Two big infrastructure projects in Echuca and Gippsland will be finished sooner thanks to the funding boost announced by the Federal Liberal Nationals Government today. Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Regional Victoria Peter Walsh said the Echuca-Moama Bridge project now had an extra $28.7 million from the Commonwealth Government that will enable…
Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh and Shadow Minister for Health Georgie Crozier have called for the release of the feasibility study on the Swan Hill Hospital upgrade after a tour of the local facility yesterday. In Swan Hill on Wednesday, Mr Walsh and Ms Crozier also met with the Swan Hill Needs a New…
Wednesday 16 October 2019 Regional communities will expect the new Commissioner to be frank and fearless with his advice to the Andrews Government. Labor may have put him on the payroll but at the end of the day it’s taxpayers’ dollars and Mr Tuohey’s job is to stand up for our regional communities. Labor’s…
Tuesday 18 July 2017 Construction of the new Echuca Moama bridge is another step closer with roundabout works set to begin Nationals State Leader and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says. Mr Walsh congratulated Echuca company RECivil which has been awarded the contract to build a new roundabout at the intersection of Warren Street…
Monday 19 September 2016 The $9.7 billion leasing of the Port of Melbourne will see more than $970 million for transport infrastructure delivered to regional and rural Victoria. The Liberal-Nationals fought to secure a 10 per cent slice of the port sale proceeds for investment in transport infrastructure in country areas despite strong opposition from…
10 March 2016 Council’s amendments Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I rise to make my contribution on the Delivering Victorian Infrastructure (Port of Melbourne Lease Transaction) Bill 2015. I suppose it is important in starting this contribution to actually articulate what we are talking about here. We are talking about the port of Melbourne which handles nearly…
The Andrews Labor Government’s Regional Statement has failed to deliver new infrastructure projects or investment plans for the Loddon Campaspe Region. The Nationals Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said Labor had kept regional Victoria waiting a year for the statement. “Unfortunately for our area the Regional Statement is a very underwhelming document “ Mr…
12 October 2015 Just three Murray Plains bridges will be upgraded under the Stronger Country Bridges Program while the Melbourne Labor Government uses the same program for 10 bridges in and around the Premier’s city electorate. Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh said it was disgraceful that bridges in genuine country electorates like Murray Plains…
5 August 2015 – Matters of Public Importance Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I rise to make a contribution on behalf of the opposition to the member for Werribee’s matter of public importance which to precis it in effect says to the opposition as the Premier has been saying for quite a while now ‘Get out of…
4 August 2015 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I rise to speak on the Infrastructure Victoria Bill 2015. It was interesting to listen to the previous speaker the member for Bundoora and to hear how he is trying to rewrite history. I think he has a very short memory. If I remember rightly when Labor was previously…
