Bendigo 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…
DetailsLong overdue changes to the 2021 duck season still don’t go far enough to reverse the damage of the Andrews Labor Government’s politically-motivated attacks on Victoria’s hunting community. Now the Minister has finally increased bag limits, she must take it one step further by immediately opening the season, instead of waiting until May 26. Daniel…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said it is still so wrong – but not too late to change – that this year’s Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Shrine of Remembrance is limited to 1400 and the Anzac Day March limited to 5000. Especially; Mr Walsh added, when just hours later – a short…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said the Victorian government inquiry examining the devastating impact of COVID-19 on Victoria’s tourism and major events sector must conduct hearings in northern Victoria. Mr Walsh said the region’s tourism industry has been smashed by lockdowns, snap border closures and the repeated failure of the Andrews Labor government’s hotel…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said evidence being forced out of the Andrews Labor government by freedom of information requests is setting off alarm bells about its Hotel Quarantine Take Three strategy. Mr Walsh said new documents reveal the Andrews Labor government failed to properly fund chief health officer Professor…
DetailsDear Editor, Regional Victorians have been forgotten in the push towards zero road fatalities. One fatality is one too many, whether on country roads or roads in Melbourne. But new data shows country Victorians are being left behind in the push towards zero, with the regional road toll only falling about 20 per cent since…
DetailsIt’s a slap in the face to growers and industry for Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas to be standing on farm today patting herself on the back for delivering a handful of seasonal workers months after they were needed on Victorian farms. The long overdue arrival of seasonal workers on Victorian farms is too late for…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said if you think the Andrews Labor government is short-changing post COVID regional Victoria – and it is – you just have to look south to Melbourne and see where it’s all going wrong. Mr Walsh said at a government briefing today, after months of smoke and mirrors, major…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Shadow Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh said the Andrews Labor Government clearly wants to destroy Victoria’s native timber industry – and is “chopping down everyone and everything standing in its way” to do it. Mr Walsh said linked to this unicorn policy are the thousands of lives of those working directly in…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said reports released at the weekend, based on highly classified government documents leaked by a whistle-blower, “would sicken every Victorian”. Mr Walsh said for 65 vulnerable children, known to child protection, to have died in one year, “is a tragedy beyond belief”. He said the…
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