The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says regional and rural Victorians need to get fired up by the rapidly increasing risk of unmanaged roadside vegetation. Mr Walsh says everyone living in those areas understands the threat from fires being started on roadsides where grasses and weeds are allowed to grow unchecked.…
A Robinvale project more than two decades in the making will finally become a reality under a Liberal and Nationals government. After a community-led push to reimagine Robinvale, the project – which will see better sport and gym facilities as well as a play area for the town – will receive the final piece of…
Queen Elizabeth II was a rock of stability in an unstable world for an unprecedented seven decades. Her reign as Monarch and Australia’s Head of State since 1952 is an extraordinary achievement by an extraordinary person. The great affection Australians, in particular Victorians, felt toward Queen Elizabeth II was sincere and genuine. Her Majesty showed…
Agricultural researchers in Birchip would be able to work closer with farmers and the community in a new project by Birchip Cropping Group (BCG). Described as ‘the missing link in Victoria’s agriculture innovation’, the $5 million BCG Nexus project will allow researchers, farmers and students to stay on-site as part of an innovation hub based…
The Andrews Labor Government’s irresponsibility with Victorian taxpayers’ money has been exposed after it refused to pursue a $2 million debt from environmental activists. In February this year, former Minister for Agriculture Mary-Anne Thomas wrote to VicForests to discourage it from taking legal action to recover court costs from MyEnvironment activists. At the time, Ms…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has praised a “community victory’ in achieving a long overdue crossing for Twin Rivers Primary School. Mr Walsh joined the school council and parents and Campaspe Shire – all supported by the Riverine Herald – to campaign for a “proper and safe” school crossing on…
Community groups in Traralgon will have safe, purpose-built facilities after the Liberals and Nationals pledged $8 million to fully support a flood recovery project. Home to multiple sporting and community groups, the recreation reserve buildings were rendered uninsurable and uninhabitable after major flooding in June 2021. Despite repeated pleas for assistance, the groups were overlooked…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has set his sights on getting a “proper and safe” school crossing installed on Wilkinson Drive, outside the school’s main entrance. Mr Walsh says right now there is an exposed refuge in the middle of the street and nothing else. Yet he says hundreds of…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says it will come as no surprise to people in Campaspe Shire that parts of the Murray Valley Hwy have been named amongst Victoria’s most dangerous in a statewide survey. Mr Walsh says it joins roads such as the Echuca-Mitiamo Rd, Prairie-Rochester Rd and the…
Today is an important day for animal welfare in Victoria as the Parliament has ordered that Labor stop their extermination of Victoria’s brumby population. A motion in the Legislative Council of the Parliament has passed, with Coalition MPs and crossbench MPs voting in favour of cancelling current, and planned, aerial and ground shooting of brumbies.…