Friday 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…
DetailsWednesday 10 January 2018 An elected Liberal Nationals government will help Victoria’s High Country communities immortalise their heritage in a new High Country Hall of Fame. Shadow Minister for Regional Victoria and Decentralisation Peter Walsh will announce the Liberal-Nationals’ commitment at Omeo this weekend at the Mountain Cattlemen’s Association of Victoria Annual Get Together.…
DetailsFriday 22 December 2017 This morning I have spoken to Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud to convey the seriousness of the impact of India’s 30 per cent tariff on chickpeas and lentils on Victorian farmers. Victoria’s chickpea and lentil farmers have battled frost hail and heavy rains in the past months. India’s decision to…
DetailsTuesday 19 December 2017 Dear Editor Country Victorians don’t need a website to tell us regional and rural roads have been seriously neglected by the Andrews Government. Labor recently announced a “˜bold plan’ for regional roads but instead of spending money fixing country roads Labor has spent money building a website and named it…
DetailsFriday 15th December 2017 As we prepare to celebrate Christmas and the arrival of 2018 I wish everyone in the Murray Plains Electorate a very Merry Christmas The Christmas holiday season brings the community together to give thanks for our blessings and to share our hope for a bright and prosperous future. It is…
DetailsFriday 15 December 2017 Northern Victorian producers have been let down by Labor Member for Northern Victoria Mark Gepp. An illegal union blockade at the Port of Melbourne is stopping our hardworking farmers in northern Victoria exporting their goods but the Andrews Labor Government refuses to stand up for them. Instead Mark Gepp is…
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