Regional Victorians have done the heavy lifting to stop the spread of COVID-19 with restrictions to be eased from 11.59pm tomorrow night (Wednesday 16 September). Each and every country Victorian has been forced to make massive sacrifices to get to this point. People have given up time with family and friends. We’ve missed weddings and…
The Nationals Victorian leader and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says the biggest issue we face in Victoria – and an issue that does not exist anywhere else in Australia – is the Daniel Andrews government. Mr Walsh said even though it was part of the national cabinet from the word go, the Andrews…
Today the Victorian Liberal Nationals have called for a Royal Commission to be conducted into Victoria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A Royal Commission is vital and it is urgent. Hundreds of Victorians have died and millions of Victorians are locked down because of the abject failure of the Andrews Labor Government’s ability to manage…
THERE are people around Australia – I have been trying to help one woman here in the electorate of Murray Plains – desperate to get into other states to farewell loved ones before it is too late. For too many of them, that deadline has passed. Parents, even worse, children, dying in hospitals in other…
The Andrews Labor Government must work with industry to resolve fears the food supply chain will crumble unless workforce restrictions are lifted before the busy Christmas period. Industry has called for the requirement on meat processors and food distribution centres to be safely increased from 67 per cent to make sure there’s enough workers to…
Dear Editor, In good news for 2020, Victorian lamb producers are looking forward to one of the best seasons in years. But there’s massive concern in the industry that if workforce restrictions on meat processors aren’t relaxed soon, particularly in regional areas that have recorded few – if any – cases of coronavirus, that our…
The Andrews Labor Government is acting as a roadblock to private development in regional Victoria. Planning Minister Richard Wynne announced today he will use his ministerial power to fast-track private building approvals, but just $127 million of the $933 million in projects approved are outside the city. Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for…
THE Nationals Victoria leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says figures just released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show Victorians are continuing to lose jobs, while at the same time the rest of Australia has started to recover from the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Walsh said payroll jobs…
LEADER of the Victorian Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said the time has come for Premier Daniel Andrews to go. Mr Walsh said the Premier’s determination to be a one-man band, the hero of the fight against COVID-19 had “failed spectacularly”. And said Victoria was now united in its utter disappointment with…
Comment attributable to Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien Today Victorians have been betrayed; robbed of hope the Andrews Labor Government is getting this crisis under control or is competent to do so. Daniel Andrews promised a roadmap out of lockdown, but instead we’ve got a plan for more lockdowns. Labor is only offering Victorians more job…
