Victorian farmers face less service delivery after the Agriculture Minister refused to guarantee today the Labor Government won’t make more job cuts at Agriculture Victoria. Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas raised red flags this morning at Parliament’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) by confirming the government was still on the warpath for “savings” with staffing…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says an Opposition amendment to the Road Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2022, that would have re-established the Victorian Parliament’s Road Safety Committee, was last week defeated 16 votes to 16, with two votes from the Justice Party and Animal Justice Party’s Andy Meddick. Mr Walsh says…
DetailsA pet census and a destructive plan to shut down the native timber industry are the biggest ticket items for agriculture in a Labor State Budget that’s a cruel disappointment for Victorian farmers. Analysis of the 2022-23 State Budget papers also revealed further cuts to the agriculture budget that will gut services even more. And…
DetailsRegional Victorians are set to cop further cuts to services and find it even harder to buy a home with today’s State Budget no more than a PR repair plan for Daniel Andrews. It confirmed record debt, higher taxes and more cost blowouts on Labor’s mismanaged major projects in Melbourne. The regional development and agriculture…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says Daniel Andrews has sunk to a new low as he prepares to start gambling with people’s lives. Mr Walsh said plans to add extra numbers to the OzLotto draw each Tuesday are all about filling the black holes in the state budget because of…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said today’s news of the rollback of Covid restrictions is an announcement that is “one of the most overdue decisions in living memory”. Mr Walsh said considering Victoria’s extraordinarily high vaccination rates there has been no excuse to drag out implementing changes The Nationals have…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, is calling on people across his electorate to name its worst roads in a new campaign to identify the most dangerous hazards that are risking lives on our roads every day. Mr Walsh said the statewide search launched today by the Liberal Nationals, is a three-month…
DetailsAmendments to double the maximum fine for illegal farm invasion have been blocked in Victorian Parliament by Labor, Greens and Independent MPs. The Liberals and Nationals proposed two amendments to the Livestock Management Amendment (Animal Activism) Bill 2021 to double the maximum fine for individuals in line with New South Wales’ hefty penalty scheme –…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government has walked away from a promise to establish a plantation nursery in East Gippsland today. It raises another red flag on catastrophic building and construction material shortages that will be generated when Labor bans native timber in 2030 – at the cost of tens of thousands of Victorian jobs. Announced in…
DetailsRegional Victorians are demanding a fair share of the state’s spend on hospitals, schools, infrastructure and mental health in the lead up to the State Budget on May 3. Restoring the funding that State Labor’s axed from regional development and agriculture in the past few years will also be crucial to ensure farmers and country…
DetailsA new plan to relieve fertiliser shortages by increasing production in Australia has highlighted the multi-billion-dollar economic windfall a shift in focus to bring manufacturing back to Victoria could deliver. Agripower Australian Limited confirmed this week it will ramp up production of fertiliser at its Queensland plant to cope with exploding global demand, generating 11,500…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, is calling on people across his electorate to name its worst roads in a new campaign to identify the most dangerous hazards that are risking lives on our roads every day. Mr Walsh said the statewide search launched today by the Liberal Nationals, is a three-month…
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