Constituency Question – Mooring sites at Swan Hill Thursday 10th May 2018 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (11:53:22) – (14 344) My constituency question is to the Minister for Energy Environment and Climate Change. It is on behalf of Ian Boys and it concerns the matter of securing boat mooring sites on the Victorian side of the Murray River…
DetailsTuesday 8 May 2018 Background Daniel Andrews’ city-centric Labor government is leaving livestock – and farmers’ livelihoods – under threat. Wild dog controllers have been banned from using larger dog control traps due to”animal welfare concerns”. These traps are used to trap wild dogs that viciously maim disembowel and kill lambs calves and native…
DetailsTuesday 8 May 2018 Agriculture is the backbone of communities across Victoria but Daniel Andrews continues to hand our regional industries a raw deal. Labor’s latest State Budget makes its priorities clear: protect inner-city votes at any cost with a green agenda that treats our agricultural industries as an after-thought. Labor’s State Budget has…
DetailsAppropriation Bill 2018 – Budget Reply Tuesday 8 May 2018 Second reading Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (14:57:16) – I rise to make my contribution on this year’s budget. From the point of view of regional Victorians this budget gives them a very very raw deal. The state budget should be about how people are actually better off.…
DetailsMonday 7th May 2018 Victoria’s grassroots sports clubs are being forced to borrow money – and pay it back with interest – under the Andrews Labor Government while big business gets a free kick. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said that despite these loans being sold as “interest-free-loans” under…
DetailsSaturday 5 May 2018 An elected Liberal Nationals government will give our youngest rural and regional Victorians the best start in life lifting education opportunities through better support for parents and children in the early years of schooling. Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh and Shadow Minister for Young Victorians Steph Ryan announced the…
DetailsTuesday 2nd May 2018 – Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I rise to oppose the motion moved by the Leader of the House. This house has important business to carry on with. We should be sitting for the rest of this week. The government has refused to deal with the motion from the Leader of the Opposition…
DetailsWednesday 2nd May 2018 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said that Andrews Labor Government’s latest State Budget offered a very raw deal to Swan Hill and district. Mr Walsh said he was bitterly disappointed Labor had again ignored the pressing need to fund the continued redevelopment of Swan Hill…
DetailsWednesday 2nd May 2018 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said that Andrews Labor Government’s latest State Budget offered a very raw deal to the people of Kyabram and district. Mr Walsh said he was bitterly disappointed Labor had again ignored the pressing need to fund the completion of Kyabram…
DetailsWednesday 2nd May 2018 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has congratulated community members who drove calls for better water security in the Mitiamo district following a long overdue allocation of funds in this week’s State Budget. The Andrews Labor Government has finally agreed to invest $10.2 million for Victoria’s…
DetailsTuesday 1 May 2018 The Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has described today’s State Budget as a bitter disappointment for the staff students and families of Echuca Specialist School. Mr Walsh said the Andrews Labor Government had promised big but delivered little for regional education completely overlooking the desperately-needed…
DetailsTuesday 1 May 2018 Regional Victoria has been handed another raw deal from the city-centric Andrews Labor Government. Labor’s latest budget pours $25 billion into metro project blowouts but it’s more of the same old scraps off the table for the people of Regional Victoria. Yet again the Premier for Melbourne is dishing up…
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