Monday 22nd October 2018 A Liberal Nationals Government will ease the cost of accessing specialist healthcare for tens of thousands of people living in country Victoria with significant increases in the reimbursement rates for the Victorian Patient Transport Assistance Scheme (VPTAS). Victorians who have to travel more than 100kms one way or 500kms a week…
Families with high school students in the Murray Plains electorate will no longer have to pay for school textbooks if The Nationals are elected in November. The Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said the commitment would support families struggling with skyrocketing bills and could save families with two students…
Thursday 18 October 2018 Background Only an elected Liberal Nationals Government will bring back the Farmers’ Market Support Program quietly axed by Labor. Shadow Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh announced the $2 million fund in March also making a commitment to work with small food producers to cut red tape. But instead of matching…
Wednesday 17th October 2018 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has encouraged community groups across the Murray Plains electorate to apply for a share in $350 000 in funding for projects that preserve and share stories from our past. Mr Walsh said this latest round of grants of up to…
Tuesday 16 October 2018 Today Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan have announced faster rail for Ballarat and Geelong. But the Latrobe Valley misses out entirely under Labor. No dedicated Gippsland line out of Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs. No high speed rail Traralgon-Melbourne. No new trains for country rail lines. And to add insult to injury not…
Monday 15 October 2018 Dear Editor Better regional rail will bring our country communities closer together and closer to more jobs as well as specialist medical services TAFEs and universities. Victoria’s rail network is a critical link for country Victorians but the current network is tired unreliable and slow. It’s one of the biggest…
Monday 8 October 2018 Swan Hill’s District Hospital will get the vital $44 million upgrade it needs under a Liberal Nationals government. The Nationals Leader and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh and Opposition Leader Matthew Guy met with the hospital’s campaign committee this morning to confirm the commitment. “It’s Swan Hill’s turn now. Our…
Saturday 6 October 2018 The iconic Murrabit Country Market will get a $200 000 makeover if The Nationals are elected to government this November. Member for Murray Plains and Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh was at the market today with organisers to announce the exciting commitment. “Murrabit Country Market is a terrific event that…
Wednesday 3 October 2018 A Liberal Nationals Government will transform Victoria’s rail network slashing travel times on the Gippsland line to better connect Gippslanders with more jobs further education and healthcare. Gippslanders will have better access to universities TAFEs and specialist medical services with high speed rail between Melbourne and the Latrobe Valley and…
Wednesday 3 October 2018 A Liberal Nationals Government will transform Victoria’s regional rail network slashing travel times to Western Victoria and bringing back passenger rail to Horsham. A reopened Horsham rail line will bring our communities closer to universities TAFEs and specialist medical services connecting with a new fast regional rail line from Ararat…
