The transformational contributions of Aboriginal Victorians to building a better future for our state were formally recognised at the Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll ceremony last night. In Melbourne for the annual gala dinner, Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Peter Walsh joined in congratulating the 13 new inductees. The inductees were…
DetailsThe Nationals leader Peter Walsh says the closure of Victoria’s native timber industry, planned by the Andrews Labor Government, will have a massive impact on local employment and the local economy. At the end of 2019, the Victorian Government announced the Native Forest Transition Package as part of the Victorian Forestry Plan. It was established…
DetailsVictorian jobs will be the centrepiece of an elected O’Brien Liberal Nationals Government with the announcement of the biggest reform to payroll tax in a generation. Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says under the Liberal Nationals Local Business Action Plan, around 15,000 Victorian small businesses will be removed from the payroll tax system –…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says local hospitals in regional Victoria are in the frame for an Andrews Labor government plan to amalgamate health delivery services under a ‘formal partnership approach’. And Mr Walsh said he is calling on Victorians to add their voice to a new campaign standing against the statewide amalgamation plan.…
DetailsA plan to merge Mildura Base Public Hospital under the Bendigo Health service must not go ahead. Local people are being asked to add their names to a petition pressuring the Labor Government to get its hands off our regional hospitals. Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh was in Mildura today to launch the local…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says following repeated calls from The Nationals, the Victorian government has announced learner drivers from across regional Victoria will finally be able to sit their learner’s permit test online. But added the government has even managed to make a mess of that. Mr Walsh, together with his National Party…
DetailsVulnerable women and children in Murray Plains will be better supported by a new online reporting process that will empower survivors of sexual assault to take control of their case and help prevent future offending from occurring. The Victorian Nationals’ plan will modernise the system and better protect women in the future, by establishing a…
DetailsThe Melbourne Labor Government has missed another chance to revitalise the Latrobe Valley’s jobs market and to create new local opportunities for a highly-skilled workforce. Today’s announcement that the State will invest $50 million to establish vaccine manufacturing in Melbourne is a disappointing loss for regional Victoria. The Victorian Government claims the decision to locate…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says the RSL deserves it, the veterans have demanded it, Canberra has agreed with them and the public are appalled. Mr Walsh said taking a page straight out of the Daniel ‘I don’t care what you think’ Andrews playbook, acting Premier James Merlino is determined to jam 100,000 people…
DetailsBendigo will miss out on growth opportunities in post-COVID recovery if the Andrews Labor Government continues looking inwards to Melbourne, while ignoring the potential of regional Victoria. A spike in migration out of metropolitan areas in the post-COVID era should put regional communities, like Bendigo, in the box seat to secure the flow-on benefits of…
DetailsIt could be a disaster coming to a riverfront near you; and the Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says you might not be able to do a thing about it. Unless you take the time to register your thoughts and concerns with the public submissions portal at engage.vic.gov.au/regulated-watercourse-land-regulations Mr Walsh today visited the Torrumbarry…
DetailsVictoria has failed Indigenous Victorians in the 30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was handed down. The Royal Commission recommended reform that would set our state on the path to better meet the needs of Indigenous Victorians and stop the overrepresentation in our criminal justice system. But in the past…
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