Post offices in rural and regional Victoria could face closures after Australia Post failed to commit to the regulated minimum of 2500 post offices. The Leader of The Nationals, Peter Walsh, wrote to the CEO of Australia Post, Paul Graham, seeking an assurance that rural and regional Victorian post offices would remain open to…
Dear Editor, Brace yourself for the interest rate hike that stops a nation. With that famous first Tuesday in November looming, all four of the big banks predict the RBA will again lift interest rates. No doubt the Melbourne Cup will be a great race, but the champagne corks won’t be popping as loudly if…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says a Victorian government announcement of “a road maintenance blitz” could not be “more overdue and more disappointing”. Mr Walsh says if the government’s idea of a maintenance blitz is the four years it has taken to announce the deadly Appin South turnoff on…
The Victorian Nationals have urged the Allan Labor Government to ensure that previously earmarked federal funding for a new Swan Hill bridge is retained. Three years ago, $60 million was allocated by the Commonwealth Government for a new bridge, but that funding is now at risk of being caught up with the Federal Government’s…
Helen Haines has voted for the Albanese Labor Government’s destructive 450GL of water buybacks in a brazen betrayal of regional communities. Dr Haines joined with Labor, the Greens and teal ‘independents’ in a vote that ignores the social and economic neutrality test, smashing the bipartisan support that has driven the Murray Darling Basin Plan…
Dear Editor, The emphatic result of the Voice referendum is a loud and clear call for unity. The outcome proves that most Victorians proudly believe we are all Australians, regardless of our heritage, and that disadvantage in all parts of our society needs to be addressed. As Victorians, we don’t want more…
Yesterday Australians voted in the Voice referendum and the Victorian Liberals and Nationals acknowledge and respect the result. With the referendum now over, we must all rally to advance the wider cause of reconciliation and unite to close those gaps in life outcomes which, to this day, deny so many First Nations people the…
The parliamentary inquiry into last year’s flood event has uncovered significant shortcomings in Victoria’s Emergency Management warning system under the Labor Government. Evidence provided to the hearings this week highlighted how poorly informed and exposed regional communities were during emergency flood events. The Environment and Planning Committee, which grilled key figures in the…
Dear Editor, So much for a traditional honeymoon period for new Premier Jacinta Allan. Truth is, the honeymoon never started. Only two weeks into her term, she is grappling with the ongoing nightmare that is the Commonwealth Games debacle. Allan refused to front an inquiry into the Games cancellation, even though she…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, is appealing for Health Minister Mary-Ann Thomas to support his demand Canberra urgently intervene in the “frightening shortage” of diabetic drug Ozempic. Mr Walsh says this next generation option for type 2 diabetics – requiring just one injection a week – is now out…
