The 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…
DetailsThere’s a renewed push to capture new opportunities in manufacturing and drive alternative career paths in regional Victoria as part of Australian Made Week this week. Victoria was once a powerhouse in Australian manufacturing, but shortages of agriculture chemicals, machinery parts and PPE through the pandemic are driving home the desperate need to reduce Victoria’s…
DetailsVictorian Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan has used parliamentary budget hearings today to raise more red flags on the Murray Basin Rail Project, saying her Federal Labor colleagues have made no commitment to the project’s delivery. Under questioning at parliamentary hearings on the 2022-23 State Budget papers, the Minister worked hard to muddy the waters…
DetailsVictorian farmers fear the Andrews Labor Government is “abandoning” agriculture R&D by systematically “whittling down research capabilities” after reports today Hamilton’s multi-million-dollar red meat centre is under a cloud of doubt. Labor has been on the warpath making cuts to agriculture jobs and R&D capabilities, with $47.8 million cut from the agriculture budget this year…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says Victorian parliamentary committee hearings have exposed a savage $50 million cut to road safety in the Andrews Labor Government’s 2022-23 Victorian Budget. With more cuts on the way. Mr Walsh says the funds were slashed from the budget despite the state’s road toll increasing to…
DetailsA new report by Victoria’s Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has exposed the Andrews Labor Government’s severe under-investment in regional Victoria. The report, Asset investment excluding Australian Government funding, reveals the extreme neglect of regional Victoria under a city-centric Labor Government that’s investing 114 per cent per person in metropolitan Melbourne when compared to regional counterparts.…
DetailsRegional Victorians have been denied our fair share of state government funding for too long. Our regional hospitals, schools, sports grounds, roads and rail infrastructure have been short-changed with decades of careless neglect by successive, city-centric Labor governments. Opposition Leader Matthew Guy and Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh have announced today that a Liberals…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, is urging women across his electorate – and the state – to get involved in the Women Leading Locally: An Opportunity To Step Up program. Mr Walsh says the program is being delivered by the Institute of Community Directors Australia in partnership with Women for…
DetailsThe Victorian Nationals continue to stand with regional Victorians who are committed to action on climate change. Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh today reaffirmed the Party’s position supporting the target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Mr Walsh said regional Victorians rightly expect their representatives to drive a policy agenda that actively tackles…
DetailsThe Victorian Nationals continue to stand with regional Victorians who are committed to action on climate change. Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh today reaffirmed the Party’s position supporting the target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Mr Walsh said regional Victorians rightly expect their representatives to drive a policy agenda that actively tackles…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has condemned the latest plans for the Andrews Labor government to sneak hunters into Barmah Forest under the cover of darkness, armed with high-powered rifles, to hunt down and kill its brumbies. Mr Walsh says he is “incredibly alarmed” by the safety risks this…
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