Many regional Victorian businesses still haven’t received desperately-needed grants funding more than six months since Andrews Government-imposed shutdowns forced regional economies to their knees, The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said. Mr Walsh said analysis of the grants revealed a total lack of accountability or transparency on 14 of the 20…
DetailsThe message from the Murray River tourism industry was painfully clear at a meeting of major clubs and tourism operators in Echuca-Moama this morning. Organised by The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, the wider industry said if the Victorian borders do not open immediately, many of them will die. Mr Walsh…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government has wasted at least $7.7 million from the taxpayer purse covering up its mistakes and shifting blame for its disastrous Hotel Quarantine program says The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh. He said Labor’s bungled Hotel Quarantine program caused Victoria’s second wave of coronavirus and resulted in 801…
DetailsVictorian farmers may be waiting six months for seasonal workers under the Andrews Labor Government’s quarantine arrangement with Tasmania. Despite farmers’ livelihoods being on the line if they can’t get access to a seasonal workforce, Agriculture Minister Mary-Anne Thomas couldn’t guarantee that workers will actually be available by June 30 when asked by the Liberal…
DetailsDear Editor, There’s a lot of talk about recovery from COVID-19 shutdowns but months after the harsh lockdown ended, I’m still hearing the same message: the Andrews Government’s focus is in all the wrong places. This week we learned that Daniel Andrews is sitting on millions of dollars in small business grants that was intended…
DetailsThe Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said the end of the “bridge blockade insanity” has finally reunited twin towns the length of the Murray River. Mr Walsh said that means the devastated tourism industry can now launch an urgent Murray River renaissance to try and repair the extensive damage caused…
DetailsCheckpoints on Victoria’s border with New South Wales must be removed following today’s announcement that reclassifies all of NSW as either ‘green’ or ‘orange’ zones. Border communities are at their wits end. Despite no COVID cases in NSW border communities, Labor’s unwieldy permit system is leaving local people still facing debilitating delays to get across…
DetailsInadequate resourcing has taken the teeth out of wild dog control in Victoria, leaving livestock at risk and exposing landholders to further emotional and financial trauma. The Andrews Labor Government’s lax management is seeing attacks increase, with reports today landholders near Wyperfeld National Park in Victoria’s north-west have lost more than 300 sheep to wild…
DetailsDear Editor, Daniel Andrews has found a way to bring 1200 players and staff in for the tennis, yet still fails to pave the way for seasonal workers to get onto Victorian farms. Without enough workers, the problems are getting worse for our fruit and vegetable growers and meat processing sector. A Lindenow Valley grower…
DetailsLaws to impose on-the-spot fines to better protect Murray Plains farmers against farm trespass still haven’t been drafted, six months after the Andrews Labor Government finally agreed to the change. A parliamentary inquiry recommended on-the-spot fines be implemented as a solution to stop extreme animal activities breaking into farms, stealing livestock and damaging biosecurity. But…
DetailsPeople power has left Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews “a little green around the gills” according to The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh. He said united border bubble communities had been attacking the border closure since it was inexplicably slammed shut on New Year’s Eve, sending more than 60,000 Victorians fleeing south…
DetailsNationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, is encouraging local community organisations to put their hand up for a share in $350,000 of state funding, available for projects that preserve and share stories of local history. The Local History Grants Program, which is managed by the Public Record Office Victoria, is currently accepting…
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