Victoria’s justice system is failing, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities over-represented in the prison system. Today’s State of Incarceration report shows that since 2012, Victoria’s incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has recorded a 91 per cent increase, higher than Western Australia, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. It is…
DetailsSmall businesses which helped protect regional Victorian towns have been left to bear the cost as the Andrews Labor Government delays paying its bills. Despite promising to pay invoices from small businesses within 10 days, businesses in northern Victoria have been waiting more than 90 days for the State Government to pay bills of up…
DetailsDear Editor, Transparency and accountability in government are key to ensuring that every community has equitable access to services, no matter their postcode. Our crumbling roads need ongoing investment rather than reduced speed limits and our regional health services need adequate funding to ensure regional Victorians can have better care closer to home – in…
DetailsWe are only a matter of weeks into sittings of the 60th Victorian Parliament, yet Daniel Andrews and Labor are already tangling themselves in a web of issues surrounding dishonesty, transparency and accountability. Victorians deserve a government that is accountable to the public and has their best interests at heart. The Andrews Labor Government’s decisions…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the latest ABS data has simply confirmed what all Victorians know – home ownership under the Andrews Labor Government continues to slip further out of reach. Mr Walsh says the latest blow to the Australian dream with Daniel Andrews at the helm is the…
DetailsLeader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Wash, is urging locals to make their voices heard at a Victorian Parliamentary inquiry into the 2022 floods. And says being heard is just the start on the road to recovery and the campaign to much better prepare the region, and the state, against future…
DetailsDear Editor, The numbers are in, with reports Victorians will now be slapped with annual energy bills of up to $4000, mounting more stress on families in the midst of a cost of living crisis. This is nothing groundbreaking, many have been experiencing this increasing financial pressure for months. Despite struggling now, Victorians are being…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has taken the fight for a successful Southern 80 to the floor of the Victorian Parliament. Mr Walsh says despite the Moama Water Sport Club delaying the world’s biggest ski race until March 24-26 because of the floods, there is still no guarantee the banks…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the woodchop – and true icon of the Australian bush – is being sacrificed on the altar of Andrews Labor Government indifference as it continues to fail Victoria’s native timer industry. Mr Walsh says almost 150 years of this genuine bush sport, which is…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has taken the post-flood plight of the people from Tyntynder Flats to the Victorian Parliament. Mr Walsh says the locals there have just lived through their second ‘once in a lifetime’ flood in the past 11 years. And he says it was yet another flood…
DetailsDear Editor, The Andrews Labor Government is touting $165 million in funding for Victoria’s flood-damaged roads, yet it is currently leaving regional councils to foot the bill for damaged local roads. Councils are responsible for tens of thousands of kilometres of roads that are vital to businesses and communities, which were already in a state…
DetailsDear Editor, Communities in regional Victoria are still reeling from the floods which inundated their homes and businesses. Towns worked tirelessly to sandbag as the water levels rose and took with them homes, livelihoods and businesses on which their communities relied. But now – months after the water has receded – for communities which have…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says travelling across his electorate doesn’t require driving skills as much as it demands being an expert slalom skier. Mr Walsh says so many roads are badly damaged and degraded, the Andrews Labor government’s decision to not deal with the failure of the system is…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government has picked up where it left off – doing its best to ensure Victorians have no idea what their government is up to. Leader of The Nationals, Peter Walsh, said this deceitful sidestep by Daniel Andrews was to ensure he and his secrets remained hidden from public scrutiny by delaying the…
DetailsThis year has been another difficult one for regional Victorians. Just as our communities were getting back on their feet, coming off two years of some of the harshest Covid lockdowns in the world, many towns and regions across the state were inundated with the recent floods. What was shaping up to be a great…
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