Peter Walsh didn’t know it, yet. But what he thought he knew was about to prove it was nowhere near enough. Because what he thought would happen, in the end, wasn’t going to be within coo-ee of the reality. And days after getting home, he’s still getting over the whole experience – physically and emotionally.…
Dear Editor, Regional drivers are forced to drive on crumbling roads, but life only gets harder under Labor as motor costs continue to rise and road maintenance continues to be neglected. Labor’s incompetence has left Victorians broke, continuing to punish families with another rise in motor costs. Families continue to be slugged, with the cost…
Victorians cannot afford life under Labor and it only gets worse from July 1. Since 2014, Premier Daniel Andrews and Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan have hit Victorians with 49 new or increased taxes. In the new financial year, they will continue to slam you with more increases. The cost of living will rise…
Leader of the Nationals and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says legislation, the medical profession and wider community need to recognise pharmacists are “an increasingly critical link in the primary healthcare chain”. Mr Walsh says in Parliament last week The Nationals spoke to the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances amendment, highlighting the importance…
The Andrews Government has today again snubbed regional Victoria, refusing to take the Legislative Assembly to flood-affected areas. Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Peter Walsh, moved that the Legislative Assembly meet in a flood-affected Northern Victoria community in October/November this year. The switch would acknowledge the serious impact the floods…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the Parliamentary Upper House Inquiry into the 2022 Flood Event in Victoria was back in Rochester on Wednesday night after the deadline for submissions was extended a further two weeks. A submission workshop was held in Rochester Secondary College by the Legislative Council environment…
Dear Editor, Regional Victorians are still reeling from a brutal State Budget, with agriculture, roads and health funding all slashed. Labor is making life tougher and deserves to face the blowtorch. Yet with so many unanswered questions, Labor remains largely silent, even as the Public Accounts and Estimates Hearing unfolds. PAEC should be the ideal…
Community leadership programs in regional Victoria have been cast adrift by the Andrews Labor Government. Funding for the programs, set up by the Victorian Liberals and Nationals in 2011/12, will finish at the end of this year, with the Government abruptly addressing the issue at today’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee hearing. “The…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the clock isn’t just ticking, it is now counting down for people wanting to make a submission to the Legislative Council’s Environment and Planning Committee’s inquiry into the 2022 flood event. And it runs out for good on June 5. Mr Walsh says it…
The leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the cash-starved Andrews Labor government has betrayed homeless Victorians by selling hundreds of public housing properties despite record waitlists. Mr Walsh says recently released figures from the Victorian Housing Register confirm almost 70,000 Victorians need public housing and despite the clear and…
