The Nationals Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, is encouraging local multicultural organisations to apply for funding through the Multicultural Festivals and Events Grant Program. Mr Walsh says the program provides grants of as much as $50,000 for organisations to host cultural festivals and events. Funding which he says could make a significant…
The Nationals Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has been appointed to a water security taskforce to advise the Victorian government on the state’s long-term water security. Minister for Water Gayle Tierney today released the government’s Water Security Plan, which investigates how to maintain Victoria’s affordable water supply as our population grows. However, Ms…
The Nationals Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has condemned ongoing plans to add Kow Swamp to the National Heritage Listing. Mr Walsh says this “unchecked, headlong charge” down a path of drastically restricting public access to, and usage of, significant resources such as Kow Swamp is being done “at our peril”. He…
The Nationals Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, wants an immediate meeting with Victorian Transport Minister Gabrielle Williams following news a passenger fell from a V/Line train at Pyramid Hill. Mr Walsh says V/Line – and the Allan Labor government – have kept the latest failure on the Swan Hill line under wraps for…
Local learning and employment networks want to continue delivering “high-impact, cost-effective outcomes to ensure all young Victorians are supported into education and employment”. And can’t achieve that if the Allan Labor government does not commit to a new three-year LLEN contract to provide certainty for communities, schools, and students across Victoria. Last week…
The Nationals Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says V/Line services across his electorate have run off the rails – again. Mr Walsh says the latest figures released by V/Line show the Echuca and Swan Hill lines are the worst performing in the state when it comes to getting passengers to their destinations on…
The Nationals Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the Allan Labor government has achieved its “ideological dream” and removed the word agriculture from public view. Mr Walsh says it started with the independent Department of Environment and Primary Industries being sucked into the mega Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action. Now,…
The Nationals Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is appealing to the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action to repeat its public firewood collection from Barmah Forest in September last year. Mr Walsh said that day saw thousands of tonnes of flood-damaged timber made available to hundreds of locals for heating and, in…
The Nationals Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says homes and businesses using the compressed natural gas network across Swan Hill and Kerang will be forced onto either bottled LPG or electricity next year. Mr Walsh says Solstice Energy, which operates the 10 compressed networks in regional Victoria, will be decommissioning them in 2026…
The Nationals Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said after three regional meetings, Premier Jacinta Allan’s drought response taskforce might have got its solutions package “about half right”. Mr Walsh, who was invited onto the taskforce by the Premier, said her announcement funding to the drought declared shires would see farming council rates cut…
