The Latrobe Valley has been betrayed by the Labor Government as the reality of the decision to scrap the 2026 Commonwealth Games bites hard. Labor had promised a significant boost to housing in the area as part of the now doomed plan to bring the Games to regional Victoria. The cornerstone was an athletes’ village,…
DetailsDear Editor, Supermarket prices are continuing to bite all Victorians right when they can least afford it. Victorian families are struggling to put food on the table, punished by rising inflation and the Labor Government’s incompetence. With the average family this year now spending $1565 more on groceries, hardworking Victorian families are simply struggling to…
DetailsDear Editor, The Andrews Labor Government continues to embarrass Victorians with its failed promises. The cancellation of the Commonwealth Games, set to be hosted across Regional Victoria in 2026, is another example of Labor’s incompetence and inability to manage projects. Premier Daniel Andrews claimed the Games would have cost Victorians more than $6 billion, which…
DetailsThe Andrews Government’s decision to scrap the 2026 Commonwealth Games is a massive humiliation for Victoria. This decision is a betrayal of regional Victoria and confirms that Victoria is broke and Labor simply cannot manage major projects without huge cost blowouts. The cancellation of the Commonwealth Games is hugely damaging to Victoria’s reputation…
DetailsPeter Walsh didn’t know it, yet. But what he thought he knew was about to prove it was nowhere near enough. Because what he thought would happen, in the end, wasn’t going to be within coo-ee of the reality. And days after getting home, he’s still getting over the whole experience – physically and emotionally.…
DetailsDear Editor, Regional drivers are forced to drive on crumbling roads, but life only gets harder under Labor as motor costs continue to rise and road maintenance continues to be neglected. Labor’s incompetence has left Victorians broke, continuing to punish families with another rise in motor costs. Families continue to be slugged, with the cost…
DetailsVictorians cannot afford life under Labor and it only gets worse from July 1. Since 2014, Premier Daniel Andrews and Deputy Premier Jacinta Allan have hit Victorians with 49 new or increased taxes. In the new financial year, they will continue to slam you with more increases. The cost of living will rise…
DetailsLeader of the Nationals and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says legislation, the medical profession and wider community need to recognise pharmacists are “an increasingly critical link in the primary healthcare chain”. Mr Walsh says in Parliament last week The Nationals spoke to the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances amendment, highlighting the importance…
DetailsThe Andrews Government has today again snubbed regional Victoria, refusing to take the Legislative Assembly to flood-affected areas. Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Peter Walsh, moved that the Legislative Assembly meet in a flood-affected Northern Victoria community in October/November this year. The switch would acknowledge the serious impact the floods…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the Parliamentary Upper House Inquiry into the 2022 Flood Event in Victoria was back in Rochester on Wednesday night after the deadline for submissions was extended a further two weeks. A submission workshop was held in Rochester Secondary College by the Legislative Council environment…
DetailsDear Editor, Regional Victorians are still reeling from a brutal State Budget, with agriculture, roads and health funding all slashed. Labor is making life tougher and deserves to face the blowtorch. Yet with so many unanswered questions, Labor remains largely silent, even as the Public Accounts and Estimates Hearing unfolds. PAEC should be the ideal…
DetailsCommunity leadership programs in regional Victoria have been cast adrift by the Andrews Labor Government. Funding for the programs, set up by the Victorian Liberals and Nationals in 2011/12, will finish at the end of this year, with the Government abruptly addressing the issue at today’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee hearing. “The…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the clock isn’t just ticking, it is now counting down for people wanting to make a submission to the Legislative Council’s Environment and Planning Committee’s inquiry into the 2022 flood event. And it runs out for good on June 5. Mr Walsh says it…
DetailsThe leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says the cash-starved Andrews Labor government has betrayed homeless Victorians by selling hundreds of public housing properties despite record waitlists. Mr Walsh says recently released figures from the Victorian Housing Register confirm almost 70,000 Victorians need public housing and despite the clear and…
DetailsThe Nationals have hit the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) with a united front to hammer home the message regional Victoria deserves the respect of proper community engagement and communication with all stakeholders for the proposed power link between Victoria and NSW. The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, deputy leader and…
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