Members Statement – Drought Assistance 9 February 2019 Mr Walsh : I raise the plight of the dairy farmers in northern Victoria. Consumers take for granted the dairy products-the milk the cheese the yoghurt-they have in their supermarkets but every day dairy farming families have to live with the stress of trying to keep their…
DetailsCommemorations – 2009 Bushfires 6 February 2019 Mr Walsh : I rise to support the condolence motion moved by the Premier for the 2009 bushfires. As has already been said the 2009 bushfires are more than Black Saturday. There were fires before Black Saturday and obviously there were fires for a long time after Black…
DetailsQuestions Without Notice – Kangaroo Pet Food 6 February 2019 Mr Walsh : My question is to the Minister for Energy Environment and Climate Change. Minister is it government policy that kangaroos controlled with an authority to control wildlife permit after 31 March will be left in the paddock to feed wild dogs and foxes…
DetailsQuestions Without Notice – Kangaroo Pet Food Trial 6 February 2019 Mr Walsh : Minister that is the second review you have had of that particular program and if it is not government policy to leave those carcasses to rot in the paddock when will you actually make a decision about the pet food trial…
DetailsQuestions Without Notice – Drought Relief 5th February 2019 Mr Walsh: My question is to the Premier. The situation for dairy farmers in northern Victoria is dire. Murray Dairy is now sahying that a third of dairy farms in northern Victoria will close. The perfect storm of drought and industry downturn has led to low…
DetailsMembers Statement – Trevaskis Hawdon Roads Wyuna Thursday 20 September 2018 Trevaskis-Hawdon roads Wyuna Mr WALSH – I would also like to raise the concerns of constituents of mine around the lack of VicRoads signage at Trevaskis and Hawdon roads at Wyuna. One of my constituent’s family members suffered a serious injury at that intersection because it…
DetailsMembers Statement – Fruit Fly Thursday 20 September 2018 Fruit fly Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (09:42:37) – I want to raise the concerns of the fruitgrowers in my electorate who live and run businesses in the Gannawarra shire and those concerns are around fruit fly. Mildura Rural City Council and Swan Hill Rural City Council do very…
DetailsAdjournment Pest Animal and Weed Control Thursday 20 September 2018 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (17:06:37) – (15 037) My adjournment matter this afternoon is for the Minister for Agriculture. The action I seek from the minister is that she adopt the very sensible solution put forward by the Liberal-National parties recently to establish a dedicated invasive weeds and…
DetailsLeader of the Opposition Thursday 6th September 2018 Debate resumed. Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (14:03:23) – I suppose this is just another example that if you cannot table documents if you cannot get your process right to table the correct documents how can you actually run this state? I think that is where the Premier has been…
DetailsProduction of documents Thursday 6th September 2018 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (10:04:40) – I would like to move an amendment to the motion please. I move: That all the words after ‘That’ be omitted with the view of inserting in their place the words: ‘so much of the orders of the house of 29 March and 23 August 2018 related…
DetailsCensure Motion Thursday 6th September 2018 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (12:44:49) – I rise to oppose this motion in the absolutely strongest possible way. When I sat here and listened to the Deputy Premier ramble on for an hour defending the indefensible and what has gone on this particular week I was reminded of the Painters and…
DetailsConstituency Question – Southern 80 Tuesday 4th September 2018 Murray Plains electorate Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (14:49:09) – (14 903) My constituency question is to the Minister for Tourism and Major Events and it is on behalf of the organisers of the Southern 80 waterski race and the wider community of Echuca and Moama. It concerns the three-year…
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