Diners at restaurants or people ordering takeaway will know whether the seafood they’re ordering is local or imported under a Liberal and Nationals plan. An elected Liberal and Nationals Government would introduce country of origin labelling requirements for food sold for immediate consumption. The changes mean businesses such as pubs, cafés, restaurants and local takeaway…
DetailsVictoria’s High Country communities will have their history immortalised in a High Country Hall of Fame under a Liberal and Nationals Government. Leader of the Nationals, Peter Walsh, and Shadow Minster for Tourism, Cindy McLeish, announced $750,000 in funding to determine the best location and design for a future High Country Hall of Fame. The…
Details“As a Victorian, and as an Australian, I have been labouring under the misapprehension I live in a democracy – but I don’t, not if I live in Victoria. “You don’t live in a democracy when you have a government threatening people with repercussions if they dare have an opinion or dare speak to someone…
DetailsChurchill community sporting groups are one step closer to having a state-of-the-art Sporting Hub at Gaskin Park with the Liberals and Nationals pledging $4 million to support the project. The commitment will see construction of multi-use changerooms for both male and female athletes and officials, construction of a second netball court, resurfacing of the junior…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says people across his electorate will be major winners from the Liberal Nationals sweeping restructure of how healthcare is delivered – immediately and in the future. Mr Walsh says a key part of the plan to fix the health crisis is a new $325 million…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says an elected Liberal Nationals Government will immediately introduce legislation to run “a simple piece of digital technology” that could save Victorians as much as $800 in fuel costs every year. Mr Walsh says the Liberal Nationals government in NSW has provided its residents with…
DetailsInnovation will be the key in a Liberal and Nationals’ plan to address regional Victoria’s mobile blackspots. Under a Liberal and Nationals Government, Victorians in areas with poor mobile coverage would be eligible for a rebate to install mobile boosters in vehicles, homes and businesses. The subsidy is part of a $150 million Connecting Country…
DetailsA Regional Affordable Housing Summit is cold comfort to people struggling to find a place to live and businesses unable to recruit new staff in regional areas. This is not a problem that appeared overnight. It’s the result of poor planning from the Andrews Labor Government, and new parcels of land getting tied up…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says northern Victoria has not escaped the Andrews Labor government’s planned demolition of the individual’s right to walk their dog, take a swim or wet their line. Mr Walsh says Daniel Andrews is on a power trip, determined to control every aspect of our lives…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says regional and rural Victorians need to get fired up by the rapidly increasing risk of unmanaged roadside vegetation. Mr Walsh says everyone living in those areas understands the threat from fires being started on roadsides where grasses and weeds are allowed to grow unchecked.…
DetailsA Robinvale project more than two decades in the making will finally become a reality under a Liberal and Nationals government. After a community-led push to reimagine Robinvale, the project – which will see better sport and gym facilities as well as a play area for the town – will receive the final piece of…
DetailsQueen Elizabeth II was a rock of stability in an unstable world for an unprecedented seven decades. Her reign as Monarch and Australia’s Head of State since 1952 is an extraordinary achievement by an extraordinary person. The great affection Australians, in particular Victorians, felt toward Queen Elizabeth II was sincere and genuine. Her Majesty showed…
DetailsAgricultural researchers in Birchip would be able to work closer with farmers and the community in a new project by Birchip Cropping Group (BCG). Described as ‘the missing link in Victoria’s agriculture innovation’, the $5 million BCG Nexus project will allow researchers, farmers and students to stay on-site as part of an innovation hub based…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government’s irresponsibility with Victorian taxpayers’ money has been exposed after it refused to pursue a $2 million debt from environmental activists. In February this year, former Minister for Agriculture Mary-Anne Thomas wrote to VicForests to discourage it from taking legal action to recover court costs from MyEnvironment activists. At the time, Ms…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has praised a “community victory’ in achieving a long overdue crossing for Twin Rivers Primary School. Mr Walsh joined the school council and parents and Campaspe Shire – all supported by the Riverine Herald – to campaign for a “proper and safe” school crossing on…
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