Mr Walsh : Very generous benefactors Geoff and Alex Kent in my electorate were prepared to donate $3 million to help achieve the vision of a wellness centre at the Echuca hospital particularly to treat cancer patients. They have had protracted discussions with the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services about this donation and project.…
Wednesday 6 March 2019 Agriculture Minister Jaclyn Symes failed to give even basic details on how the State’s Drought Hardship Support will roll out when questioned in State Parliament today. The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath questioned Minister Symes after being inundated with calls from Gippsland farmers who are trying to access…
Questions Without Notice – Vic Bushfires 5 March 2019 Mr Walsh : There was a 10-hour delay in accessing critical firefighting machinery from a particular harvest and haul contractor. Given the ongoing nature of these protests I ask the Premier: what steps are being taken by the government to ensure that critical firefighting equipment supplied…
Friday 1st March 2019 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has issued an invitation to the people of Murray Plains Electorate to visit Parliament House on Sunday 17th March 2019. “The Victorian Parliament is celebrating Cultural Diversity Week with an open day filled with music dancing and food from around…
Monday 25 February 2019 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is encouraging clubs to submit an application to the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund which is also open to councils and the Grassroots Cricket Fund. “The Grassroots Cricket Fund is open to clubs situated only in regional and rural areas with…
Friday 22 February 2019 The drought package announced by the Victorian Government today is a disappointing token gesture. The package is a long way short of what farmers have been calling for and what they were expecting. This is a $13 million band-aid and it’s grossly inadequate in the context of the catastrophic conditions…
Friday 22 February 2019 Latrobe Valley timber contractors are furious the Andrews Labor Government continues to threaten the industry’s future by refusing to put out critical Timber Release Plans (TRPs). Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath and Member for Narracan Gary Blackwood were in Traralgon today to meet…
Questions Without Notice – Timber Release Plan 2 21 February 2019 Mr Walsh : My question is to the Premier. Premier 2500 forestry jobs and a further 1400 jobs at Australian Paper in the Morwell area are at risk because your government has refused to sign the timber release plans that were supposed to be finalised…
Adjournment – Swan Hill Health Services 21 February 2019 Adjournment : My adjournment issue tonight is to the Minister for Health in the other place and it concerns the Swan Hill Needs a New Hospital campaign. I ask the minister to visit Swan Hill hospital so she can then be better informed to lobby harder…
Address in Reply – Governor’s Speech p2 21 February 2019 Mr Walsh : Last night when the house was adjourned I was well through my address-in-reply. I suppose the theme of what I was talking about was the issue that was raised in the Governor’s speech on behalf of the Andrews government and that was fairness…
