Victorian jobs will be the centrepiece of an elected O’Brien Liberal Nationals Government with the announcement of the biggest reform to payroll tax in a generation. Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says under the Liberal Nationals Local Business Action Plan, around 15,000 Victorian small businesses will be removed from the payroll tax system –…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says local hospitals in regional Victoria are in the frame for an Andrews Labor government plan to amalgamate health delivery services under a ‘formal partnership approach’. And Mr Walsh said he is calling on Victorians to add their voice to a new campaign standing against the statewide amalgamation plan.…
DetailsA plan to merge Mildura Base Public Hospital under the Bendigo Health service must not go ahead. Local people are being asked to add their names to a petition pressuring the Labor Government to get its hands off our regional hospitals. Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh was in Mildura today to launch the local…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says following repeated calls from The Nationals, the Victorian government has announced learner drivers from across regional Victoria will finally be able to sit their learner’s permit test online. But added the government has even managed to make a mess of that. Mr Walsh, together with his National Party…
DetailsVulnerable women and children in Murray Plains will be better supported by a new online reporting process that will empower survivors of sexual assault to take control of their case and help prevent future offending from occurring. The Victorian Nationals’ plan will modernise the system and better protect women in the future, by establishing a…
DetailsThe Melbourne Labor Government has missed another chance to revitalise the Latrobe Valley’s jobs market and to create new local opportunities for a highly-skilled workforce. Today’s announcement that the State will invest $50 million to establish vaccine manufacturing in Melbourne is a disappointing loss for regional Victoria. The Victorian Government claims the decision to locate…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says the RSL deserves it, the veterans have demanded it, Canberra has agreed with them and the public are appalled. Mr Walsh said taking a page straight out of the Daniel ‘I don’t care what you think’ Andrews playbook, acting Premier James Merlino is determined to jam 100,000 people…
DetailsBendigo will miss out on growth opportunities in post-COVID recovery if the Andrews Labor Government continues looking inwards to Melbourne, while ignoring the potential of regional Victoria. A spike in migration out of metropolitan areas in the post-COVID era should put regional communities, like Bendigo, in the box seat to secure the flow-on benefits of…
DetailsIt could be a disaster coming to a riverfront near you; and the Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says you might not be able to do a thing about it. Unless you take the time to register your thoughts and concerns with the public submissions portal at engage.vic.gov.au/regulated-watercourse-land-regulations Mr Walsh today visited the Torrumbarry…
DetailsVictoria has failed Indigenous Victorians in the 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was handed down. The Royal Commission recommended reform that would set our state on the path to better meet the needs of Indigenous Victorians and stop the overrepresentation in our criminal justice system. But in the past…
DetailsLong overdue changes to the 2021 duck season still don’t go far enough to reverse the damage of the Andrews Labor Government’s politically-motivated attacks on Victoria’s hunting community. Now the Minister has finally increased bag limits, she must take it one step further by immediately opening the season, instead of waiting until May 26. Daniel…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said it is still so wrong – but not too late to change – that this year’s Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Shrine of Remembrance is limited to 1400 and the Anzac Day March limited to 5000. Especially; Mr Walsh added, when just hours later – a short…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said the Victorian government inquiry examining the devastating impact of COVID-19 on Victoria’s tourism and major events sector must conduct hearings in northern Victoria. Mr Walsh said the region’s tourism industry has been smashed by lockdowns, snap border closures and the repeated failure of the Andrews Labor government’s hotel…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said evidence being forced out of the Andrews Labor government by freedom of information requests is setting off alarm bells about its Hotel Quarantine Take Three strategy. Mr Walsh said new documents reveal the Andrews Labor government failed to properly fund chief health officer Professor…
DetailsDear Editor, Regional Victorians have been forgotten in the push towards zero road fatalities. One fatality is one too many, whether on country roads or roads in Melbourne. But new data shows country Victorians are being left behind in the push towards zero, with the regional road toll only falling about 20 per cent since…
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