Monday 29th May 2017 To the editor This week Daniel Andrews introduced a Bill to Parliament that seeks to rip apart Victoria’s CFA. Firefighters’ Presumptive Rights Compensation and Fire Services Legislation Amendment (Reform) Bill 2017 Other bills introduced to Parliament last week are: Bail Amendment (Stage One) Bill 2017 Children…
DetailsMonday May 29th 2017 Dear Editor Through your paper I write to encourage all Kyabram community members to sign the petition that is presently circulating through the town calling for increased police presence and numbers. Kyabram is a special community which has historically benefited from excellent public safety and small town charm. Community leaders…
DetailsMonday 29th May 2017 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has slammed the Andrews Labor Government decision to integrate the Presumptive Rights Compensation with its plans to split the CFA. The “Firefighters’ Presumptive Rights Compensation and Fire Services Legislation Amendment (Reform) Bill 2017 was introduced to parliament last week and…
DetailsWednesday 24 May 2017 Jaala Pulford’s lack of interest in the wild dog control program looks to have extended to the resoundingly successful Fox Bounty. “Under Labor a simple yet resoundingly successful fox bounty program has gone to the dogs “ Shadow Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh said. The fox bounty was introduced by the…
DetailsWednesday 17 May 2017 An elected Liberal Nationals government would be committed to keeping jobs in the Latrobe Valley. Unemployment was up 50 per cent in the past two years in the Valley even before 750 people lost their job at Hazelwood Power Station in March. Wood processor Carter Holt Harvey yesterday flagged closure…
DetailsTuesday 16 May 2017 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh joined with business and community members this morning to launch a petition calling for more police resources in Kyabram. Mr Walsh said the current number of operational police was inadequate and that many people in the community were unsatisfied with…
DetailsTuesday 16 May 2017 Daniel Andrews is ripping off water customers making them pay for water we don’t need and letting Aquasure out of its contracted obligations. Melbourne water customers already pay around $600 million every year to Aquasure in service payments. The Andrews Government claim their so-called minimum 15GL order won’t cost customers…
DetailsThursday 11May 2017 Daniel Andrews has ramped up his attack on Country Fire Authority volunteers with plans to split Victoria’s biggest volunteer organisation. The proposal attempts to split the CFA into a country volunteer-only body which would see thousands less volunteers protecting Victoria. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said…
DetailsThursday 11 May 2017 The Andrews Labor Government and Greens MPs have voted against an inquiry that would have examined blackwater events and better management of water in northern Victoria. Significant blackwater events in the Southern Murray Darling Basin in recent years have had serious consequences for our agricultural industries that rely on the…
DetailsWednesday 10th May 2017 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is calling for increased police presence and numbers in Kyabram. Mr Walsh backed his call with statistics showing that between 2014 and 2016 under the Andrews Labor government crime in Kyabram has risen 55%. “The lack of adequate police resources…
DetailsWednesday 10 May 2017 Country Victorians will get the vital investments they need after the Federal Liberal Nationals Government delivered for the projects that Daniel Andrews refuses to fund. Investments in rail and road infrastructure projects in regional Victoria and new agriculture initiatives for our primary producers were welcome commitments in Tuesday’s Federal Budget.…
DetailsTuesday 4th May 2017 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is encouraging emerging leaders in catchment and water management across the electorate to apply for a Leadership Development Grant. The grants aim to develop the skills and knowledge of the next generation of leaders in water management across Victoria. “In…
DetailsFriday 5th May 2017 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh visited MacKillop College Swan Hill today to meet with two students he has sponsored to participate in the ConocoPhillips Science Experience program. The three day program encourages students in year nine and ten to consider science engineering and technology as…
DetailsThursday 4 May 2017 Despite slugging country Victorians for ten new taxes Daniel Andrews has slashed Victoria’s Agriculture budget. Labor has cut $32 million from the Agriculture spend in the 2017-18 State Budget despite pushing up taxes by 22 per cent. No amount of Labor spin can hide this reduction and fears of Agriculture…
DetailsTuesday 2nd May 2017 Member for Murray Plains and Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh is bitterly disappointed the 2017-18 State Budget has ignored the pressing needs of students at Echuca Specialist School. Mr Walsh was particularly critical of the Andrews Labor Government’s failure to inject funds into this desperately needed new educational facility. “The…
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