The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, is urging women across his electorate – and the state – to get involved in the Women Leading Locally: An Opportunity To Step Up program. Mr Walsh says the program is being delivered by the Institute of Community Directors Australia in partnership with Women for…
The Victorian Nationals continue to stand with regional Victorians who are committed to action on climate change. Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh today reaffirmed the Party’s position supporting the target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Mr Walsh said regional Victorians rightly expect their representatives to drive a policy agenda that actively tackles…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has condemned the latest plans for the Andrews Labor government to sneak hunters into Barmah Forest under the cover of darkness, armed with high-powered rifles, to hunt down and kill its brumbies. Mr Walsh says he is “incredibly alarmed” by the safety risks this…
A former Chief-of-Staff to Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been covertly appointed to lead the Andrews Labor Government’s radical destruction of Victoria’s sustainable native timber industry. Late on Friday – under the cover of a Federal Election – Ben Hubbard, also formerly a senior adviser to Labor Premier Steve Bracks, was announced as the…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, is encouraging local football and netball clubs to get involved in the TAC Club Rewards Programs in 2022. Mr Walsh says grants are now on offer for all AFL Victoria aligned clubs across the state – and describes the program as a win-win for the…
The Andrews Labor Government’s admitted there’s “less funding allocated” to regional development in this year’s State Budget despite many country businesses saying they’re still struggling to recover from the pandemic. The 2022-23 State Budget confirmed Labor will strip more funding from regional development which take the total cuts to $363 million since 2020-21 (from $539.2…
Victorian farmers face less service delivery after the Agriculture Minister refused to guarantee today the Labor Government won’t make more job cuts at Agriculture Victoria. Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas raised red flags this morning at Parliament’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) by confirming the government was still on the warpath for “savings” with staffing…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says an Opposition amendment to the Road Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2022, that would have re-established the Victorian Parliament’s Road Safety Committee, was last week defeated 16 votes to 16, with two votes from the Justice Party and Animal Justice Party’s Andy Meddick. Mr Walsh says…
A pet census and a destructive plan to shut down the native timber industry are the biggest ticket items for agriculture in a Labor State Budget that’s a cruel disappointment for Victorian farmers. Analysis of the 2022-23 State Budget papers also revealed further cuts to the agriculture budget that will gut services even more. And…
Regional Victorians are set to cop further cuts to services and find it even harder to buy a home with today’s State Budget no more than a PR repair plan for Daniel Andrews. It confirmed record debt, higher taxes and more cost blowouts on Labor’s mismanaged major projects in Melbourne. The regional development and agriculture…
