Thursday 1st December 2016 Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allan has shown complete disrespect to rail commuters on the Echuca Bendigo line with her announcement this week on additional services according to Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh. Mr Walsh said that the line is a vital link for specialist…
DetailsFriday 25th November 2016 Letter to the Editor Last week six Bills were introduced to the Victorian Parliament which may be of interest to Murray Plains residents. The Bills are as follows: Wrongs Amendment (Organisational Child Abuse) Bill 2016 Administration and Probate and Other Acts Amendment (Succession and Related Matters) Bill 2016 Consumer Acts Amendment…
DetailsThursday 24th November 2016 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has encouraged community groups 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 $15 000 is available through…
DetailsThursday 24th November 2016 Community members of the Murray Plains Electorate involved with veterans groups are invited to apply for funding to renew or repair their local war memorials through the Restoring Community War Memorials Grants program. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is encouraging all RSL clubs local councils…
DetailsThursday 24 November 2016 New VLine services to Swan Hill must be among 80 additional services to be announced next week Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Peter Walsh said. Mr Walsh said country commuters – and not just Bendigo residents – must benefit from the 10 new services for the Bendigo line.…
DetailsThursday 24 November 2016 New VLine services to Echuca must be among 80 additional services to be announced next week Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Peter Walsh said. Mr Walsh said country commuters – and not just Bendigo residents – must benefit from the 10 new services for the Bendigo line. “We…
DetailsTuesday 22 November 2016 Comments attributable to Leader of the Opposition Matthew Guy The moratorium is already in place and already operating so why is Daniel Andrews desperately pushing this legislation through when there’s a crime crisis and important legislation like our youth parole changes and the “˜No Body No Parole’ to get through before…
DetailsMonday 21 November 2016 Background Now is the time for Victoria to help get rid of the Basin Plan’s 450GL up-water all together. The up-water was a secret deal struck in October 2012 between Federal Labor and the South Australian Government. To mitigate this political madness Victoria’s Liberal-Nationals fought hard for a trigger to be…
DetailsFriday 18 November 2016 Barnaby Joyce should be congratulated on his strong leadership today with regards to the 450GL upwater. Lisa Neville must get her South Australian Labor colleagues to understand that this upwater cannot be achieved without causing massive socio-economic upheaval in Victoria’s Basin communities. The 450GL deal secretly devised by former Labor Water…
DetailsFriday 18 November 2016 Dear Editor This year for the first time in five years the value of Victoria’s food and fibre exports fell. In 2015-16 exports totalled $11.9 billion. Last year they exceeded $12 billion. Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford says this is “outstanding” but the results are actually a wake-up call for this city-centric…
DetailsThursday 17 November 2016 Melbourne’s dams now hold more water than they did at the same time last year. Melbourne’s water storages are at 72.5 per cent – 1313.8 billion litres. It means there is an extra 2.1 billion litres of water available for use than at this time last year. Storages are still filling…
DetailsWednesday 16 November 2016 Dear Editor Managing our future population is one of Victoria’s most important challenges and it is vital we start making these plans today. Population growth is not a challenge that is unique to the city we also need to plan for the future populations of our rural and regional communities. I…
DetailsWednesday 16 November 2016 Managing Victoria’s population growth is the biggest challenge facing Victoria today according to The Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh. Mr Walsh in conjunction with Leader of The Liberals Matthew Guy yesterday launched the Victorian Population Policy Taskforce which highlights the need to regionalize Victoria’s growth…
DetailsThursday 10 November 2016 Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford today failed to explain why the State Government’s long-promised plan for hunting in Victoria is not being released. In question time today The Nationals’ new Member for Northern Victoria Luke O’Sullivan asked Minister Pulford to explain the five month delay in the release of the Sustainable Hunting…
DetailsLetter to The Editor Last week five Bills were introduced to the Victorian Parliament which may be of interest to Murray Plains residents. The Bills are as follows: Creative Victoria Bill 2016 Heritage Bill 2016 Owner Drivers and Forestry Contractors Amendment Bill 2016 Small Business Commission Bill 2016 More information on the proposed Bills can…
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