Thursday 8 February 2018 Communities in Regional Victoria would host Victorian Parliament for the first time since 2012 under an elected Liberal Nationals government. Opposition Leader Matthew Guy and Shadow Minister for Regional Victoria and Decentralisation Peter Walsh announced the commitment today at State Parliament in the first sitting week of 2018. The Liberal…
DetailsWednesday 7th February 2018 – Second reading Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (16:44:24) — I rise to speak on the Labour Hire Licensing Bill 2017. I note the previous speaker the member for Williamstown talked about what they are doing with this bill and the fact that he was proud to be on the Labor side of politics.…
DetailsWednesday 7th February 2018 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has delivered to the Parliament of Victoria hundreds of postcards signed by local residents in support of regional Neighbourhood Houses. The postcards are part of a campaign by Neighbourhood Houses Victoria to have the Melbourne Labor Government deliver on its…
DetailsTuesday 6th February 2018 – Hon. Stuart Richard McDonald AM Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (15:50:33) — Recently I attended a service to celebrate the life of Stuart Richard McDonald AM. Stuart was born in Rochester and attended Timmering East Primary School Echuca High School and University High School before completing a bachelor of science with honours and…
DetailsTuesday 6th February 2018 – Hon. Arthur Andrew McCutcheon Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (12:26:40) — Thank you very much Speaker and I join the condolence motion on behalf of The Nationals. Andrew McCutcheon was born in Melbourne in September 1931. He attended Wesley College and then had his tertiary education at Melbourne University where he obtained a…
DetailsFriday 2nd February 2018 Leader of the Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is urging local sports clubs to apply for a share of $400 000 worth of state government funding under the VicHealth Active Club grant program Mr Walsh said grants of up to $10 000 were currently available to clubs looking to…
DetailsTuesday 30th January 2018 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is encouraging CFA brigades from across the Murray Plains electorate to apply for funding to attract and retain volunteers. In what Mr Walsh has called”too little too late” the Melbourne Labor Government has announced the Enhancing Volunteerism Grants Program. The…
DetailsThursday 25th January 2018 An elected Liberal Nationals government will move to protect our communities’ Australia Day celebrations on January 26 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has said. Almost all Victorian local governments do the right thing except for three inner-city Greens Labor councils that appear to be obsessed…
DetailsThursday 25th January 2018 Young Australian students looking to develop their careers in agribusiness are being urged to nominate for a scholarship designed to nurture future leaders in the sector Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains said today. Applicants for the AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident…
DetailsTuesday 23 January 2018 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has urged residents to get involved in their community on Australia Day to celebrate all that is good about life in Australia. Mr Walsh said January 26 was a chance for everyone to express national pride and to acknowledge our…
DetailsFriday 19 January 2018 Communities along Victoria’s state borders will benefit from the services of a dedicated Cross Border Commissioner under an elected Liberal Nationals government. People living and working in Victoria’s border communities alongside New South Wales and South Australia face unique problems including with access to services licencing and coordination of emergency…
DetailsWednesday 17 January 2018 Daniel Andrews has ignored his own consultation process by imposing new restrictions on Victorian hunters in the 2018 duck season. The Andrews Labor Government has taken no notice of advice from informed stakeholder groups that strongly argued against the restrictions. Victorian hunters legally taking part in the duck hunting season are…
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