Steph Ryan has been a driving force for positive change for regional Victorians during her time as the Member for Euroa and Deputy Leader of The Nationals. She’s advised me today she will not seek re-election for Euroa at the 2022 Victorian State Election in November. I know this is not a decision she’s come…
DetailsAustralian biosecurity efforts must be strengthened following confirmation this week that foot and mouth disease (FMD) has been detected in cows in Indonesia. With thousands of Australians travelling to the tropical island nation to escape the winter, iron-clad safeguards must be put in place to protect the health of livestock, our farmers’ livelihoods and the…
DetailsThe Liberals and Nationals will consider, in detail, the interim report delivered today by the Yoorrook Justice Commission, with consideration to advancing the Treaty process in a way that supports self-determination, reconciliation and Victoria’s commitments on Closing the Gap. The Yoorrook Justice Commission’s work is central to the truth-telling process, but it must go hand…
DetailsGrain growers in and around Manangatang are facing another harvest without an upgraded and effective rail network as the Murray Basin Rail Project grinds to a halt, almost $370 million over budget. It is a direct hit on the bottom line for such a massively important local industry The Nationals leader and Member for Murray…
DetailsNorth-west Victoria’s chance for a more efficient freight rail network will disappear forever if the Murray Basin Rail Project is not fully completed to its original scope. The Nationals Candidate for Mildura Jade Benham and Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh have condemned a deceptive campaign spruiked by ‘Independent’ MP Ali Cupper that the stalled…
DetailsLeader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has condemned four years of delay in delivering urgent, and increasingly widespread, youth mental health services across Victoria. Mr Walsh says the Andrews Labor government blowing its own trumpet with its plan to boost existing drastically underfunded and poorly staffed services by 2026 as…
DetailsThe Liberals and Nationals Party Room has today supported the advancement of Victoria’s Treaty process. The Treaty Authority and Other Treaty Elements Bill 2022, which will be debated in State Parliament tomorrow, facilitates the establishment of a Treaty Authority, a body that will support future Treaty negotiations between Aboriginal Victorians and the State of Victoria.…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says regional Victorians are being pushed further from the health system they deserve as Daniel Andrews continues to spin away his $2 billion cut to the state’s health budget. Mr Walsh says the Andrews Labor Government’s recent budget confirms in black and white a $2…
DetailsWycheproof students have enlisted Nationals leader Peter Walsh and Nationals’ candidate for Mildura Jade Benham in their campaign to save aged and acute care beds at the Wycheproof campus hospital of East Wimmera Health Service. Mr Walsh says he received a passionately worded letter from the Wycheproof P-12 College school captains and student representative council…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says Victorian households and small businesses are once again set to pay the price for the failures of the Daniel Andrews Labor government. Mr Walsh says Victoria has been taken from lockdowns to now blackouts as our failed energy system struggles to keep the lights…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has again used the floor of Parliament in a bid to force the Victorian Government to hand over a small piece of land for Echuca cemetery’s expansion. Mr Walsh says his first appeal to Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio was treated with disinterest and disdain. He…
DetailsA Matthew Guy-led Liberals and Nationals Government will stop Labor’s extermination of Victoria’s brumby population. The new plan, announced today, will see a shift in focus to rehoming and veterinary intervention to manage the brumby population, standing in stark contrast to Labor’s plan for total eradication. The Liberals and Nationals’ new approach will involve: The…
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