The sickest people in the Bendigo region are waiting longer for ambulances to arrive than the same time last year. Victoria’s under-resourced and under pressure health system is spiralling further into crisis, with the latest response time data from Ambulance Victoria showing longer delays for Code 1 patients to be treated. In January-March this year,…
DetailsA government IT failure has gouged a $760 million hole in state revenue that could otherwise be invested back into Bendigo’s hospitals, schools and ambulance services. Secret documents, obtained under Freedom of Information, this week revealed that up to $760 million in fines have been written off by the Andrews Labor Government over 30 months…
DetailsBillions of dollars wasted on botched major tunnel projects; millions of dollars wasted defending Daniel Andrews and his gang from fatally botched hotel quarantine and now regional Victorian drivers will pay the penalties. Nationals Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says with no money left in the Labor Government’s crippled economy, the latest solution to…
DetailsSwan Hill’s Sikh community is on a mission. To build its own temple instead of relying on the suburban property currently used for religious services and as a social hub. The first step will be the block of land – the community had its eyes on one pre-COVID but that got moved to the backburner…
DetailsThe 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…
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