The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains says the Andrews Labor Government has once again kicked regional events in Victoria to the curb. Mr Walsh said organisers of regional events have been waiting since last year’s November budget to apply to the $8 million allocated for the 2020-21 Regional Events Fund to help them…
Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has joined the queue at Echuca Regional Health for his first dose of AstraZeneca. Although he said he almost doubled the number checking in for his shot because of the efficiency of the ERH frontline team. Mr Walsh said ERH had introduced a fast-track to get people from the…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says a Liberal Nationals government will use taxation as part of its plan for Victoria’s COVID recovery – by cutting some and scrapping others. Mr Walsh said Victoria needs a plan from people who actually understand business; how it works and what it needs when…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, said he is still in “shocked disbelief at the sheer arrogance of the acting Premier and his head health honcho and their combined defence of Victoria’s never ending COVID mismanagement”. He said when rightly asked how he could defend Victoria’s contact tracing program, Professor Brett…
A new campaign is seeking feedback on the Andrews Labor Government’s move to extend its power over the lives and livelihoods of every Victorian for the rest of 2021. The State of Emergency powers give Daniel Andrews authority to make far-reaching decisions, including enforcing snap lockdowns, spending taxpayer dollars without oversight of the Parliament and…
No-one really knows when, or if, we are going to have another COVID outbreak – but The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says we can have an effective and transparent process that will put an end to the financial destruction and emotional trauma of the Andrews Labor Government going in and…
The Andrews Labor Government has wasted at least $7.7 million from the taxpayer purse covering up its mistakes and shifting blame for its disastrous Hotel Quarantine program says The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh. He said Labor’s bungled Hotel Quarantine program caused Victoria’s second wave of coronavirus and resulted in 801…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said it has now become urgent for the country’s governments “to get their heads together and come up with solutions that do not involve the ongoing financial Armageddon through which we are living, remove the damage to mental health and wellbeing and reopen our borders”.…
The Nationals leader Peter Walsh has released his wish list for 2021; and there is a strong focus on getting regional Victoria a better deal. Mr Walsh said the pandemic has been a glaring example of how little the capital city-based powerbrokers truly don’t get regional life in general and cross border communities in particular.…
The year started with smoke blanketing a vast swathe of our state. Images of Victoria burning were beamed into households across Australia – the scenes were scary and the loss of life, livestock, wildlife, and property was devastating and horrific. The scars it’s left on lives and livelihoods, the landscape and communities will be felt…