The Andrews Government’s decision to refuse council rate relief for struggling farmers while offering doctors, lawyers and public servants drought aid is an insult to farming families. In a weak performance at Parliament’s Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC), Minister for Agriculture Jaclyn Symes couldn’t even say how much of Labor’s drought assistance was actually…
Wednesday 12th June 2019 Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is encouraging the community to have their say to help fix farm trespass laws with a parliamentary inquiry into the issue now taking public submissions. The inquiry will help determine the best ways to strengthen laws to protect Victorian farmers…
Members Statement – Drought Assistance 9 February 2019 Mr Walsh : I raise the plight of the dairy farmers in northern Victoria. Consumers take for granted the dairy products-the milk the cheese the yoghurt-they have in their supermarkets but every day dairy farming families have to live with the stress of trying to keep their…
Questions Without Notice – Kangaroo Pet Food 6 February 2019 Mr Walsh : My question is to the Minister for Energy Environment and Climate Change. Minister is it government policy that kangaroos controlled with an authority to control wildlife permit after 31 March will be left in the paddock to feed wild dogs and foxes…
Questions Without Notice – Kangaroo Pet Food Trial 6 February 2019 Mr Walsh : Minister that is the second review you have had of that particular program and if it is not government policy to leave those carcasses to rot in the paddock when will you actually make a decision about the pet food trial…
Questions Without Notice – Drought Relief 5th February 2019 Mr Walsh: My question is to the Premier. The situation for dairy farmers in northern Victoria is dire. Murray Dairy is now sahying that a third of dairy farms in northern Victoria will close. The perfect storm of drought and industry downturn has led to low…
Adjournment Pest Animal and Weed Control Thursday 20 September 2018 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (17:06:37) – (15 037) My adjournment matter this afternoon is for the Minister for Agriculture. The action I seek from the minister is that she adopt the very sensible solution put forward by the Liberal-National parties recently to establish a dedicated invasive weeds and…
Members Statement – Fruit Fly Thursday 20 September 2018 Fruit fly Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) (09:42:37) – I want to raise the concerns of the fruitgrowers in my electorate who live and run businesses in the Gannawarra shire and those concerns are around fruit fly. Mildura Rural City Council and Swan Hill Rural City Council do very…
Thursday 9th August 2018 The Nationals will have a zero tolerance approach to bullying in government schools if elected in November. Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said a new anti-bullying program would be rolled out in all government schools across the Murray Plains electorate. Mr Walsh said the $15.3…
Tuesday 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…
