Dear Editor, The decision not to include most of regional Victoria in the six week COVID-19 lockdown will provide some long overdue relief for country businesses and communities. We desperately needed the news that we will not face further lockdowns as a result of outbreaks in Melbourne. Now the Premier must implement what he’s said…
DetailsNSW authorities have announced twin town communities along the Murray River will be regarded as ‘bubbles’ and their residents will be treated differently when the NSW-Victoria borders are closed at midnight. This will be the first time the borders have closed since 1919 – and that was at the height of the Spanish Influenza epidemic.…
DetailsThe Nationals leader Peter Walsh said the Andrews Labor Government has almost, finally, got part of the state’s COVID-19 management plan right. To regard regional Victoria as one area and Melbourne another. Mr Walsh said it has only taken Premier Daniel Andrews months to grasp what the Liberal Nationals have been saying, asking, demanding for…
DetailsThe decision not to include most of regional Victoria in today’s six week COVID-19 lockdown will provide some long overdue relief for country businesses and communities. Victorians have worked hard to do our bit to stop the spread of the virus and save lives, but the worsening figures in Melbourne cannot be ignored. The bad…
DetailsVICTORIA’S river towns face a number of confusing cross-border challenges; but the Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said crime is one that needs to be urgently addressed. And he said there was a proven blueprint already in place in other states and on which a successful model could be run here. Mr Walsh said…
DetailsConsumers across the region have been, and are still being, failed badly during COVID-19; with the Andrews Labor Government refusing to provide an adequate avenue for people to have their complaints handled, according to the Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh. He said the Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) website is now the only option for…
DetailsA Michael O’Brien-led Liberal Nationals government will rebuild and restore the Country Fire Authority (CFA) which has been gutted by the Andrews Labor Government. The CFA has a long and proud history protecting Victorian lives and property, but has been gutted by a union-led takeover, with hundreds of CFA staff being stripped out and…
DetailsRegional Victoria must be allowed to hang out the ‘open’ sign now before it is beyond recovery. The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said the urgent need is now “as beyond discussion as it is beyond a joke”. Mr Walsh said northern Victoria has been shackled to the shambles of the…
DetailsMEMBER for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said after recently helping set up a petition to stop hoons in Echuca South, police have directly intervened. Mr Walsh said Campaspe Highway Patrol commander Sergeant Paul Nicoll contacted his office and some of the local residents trying to pin down the schedule offenders might be running. Sgt Nicoll…
DetailsThe Andrews Labor Government has no choice – it either locks down Melbourne’s hotspots and deals with the crisis of climbing COVID-19 case numbers – or it condemns the whole state to potential disaster according to The Nationals leader Peter Walsh. He said Premier Daniel Andrews has already failed northern Victoria on a massive scale…
DetailsMember for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says The Nationals will do everything in their power to rescue and restore the independence and pride of the CFA. Mr Walsh said last week’s latest resignation of yet another CFA chief officer must be seen as the final straw. He said the Andrews Labor Government has made promises…
DetailsNorthern Victoria’s financial future is being held to ransom by Melbourne’s out-of-control COVID-19 outbreaks, which is seeing new case numbers explode in the past week. Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said Australia had a total of 47 new cases on Saturday – and 41 of them were in Victoria. None of them in Campaspe…
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