My adjournment matter is for the Treasurer. The Treasurer announced at the beginning of this month that a partnership has been struck between Barwon Water and the Plenary Environment consortium under the Partnerships Victoria model to build a $76 million biosolids treatment facility. This is another example of successful partnerships between government departments, agencies and…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)— My question is to the Minister for Environment and Climate Change. I refer the minister to the recently released survey of Australian businesses by the Australian Industry Group in conjunction with Sustainability Victoria, and I ask: can the minister inform the house of the study’s findings and how Victoria compares to …
In recent weeks I have attended many citizenship ceremonies in a number of towns across Western Victoria region, including Kyneton and Ballarat. It is fantastic to see the strong numbers at the ceremonies epitomising the strength of multiculturalism in Victoria. The recent Geelong citizenship ceremony was moved to a larger venue to accommodate some 120…
I raise a matter for the attention of the Minister for Public Transport in another place. On 31 August the minister announced a new V/Line timetable for the Geelong line. Geelong train travellers will have the benefit of three new weekday services, delivering 4312 extra seats on the Geelong line each week. The new services…
It is unfortunate that we need to even consider this bill, but most people are aware that a number of highly publicised incidents have occurred over the last 12 months or so, some of which have already been touched on. We were taken through a number of cases in the media — by the Herald…
I am pleased to speak on the Grain Handling and Storage Amendment Bill. At the very heart of this bill is a reduction of regulation affecting grain handling and storage in a sector for which the Essential Services Commission recommends a light-handed regulation regime. Secondly, the bill extends access regulation to the port of Melbourne…
On Thursday, 6 September, I had the pleasure of representing the Minister for Health in the other place, Daniel Andrews, in officially opening the redevelopment of the Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre. The total cost of the project was just under $866 000, with the state government contributing just over $412 000. The bush nursing centre…
Maintenance works to the exterior brickwork of Warrnambool Station have recently been completed at a cost of $70,000, Member for Western Victoria Gayle Tierney announced today. Expert heritage contractors, I G Parker Stonemasons, restored the brickwork’s mortar as a preventative measure to maintain the building’s structural strength. Ms Tierney said the works would ensure that…
The viability of a new community facility in Apollo Bay will soon be tested thanks to a $20,000 funding boost from the Victorian Government, the Member for Western Victoria Region, Gayle Tierney announced today. Ms Tierney said the Colac Otway Shire Council would receive a Victorian Community Support Grant for a feasibility study into the…
Families in Victoria’s west will have greater access to healthcare facilities following the official opening of Balmoral Bush Nursing Centre by Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney. The redeveloped facility will be able to continue providing an extensive range of medical and allied health services, including primary care, emergency care, palliative care and community nursing.…