Thursday 6th October 2016 MONEY AVAILABLE FOR REGIONAL ARTS Regional arts presenters are being invited to share in $295 000 of grants under the Small Regional Presenters part of the Regional Arts Package. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said the funding is available to not for profit arts groups…
DetailsTuesday 4th October 2016 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has encouraged Kyabram people to support a dinner being held to celebrate fifteen years of chaplaincy at Kyabram P-12 College. “The chaplaincy program offers a place of refuge to young people who are struggling with family concerns or who need…
DetailsThursday 29th September 2016 Crime across the Campaspe LGA is up nearly 20 per cent on 2015 figures new statistics from Victoria’s Crime Statistics Agency has revealed. In the Agency’s annual report released on Thursday Campaspe LGA recorded a 19.5 per cent increase in crime between June 2015 and June 2016. Total offences were up…
DetailsThursday 29th September 2016 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is encouraging sporting bodies from across the Murray Plains electorate to apply for VicHealth Innovation Challenge – Sport funding. Mr Walsh said the funding program is looking for clever ideas to get more Victorians physically active by taking community sport…
DetailsWednesday 21 September 2016 Daniel Andrews must allow full representation for Northern Victoria The Victorian Supreme Court today handed down its decision in a case against Daniel Andrews after Labor prevented the swearing in of The Nationals Member for Northern Victoria Luke O’Sullivan. The Supreme Court judgment found the court did not have the power…
DetailsTuesday 20th September 2016 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is encouraging community groups including sports clubs local councils and not-for-profit groups to take advantage of the $10 million Community Shade Grant Program which is now open. The program provides funding to construct new shade purchase portable shade plant a…
DetailsTuesday 20th September 2016 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is supporting the 2016-17 Victorian Young Achievers Awards by calling for nominations from the Murray Plains electorate. “We have so many very talented and community minded young people in our community who deserve to be acknowledged for their efforts ”…
DetailsTuesday 20th September 2016 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has invited the panel of the All Party Inquiry into Autism Services to offer a public hearing in the Murray Plains electorate. Mr Walsh said the inquiry is looking into the availability and adequacy of services for people with Autism…
Details19th September 2016 Small businesses across the Murray Plains electorate are being forced to endure again the damaging impact of the Andrews Labor Government decision to declare two new public holidays on Easter Sunday and the day before the AFL Grand Final (30 September 2016). Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter…
DetailsMonday 19 September 2016 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor Liberal and Nationals MPs successfully instigated an inquiry into the price of regional fuels last week in State Parliament. Country people dig deep every time they fuel up at the bowser more so than their metropolitan counterparts and even other nearby towns. Anecdotally transport costs…
DetailsMonday 19 September 2016 The $9.7 billion leasing of the Port of Melbourne will see more than $970 million for transport infrastructure delivered to regional and rural Victoria. The Liberal-Nationals fought to secure a 10 per cent slice of the port sale proceeds for investment in transport infrastructure in country areas despite strong opposition from…
DetailsFriday 16th September 2016 A future Liberal-Nationals Government will remove Daniel Andrews and Roz Ward’s much maligned Safe Schools program and replace it with an initiative that sends a strong message of mutual respect and anti-bullying Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said he firmly believes that Victorian schools…
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