A partial resumption of elective surgery in Melbourne and Geelong provides no relief for people in Mildura who have already spent too many months waiting in pain. Non-urgent elective surgery restarted at private hospitals and day procedure clinics in Melbourne and Geelong on Monday, bringing them in line with the 50 per cent cap in…
DetailsNew on-the-spot fines for extreme activists who trespass on Victorian farms and threaten the safety of farm families still aren’t in place, nearly two years since the protective measure was recommended. In June 2020, the Andrews Labor Government committed to introducing hefty on-the-spot fines for biosecurity breaches after it was recommended by a parliamentary inquiry…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said the Andrews government being forced to backdown on bulldozing its controversial pandemic laws through Parliament is just the beginning. Mr Walsh said the only reason Daniel Andrews has taken such a public setback is because Victorians have finally woken up to the “insidious agenda…
DetailsA critical labour shortage in hospitality and accommodation will derail the recovery of Mildura’s pubs, cafes, hotels and motels unless the Victorian Government steps up to help fix it. The pandemic has ravaged Victoria’s hospitality and accommodation sectors, with lockdowns forcing tens of thousands of jobs to be axed while many other workers exited the…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said four CFA brigades, Echuca Moama Search and Rescue and Echuca SES – across his electorate of Murray Plains – will share in $220,000 funding under the latest round of the Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program (VESEP). Mr Walsh said it was important local emergency…
DetailsLocal RSLs across the Mallee still haven’t received clarification on how to run COVID Safe Remembrance Day commemorations next week. RSLs across the state have called on the Andrews Government to explain its confusing rules, which appear to require volunteers to police vaccine passports and to turn away unvaccinated veterans from local commemorations. Leader of…
DetailsFarmers say regional roads in north-west Victoria will be smashed by thousands of additional truck movements this harvest while the Murray Basin Rail Project is still stalled under Labor. As Victorian farmers look ahead to a bumper grain harvest that’s predicted to top seven million tonnes, it’s been revealed today the botched Basin Rail upgrades…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says if anyone wanted proof the Andrews Labor Government would do anything; and say anything to seize more power, Victoria’s most senior legal minds have provided it. Mr Walsh said Victorian Bar president Christopher Blanden QC has warned the Andrews government’s controversial new pandemic…
DetailsThe Nationals Leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said the Andrews Labor Government has announced it plans to scrap a grassroots health initiative Daniel Andrews had previously described as a program that does “significant work to help people with chronic illnesses”. Now Mr Walsh says the Andrews government intends to abolish Victoria’s Primary…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government has yet again turned its back on the field and game community by refusing to extend game licences that were unusable for large parts of 2021 due to lockdowns. Labor’s Minister for Agriculture today wrote to Field and Game Australia advising she was vetoing their request for licences to be extended…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said it was critical the Andrews Labor Government ensures its outdoor trading support scheme announced this week goes to small businesses and not local council coffers. Mr Walsh said after nearly two years of lockdowns and tight restrictions, retail and hospitality businesses across regional Victoria,…
DetailsFair freedoms for regional Victorians at 70% of 16+ fully vaccinated Reopen regional Victoria (for all) at 80% of 16+ fully vaccinated Rapid testing to be available and utilised, as appropriate On 4 October 2021, Melbourne became the most locked down city in the world. Victorians have lost hope. This has been magnified by the state stumbling…
DetailsVaccine hesitancy and testing hesitancy in Victoria’s Indigenous communities’ risks pushing people further into disadvantage under the Andrews Labor Government’s plan to offer more freedoms to people who are fully-vaccinated. Geographic data (SA4) from the Australian Government has revealed serious gaps in Victoria’s vaccine rollout in Indigenous communities, with the Hume region recording 48.43 per…
DetailsAn extended seasonal worker deal with Tasmania will finally deliver workers into Victoria, but it will do little fill the yawning shortage of pickers across the state. Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas confirmed today 200 additional workers are finally set to arrive after quarantining through the Apple Isle, but it comes too little too late for…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains has demanded Transport Minister Ben Carroll immediately intervene; on behalf of the Lake Boga community; to enable their silo art project to go ahead. Mr Walsh used Parliament this week to deliver a stinging attack on V/Line’s refusal to reach a compromise with the community group and…
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