no-one seems to be responsible? And the answer is Victoria. Or more accurately; he said, the Andrews Labor Government. Mr Walsh said the Metro Tunnel is nearing $4 billion over…
Nationals Member for Murray Plains; Peter Walsh, says the Andrews Labor Government’s razor gang has again sliced money off the vital Mode Shift Incentive Scheme (MSIS); which will drive more transport trucks back onto crumbling country roads. Mr Walsh said Ports and Freight Minister Melissa Horne “snuck out” an announcement on Friday night; saying Labor…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has made it crystal clear regional Victoria needs to be treated much better in next week’s Victorian budget than it has been in recent years by the Andrews Labor Government. Mr Walsh said there are major infrastructure challenges across regional Victoria – and no realistic…
The sickest people in the Bendigo region are waiting longer for ambulances to arrive than the same time last year. Victoria’s under-resourced and under pressure health system is spiralling further into crisis, with the latest response time data from Ambulance Victoria showing longer delays for Code 1 patients to be treated. In January-March this year,…
A government IT failure has gouged a $760 million hole in state revenue that could otherwise be invested back into Bendigo’s hospitals, schools and ambulance services. Secret documents, obtained under Freedom of Information, this week revealed that up to $760 million in fines have been written off by the Andrews Labor Government over 30 months…
Billions of dollars wasted on botched major tunnel projects; millions of dollars wasted defending Daniel Andrews and his gang from fatally botched hotel quarantine and now regional Victorian drivers will pay the penalties. Nationals Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says with no money left in the Labor Government’s crippled economy, the latest solution to…
Swan Hill’s Sikh community is on a mission. To build its own temple instead of relying on the suburban property currently used for religious services and as a social hub. The first step will be the block of land – the community had its eyes on one pre-COVID but that got moved to the backburner…
The transformational contributions of Aboriginal Victorians to building a better future for our state were formally recognised at the Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll ceremony last night. In Melbourne for the annual gala dinner, Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Peter Walsh joined in congratulating the 13 new inductees. The inductees were…
The Nationals leader Peter Walsh says the closure of Victoria’s native timber industry, planned by the Andrews Labor Government, will have a massive impact on local employment and the local economy. At the end of 2019, the Victorian Government announced the Native Forest Transition Package as part of the Victorian Forestry Plan. It was established…
