1st September 2016 The Liberal-Nationals Coalition has proposed in Parliament today to establish an inquiry into fuel prices in regional Victoria. The inquiry to be referred to the Law Reform Road and Community Safety Committee would consider pricing of unleaded diesel and LPG fuels and include but not be limited to five other terms of…
31st August 2016 Legislative Council vacancy Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I move: That the words ‘later this day’ be omitted with the view of inserting in their place the word ‘immediately’. The amendment is quite self-explanatory. It is almost Groundhog Day today: we had this debate two weeks ago almost to the minute. The fact that…
31 August 2016 The Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has presented a petition to the Parliament of Victoria calling for an immediate upgrade of the Echuca to Bendigo train line. The petition was managed by longtime local rail advocate Terry Nanscawen who travelled the Echuca Bendigo journey inviting passengers…
Tuesday 30 August 2016 The Nationals have always stood side by side with Victoria’s farmers on this issue. The Nationals were proud to be part of the previous Coalition government who introduced Victoria’s fracking moratorium and who banned the use of BTEX chemicals. Daniel Andrews has followed The Nationals’ lead in announcing a permanent…
Tuesday 30 August 2016 Nominate a Victorian Young Achiever – Walsh Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is calling for nominations for the Victorian Young Achiever Awards for 2017. Mr Walsh said the Young Achiever Awards recognise the achievements of young Australians who have worked to provide a service program…
3 August 2016 CFA Dispute Far From Fixed Daniel Andrews claims he has “fixed” the CFA dispute but in reality all he has done is create uncertainty and tension within Victoria’s fire services in the lead-up to fire season. Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria (VFBV) the representative for volunteers in the CFA dispute expressed concerns at…
Friday 3 June 2016 The Andrews Government green-lighting a takeover of the CFA by the United Firefighters Union is a complete betrayal of the brave volunteers that protect the Murray Plains electorate. A UFU takeover of the CFA would prevent volunteers from fighting fires without professional firefighters in attendance and lead to tens of thousands…
24 May 2016 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – On behalf of The Nationals I speak in support of today’s apology. As we are all acutely aware prior to 1981 Victoria had laws which made homosexuality a criminal offence and this included draconian penalties of jail terms. There were people convicted under these misguided laws and there were…
4 May 2016 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – It is a pleasure to join the debate and to support the member for Gembrook in his matter of public importance (MPI) before the house. I put on the record what a great job he is doing as the Shadow Minister for Emergency Services. He is actually continuing the…
Friday 22 April 2016 It has been revealed that Premier Daniel Andrews is considering a deal that would give the city-based United Firefighters Union unprecedented power to control the CFA. Nationals Leader and Member for Murray Peter Walsh said the UFU was demanding the ability to veto CFA management decisions a move strongly opposed by…
