A Word with Walshy
Jan-Feb 2024 MP Newsletter PW
Walsh’s urgent call to help Save Our Bacon from inquiry
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says submissions to the Inquiry into pig welfare in Victoria officially closed today but late submissions are just as important. Because he says it’s time to save the local pork industry’s bacon – and there’s no time to be wasted. Mr Walsh says…
Walsh says kneejerk medical strategy paralysing hospitals
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says regional Victoria’s hospital system is becoming paralysed by another fatally flawed Labor government kneejerk ‘plan’. Mr Walsh says in a “frantic bid to boost frontline doctor numbers” across the state the Health Department is throwing thousands of dollars at them to do casual…
Life with Jumping Jacinta is not very gas, gas, gas
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the writing is on the wall – Victoria’s Labor government is running out of gas and doing nothing but pumping up our already soaring energy bills. And Mr Walsh says Premier Jacinta Allan could not have picked a worse time to try and…
Allan Government must make urgent natural disaster call
The Liberals and Nationals are calling on the Allan Government to urgently classify natural disaster areas in central Victoria’s flood-ravaged Loddon Shire. Leader of The Nationals, Peter Walsh, this morning toured areas near Wedderburn and Korong Vale, hit hardest by rain on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day morning. The area was inundated by…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR –
Dear Editor, Premier Jacinta Allan’s track record is riddled with financial blunders, project mismanagement, and an alarming inability to rein in the escalating state debt. According to the latest budget projections released in recent days, Victoria’s net debt is expected to reach $177.8 billion by mid-2027. This reflects a rise of $6.4 billion compared to…
Labor snubs call for inquiry amid Heritage hold ups
The Allan Labor Government has denied a Parliamentary Inquiry into the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 amid the news the collapse of a key indigenous land council will lead to lengthy delays for development projects. Projects across a section of Victoria are facing delays of up to five months after the Bunurong Land Council was…
Walsh 100 per cent behind ‘Denyer Bill’ and no parole
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has strongly backed the proposed legislation to keep killers such as Paul Denyer behind bars for life. Mr Walsh says the Denyers of the world, the Julian Knights and Craig Minogues, have committed crimes “so absolutely atrocious” they do not deserve to be released…
SEC a hoax that won’t stop soaring prices – Joint Media Release – Peter Walsh MP and Martin Cameron MP
The Nationals today unite to call out the hoax that is the SEC, re-branding the State Electricity Commission “Soaring Energy Costs”. MPs wore branded hats, which were the brain-child of The Nationals’ Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, who has witnessed the SEC con job first-hand. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray…
Regional post offices must be protected from cuts
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…