“As a Victorian, and as an Australian, I have been labouring under the misapprehension I live in a democracy – but I don’t, not if I live in Victoria. “You don’t live in a democracy when you have a government threatening people with repercussions if they dare have an opinion or dare speak to someone…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says people across his electorate will be major winners from the Liberal Nationals sweeping restructure of how healthcare is delivered – immediately and in the future. Mr Walsh says a key part of the plan to fix the health crisis is a new $325 million…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says an elected Liberal Nationals Government will immediately introduce legislation to run “a simple piece of digital technology” that could save Victorians as much as $800 in fuel costs every year. Mr Walsh says the Liberal Nationals government in NSW has provided its residents with…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says northern Victoria has not escaped the Andrews Labor government’s planned demolition of the individual’s right to walk their dog, take a swim or wet their line. Mr Walsh says Daniel Andrews is on a power trip, determined to control every aspect of our lives…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says regional and rural Victorians need to get fired up by the rapidly increasing risk of unmanaged roadside vegetation. Mr Walsh says everyone living in those areas understands the threat from fires being started on roadsides where grasses and weeds are allowed to grow unchecked.…
A Robinvale project more than two decades in the making will finally become a reality under a Liberal and Nationals government. After a community-led push to reimagine Robinvale, the project – which will see better sport and gym facilities as well as a play area for the town – will receive the final piece of…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has praised a “community victory’ in achieving a long overdue crossing for Twin Rivers Primary School. Mr Walsh joined the school council and parents and Campaspe Shire – all supported by the Riverine Herald – to campaign for a “proper and safe” school crossing on…
Community groups in Traralgon will have safe, purpose-built facilities after the Liberals and Nationals pledged $8 million to fully support a flood recovery project. Home to multiple sporting and community groups, the recreation reserve buildings were rendered uninsurable and uninhabitable after major flooding in June 2021. Despite repeated pleas for assistance, the groups were overlooked…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has set his sights on getting a “proper and safe” school crossing installed on Wilkinson Drive, outside the school’s main entrance. Mr Walsh says right now there is an exposed refuge in the middle of the street and nothing else. Yet he says hundreds of…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says it will come as no surprise to people in Campaspe Shire that parts of the Murray Valley Hwy have been named amongst Victoria’s most dangerous in a statewide survey. Mr Walsh says it joins roads such as the Echuca-Mitiamo Rd, Prairie-Rochester Rd and the…