Wednesday 31 October 2018 An elected Liberal Nationals Government will offer a voluntary buyback of commercial fishing licences on the Gippsland Lakes to secure a sustainable fishery for future generations. A Gippsland Lakes Sustainability Plan will be developed in consultation with industry and the community and will also explore opportunities to undertake habitat restoration work…
DetailsMurray Plains will benefit from safer roads under a Liberal Nationals plan to invest $1 billion over ten years to fix country roads and save country lives. If elected the new Road Fix Blitz program will restore our neglected country and regional roads and will also see the proper investments made to improve roads before…
DetailsTuesday 30 October 2018 A Liberal Nationals Government will invest $1 billion over ten years in a new Road Fix Blitz program to fix our country and regional roads. Daniel Andrews and Labor’s neglect of our regional roads is putting the lives and safety of Victorians at risk every day. Labor has been in…
DetailsTuesday 30th October 2018 An elected Liberal Nationals Government will clean up neglected state game reserves in the north of Victoria by giving hunters a greater role in maintaining them. There has been growing concern that Victoria’s 200 state game reserves (SGRs) are being poorly managed under Daniel Andrews with reports pest animals and weeds…
DetailsMonday 29th October 2018 Grassroots country racing clubs will get a fairer share of industry funding under an elected Liberal Nationals Government. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said that Kerang and Gunbower were among more than 20 thoroughbred racing clubs in country communities to miss out under Labor’s fund…
DetailsMonday 29th October 2018 The Nationals in government will help finish the much-wanted Kyabram Walking and Cycling Trail Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has announced today. An elected Liberal Nationals Government will close the loop for local walkers runners and bike riders by helping complete the ‘˜missing link’ along Breen Avenue boosting community safety…
DetailsFriday 26 October 2018 An elected Liberal Nationals Government will clean up Victoria’s neglected state game reserves by giving users a greater role in maintaining them. There has been growing concern that Victoria’s 200 state game reserves (SGRs) are being poorly managed under Daniel Andrews with reports pest animals and weeds are getting out…
DetailsThursday 25 October 2018 Victoria’s community fruit fly control programs will get an urgent $1 million lifeline under a Liberal Nationals Government. Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh and Member for Mildura Peter Crisp made the pledge when they met with fruit growers in Mildura today. Growers are bitterly…
DetailsWednesday 24 October 2018 Farmers in East Gippsland and northern Victoria have been calling out for further drought assistance including on council rates relief. The drought package announced today will take some of the pressure off farmers and their families but we urge the Victorian Government to go one step further. Farmers in East…
DetailsMonday 22nd October 2018 A Liberal Nationals Government will ease the cost of accessing specialist healthcare for tens of thousands of people living in country Victoria with significant increases in the reimbursement rates for the Victorian Patient Transport Assistance Scheme (VPTAS). Victorians who have to travel more than 100kms one way or 500kms a week…
DetailsMonday 22nd October 2018 An elected Liberal Nationals Government will help community sports clubs across the Murray Plains electorate to thrive investing in better facilities and supporting the growth in women’s and junior sport. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said a Liberal Nationals Government will provide support clubs and…
DetailsThursday 18 October 2018 Background Only an elected Liberal Nationals Government will bring back the Farmers’ Market Support Program quietly axed by Labor. Shadow Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh announced the $2 million fund in March also making a commitment to work with small food producers to cut red tape. But instead of matching…
DetailsFamilies with high school students in the Murray Plains electorate will no longer have to pay for school textbooks if The Nationals are elected in November. The Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said the commitment would support families struggling with skyrocketing bills and could save families with two students…
DetailsWednesday 17th October 2018 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has encouraged community groups across the Murray Plains electorate to apply for a share in $350 000 in funding for projects that preserve and share stories from our past. Mr Walsh said this latest round of grants of up to…
DetailsTuesday 16 October 2018 Today Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan have announced faster rail for Ballarat and Geelong. But the Latrobe Valley misses out entirely under Labor. No dedicated Gippsland line out of Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs. No high speed rail Traralgon-Melbourne. No new trains for country rail lines. And to add insult to injury not…
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