HAVING last week raised the matter of driver licence testing for the third time in Parliament, The Nationals have received an undertaking from the Minister it would resume today. But The Nationals Victoria leader Peter Walsh said now the “very overdue” decision to resume licence testing in regional Victoria has been made “it is not…
DetailsFrom 11.59pm Wednesday night regional Victoria moved to Step 3 of restrictions. It’s a much needed announcement for our area, especially for local businesses and those who have been socially isolated. While the changes are incremental, we now have more opportunity to get back out in the community and support each other and local business. I…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains and The Nationals Victorian leader Peter Walsh has taken the plight of regional Victoria’s health and fitness industry to Parliament. Mr Walsh said at a time when regional Victoria looks set to restart its economy, the jobs – and futures – of more than 40,000 have been left hanging in the…
DetailsThere’s light at the end of the tunnel as regional Victoria comes out of the second wave. We’ve all had to make choices we never thought we’d be asked to make. As a member for a regional electorate that’s been living the daily pain of border closures, I know all too well the sacrifices we’ve…
DetailsBackground Labor’s Attorney-General Jill Hennessy has today refused to guarantee that the Andrews Labor Government won’t make changes to the Public Health and Wellbeing Act to stop Victorians from accessing compensation for its destructive coronavirus restrictions. The Public Health and Wellbeing Act allows a person who suffers loss arising from a direction of the Chief…
DetailsThe Liberal Nationals will move a no-confidence motion in the Premier. It is the first step needed to dissolve the Parliament and allow Victorians to vote the toxic Andrews Labor Government out of office. The no-confidence motion follows a number of failures, cover-ups and lies by Daniel Andrews and his Labor Government including: the avoidable…
DetailsSole traders who run their business from home continue to be overlooked for financial support to help them stay afloat as harsh coronavirus restrictions smash incomes of Victoria’s smallest businesses. The Andrews Labor Government’s latest business support package again fails to provide any funds for Victorians running their own business from home as a sole…
DetailsREGIONAL Victoria will tomorrow night move to Step Three of the Victorian Government’s COVID-19 – but freedom is still not on the agenda until the end of November. Premier Daniel Andrews has announced changes which end any restrictions on leaving home, will allow public gatherings of as many as 10 people and see schools go…
DetailsRegional Victorians have done the heavy lifting to stop the spread of COVID-19 with restrictions to be eased from 11.59pm tomorrow night (Wednesday 16 September). Each and every country Victorian has been forced to make massive sacrifices to get to this point. People have given up time with family and friends. We’ve missed weddings and…
DetailsThe Nationals Victorian leader and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says the biggest issue we face in Victoria – and an issue that does not exist anywhere else in Australia – is the Daniel Andrews government. Mr Walsh said even though it was part of the national cabinet from the word go, the Andrews…
DetailsToday the Victorian Liberal Nationals have called for a Royal Commission to be conducted into Victoria’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A Royal Commission is vital and it is urgent. Hundreds of Victorians have died and millions of Victorians are locked down because of the abject failure of the Andrews Labor Government’s ability to manage…
DetailsTHERE are people around Australia – I have been trying to help one woman here in the electorate of Murray Plains – desperate to get into other states to farewell loved ones before it is too late. For too many of them, that deadline has passed. Parents, even worse, children, dying in hospitals in other…
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