Leader of The Nationals and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has condemned four years of delay in delivering urgent, and increasingly widespread, youth mental health services across Victoria. Mr Walsh says the Andrews Labor government blowing its own trumpet with its plan to boost existing drastically underfunded and poorly staffed services by 2026 as…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says regional Victorians are being pushed further from the health system they deserve as Daniel Andrews continues to spin away his $2 billion cut to the state’s health budget. Mr Walsh says the Andrews Labor Government’s recent budget confirms in black and white a $2…
Wycheproof students have enlisted Nationals leader Peter Walsh and Nationals’ candidate for Mildura Jade Benham in their campaign to save aged and acute care beds at the Wycheproof campus hospital of East Wimmera Health Service. Mr Walsh says he received a passionately worded letter from the Wycheproof P-12 College school captains and student representative council…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says Victorian households and small businesses are once again set to pay the price for the failures of the Daniel Andrews Labor government. Mr Walsh says Victoria has been taken from lockdowns to now blackouts as our failed energy system struggles to keep the lights…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has again used the floor of Parliament in a bid to force the Victorian Government to hand over a small piece of land for Echuca cemetery’s expansion. Mr Walsh says his first appeal to Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio was treated with disinterest and disdain. He…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says Victorian parliamentary committee hearings have exposed a savage $50 million cut to road safety in the Andrews Labor Government’s 2022-23 Victorian Budget. With more cuts on the way. Mr Walsh says the funds were slashed from the budget despite the state’s road toll increasing to…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, is urging women across his electorate – and the state – to get involved in the Women Leading Locally: An Opportunity To Step Up program. Mr Walsh says the program is being delivered by the Institute of Community Directors Australia in partnership with Women for…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, has condemned the latest plans for the Andrews Labor government to sneak hunters into Barmah Forest under the cover of darkness, armed with high-powered rifles, to hunt down and kill its brumbies. Mr Walsh says he is “incredibly alarmed” by the safety risks this…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, is encouraging local football and netball clubs to get involved in the TAC Club Rewards Programs in 2022. Mr Walsh says grants are now on offer for all AFL Victoria aligned clubs across the state – and describes the program as a win-win for the…
The Nationals leader and Member for Murray Plains, Peter Walsh, says an Opposition amendment to the Road Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2022, that would have re-established the Victorian Parliament’s Road Safety Committee, was last week defeated 16 votes to 16, with two votes from the Justice Party and Animal Justice Party’s Andy Meddick. Mr Walsh says…
