Members Statement – Kow Swamp I raise the ongoing saga of the Lions picnic park at Kow Swamp near Leitchville. The floods of 2011 caused erosion to start at this popular picnic area and given it is on the eastern side of Kow Swamp it is constantly being eroded further by the prevailing westerly winds.…
DetailsMatters Of Public Importance – Infrastructure Projects Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (14:43:43) – I rise to make a contribution on the member for Narre Warren North’s matter of public importance (MPI) which I will not give the satisfaction of reading out because it is just a long litany of self-praise. If you look at the matter of…
DetailsAustralian Broadcasting Corporation Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (10:11:28) – It is a pleasure to get up and respond to the Leader of the House on her motion. It is an interesting position from the Leader of the House to defend the media when she is the one who has been accused of bullying and threatening to sue…
DetailsAdjournment – Wandella Recreation Reserve Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (19:04:52) – (14 589) My adjournment issue tonight is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety and it probably fits into both of his portfolio titles. It concerns the Wandella Football Club the Wandella Bombers who are just west-south-west of Kerang and play in the Golden Rivers Football…
DetailsWednesday 13 June 2018 By Peter Walsh Leader of The Nationals ‘“ Victoria A couple of weeks back Daniel Andrews quietly dumped his ‘˜Getting Things Done‘ slogan from Labor’s government press releases. Around the same time sheepish department officers were being dispatched to tell our freight industry and communities in North West Victoria…
DetailsTuesday 12th June 2018 Australia’s Federal Minister for Social Services Dan Tehan MP has been asked by the Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh MP to step in and expedite the sale of Random House in Rochester. Mr Walsh said he had been on bureaucratic red tape trail for more…
DetailsTuesday 12th June 2018 The Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh MP has called on the Victorian Transport Minister Jacinta Allan to expedite work on the Rochester Railway Station to establish the Rochester Sports Museum. John Forbes an avid collector of sports memorabilia through a very long career with Puma…
DetailsThursday 7 June 2018 Victorian farmers are losing crops and pastures and facing costly damage to fencing due to the Andrews Labor Government’s ongoing delays issuing permits to control rising numbers of kangaroos. Farmers have reported extensive delays ‘“ more than two months in some cases ‘“ to process applications for permits under the…
DetailsWednesday 6 June 2018 Labor’s botched upgrade of the Maryborough to Ararat rail line has left the line in a disastrous state just five months after it was reopened. The revelation follows Daniel Andrews’ decision to put an indefinite hold on Stage 3 of the $440 million Murray Basin Rail Project a project initiated…
DetailsConstituency Question – Rochester Sports Museum Wednesday 6th June 2018 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (11:53:42) – (14 493) My constituency question is to the Minister for Public Transport and it is on behalf of the Rochester Lions Club which is developing the Forbesy Rochester Sports Museum. VicTrack Property advised the club in early March this year that they…
DetailsTuesday 5 June 2018 Multi-million dollar investments by freight businesses in Victoria’s west and north-west have been significantly impacted by Daniel Andrews’ Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan’s decision to put an indefinite hold on the Murray Basin Rail Project. Today in State Parliament Question Time Jacinta Allan couldn’t say when the next stage of…
DetailsThursday 31st May 2018 The Victorian Shadow Minister for Education Tim Smith will visit the Echuca Specialist School to ramp up the fight for funding to support the staff students and families of the school. Mr Walsh met today with School Council President Scott Morrison and a delegation of parents to discuss the way forward…
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