Regional communities’ desperate pleas to limit the catastrophic impact of lockdowns have been heard at long last, with the Andrews Labor Government finally taking a limited approach to lockdown. Today’s decision to put the City of Ballarat into a seven-day lockdown is not the news any Victorian wanted to hear, but there are families and…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said the Victorian Liberal Nationals today announced a positive plan to get students back in classrooms across the state. Mr Walsh said under the Andrews Labor Government’s six yo-yo lockdowns, some Victorian students have lost more than 150 days of face-to-face learning. He said this…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the Victorian government is condemning regional media to obscurity through its decision to exclude country newspaper publishers for COVID-19 support. Mr Walsh said it could almost be seen as a campaign to deprive regional communities of an independent and locally relevant source of information.…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said he is appalled Labor MPs used their numbers in Parliament to vote down a proposal to boost mental health support for young Victorians. Mr Walsh said The Nationals moved a Private Member’s Bill last week that would have made thousands more mental health specialists…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has demanded the Andrews Labor Government take regional businesses back to the future. Mr Walsh said at the very least; regional businesses need to be reset to the rules in place before July 15. He said right now regional Victorian businesses – especially hospitality –…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said the Andrews Labor government’s small business support program has been plagued by botched bureaucracy and technicalities, leaving businesses across his electorate short changed. Mr Walsh said this week in state parliament, The Nationals demanded the Andrews Government change the ANZSIC code system it is using to exclude struggling…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says this week’s backflip by Premier Daniel Andrews on how to best manage the virus means the time for him to tell the truth has arrived. Mr Walsh says Daniel Andrews has spent the past 18 months hiding behind “the best medical advice” every time…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the most urgent need is the massive third wave of the pandemic – swamping Australia with mental health and wellbeing crises. Mr Walsh said the most vulnerable sector has been our young people; but there is collateral damage across all age groups as a…
DetailsRegional Victorians will hold the Premier to his promise today to finally walk back Labor’s destructive policy of sudden, statewide lockdowns. After 18 months of calls to dump the policy, from country communities and the Liberal Nationals, Daniel Andrews today flagged an intention to move to a “focused and targeted series of measures” in hotspots.…
DetailsQuestions are being asked of the Andrews Labor Government’s decision to force students in regional communities into remote learning, particularly in communities that have never had an active case of COVID-19. Victorian students will lose more time in the classroom with the confirmation they won’t be back in Term Three, despite growing reports isolation and…
DetailsExtension of Victoria’s seasonal worker deal with Tasmania is long overdue, but the 1500 places announced today is a band aid solution that won’t make a dent in the tens of thousands of vacancies across the sector. The paperwork to extend the deal has been sitting on the Premier’s desk for three weeks, leaving Victorian…
DetailsThe Nationals leader Peter Walsh says the Liberals Nationals are focused on delivering their positive vision for Victoria. A vision that includes rolling out a plan about getting us out of the pandemic black hole in which Victoria has been trapped for the past 18 months and getting the state moving again. Mr Walsh says…
DetailsAt 6pm today the Andrews Labor Government will once again change border crossing permits. Victorian cross border commissioner Luke Wilson said this will be the 30th amendments to the Andrews Labor Government’s permit system. The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said the key changes cut back on some of the most…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the Andrews Labor Government seems determined to destroy border communities the length of the Murray after his unexpected decision to start trimming both sides of the bubble. Established in the earliest days of the pandemic 18 months ago, Mr Walsh said there was no…
DetailsVictorian farmers’ hopes of a record-breaking harvest are at risk while COVID restrictions continue to wreak havoc with availability of farm labourers. Worker shortages across the industry, including horticulture, grains, wool production and meat processing, have left farmers and farm businesses fearing the loss of this season’s food and fibre. With the Federal Liberal and…
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