Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Peter Walsh, has declared he is finally lost for words at the number of ways Premier Daniel Andrews can “rip off regional Victoria”. Mr Walsh said the tax on short-stay accommodation such as Airbnb or Stayz is the broke Andrews Labor government’s latest desperate cash grab. Almost half…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the spring firewood season is open but once again people across his electorate have been left with nothing. Except, Mr Walsh points out, round trips of 100km or more, much more, because the nearest collection sites for Echuca, for example, are around Bendigo.…
DetailsThe Liberals and Nationals strongly condemn the circulation of a fake letter, purporting to be written by a member of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria. In recent days, some land owners in the state’s north-west have received the letter, which contains damaging mistruths on land re-acquisition. Anyone seeking clarification is encouraged to…
DetailsThe Andrews Government is lacking support and looking increasingly lonely in its premature call to ban gas in new homes. Labor in Victoria, quite simply, is the odd one out on gas. Some New South Wales councils have ushered in bans in new developments – but without any support from the NSW Labor Government,…
DetailsThe Yoorook Report Into Victoria’s Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems released today highlights the sad fact that Victoria is the worst performing state when it comes to closing the gap in Aboriginal affairs. It articulates some atrocities from long ago, but more concerningly it demonstrates that across the past 25 years, the system…
DetailsDear editor, Hard-working families continue to be hit hard by rising energy prices as life gets harder under Labor. A new Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) report confirms Victoria’s energy system is the worst in the nation, suffering serious deterioration in the past six months. Alarmingly, AEMO has warned Victorians can expect blackouts, based on…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says sweeping gambling reforms announced by Premier Daniel Andrews are certain to cost jobs, see community sponsorship dry up and may force some clubs to close. In a campaign Mr Walsh says is so flawed and so far out of synch with the real…
DetailsThe Andrews Government continues to pile on the cost-of-living pain as annual council rates skyrocket. Victorians need an urgent solution as rate payers and hardworking families are being unfairly asked to foot the bill for Local Government funding inequities. The Andrews Government needs to provide Local Government with more funding to maintain service delivery and…
DetailsLeader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says Daniel Andrews and his Messer of Roads Melissa Horne can no longer pretend they are doing “even a half-decent job” of protecting Victorians on regional roads. Mr Walsh says with the state’s highest road toll in seven years, and with more than…
DetailsDear Editor, Regional Victorians have been hit with another rude wake-up call in recent weeks as soaring annual rates notices land in letter boxes. Victorians need an urgent solution as rate payers and hardworking families are being unfairly asked to foot the bill for Local Government funding inequities. The Nationals have played a leading role…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says just when you thought Daniel Andrews had bled you dry, now he’s planning to tax you for sleeping. Mr Walsh says regional Victoria’s already battered tourism industry now faces a ‘bed tax’ in hotels and short stay rentals. He says Victorian Tourism Industry Council…
DetailsDear Editor, Victorians should not have to choose between keeping a roof over their head or feeding their family. But, under Labor, that’s the sad reality for too many Victorians. Recent PropTrack data shows that rents are rising at double the national rate in some parts of Victoria, while rental vacancies are alarmingly low. The…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says local football and netball clubs should have a crack at as much as $250,000 funding through the 2023-24 Country Football and Netball Program. Mr Walsh says the funding can be accessed through your local council and are designed to make more sport infrastructure developments…
DetailsHundreds of furious primary producers today rolled into Melbourne on tractors, prime movers and utes, urging the Andrews Government to re-think its energy plan that will destroy prime agricultural land. More than a thousand kilometres of prime land is set to be ripped up and replaced with 1600 steel towers 80m in height, carrying…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says ambulance times across his electorate are going from bad to almost terminal as people increasingly face life-threatening delays. Mr Walsh says in the few response categories which have improved, the changes are minimal, and they were already at “totally unacceptable” levels. He says the…
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