The Hon. Peter Walsh

Before entering Parliament, Peter was Victorian Farmers Federation president; on the board of the National Farmers Federation and a director of SPC Limited. Peter also owned and operated an irrigated horticulture and cropping enterprise, producing tomatoes, cereals, oilseeds and legumes.

His time farming and living in rural Victoria saw him integrally invested in his community and industry; from where he saw the need for a strong voice for the region.

Peter’s priorities for his community are to ensure it gets a fair share of investment and that through his open-door office his constituents can express their views and receive timely assistance.

His vision for Victoria’s future sees it as a decentralised state; not Melbourne and regional Victoria. He wants a state of cities, not a city state, where opportunities and access to government departments and services is readily available.

The areas of public policy about which Peter is most passionate are making land and housing available across the state so the population is better dispersed. Agriculture is also a priority; as is developing a better balance in the partnership between people and the environment.