I raise a matter for the Deputy Premier and Minister for Industrial Relations in the other place. On 26 August the Deputy Premier announced the inaugural meeting of Victoria’s first Working Families Council. The council will work with industry and community groups to champion the issues of working families in their efforts to strike the…
I rise to speak in opposition to Mr Kavanagh’s private member’s bill. In my opening remarks I wish to make a couple of statements. One is the fact that 77 per cent of Victorians now live in areas that have fluoride. It has been interesting to talk to people over the last couple of weeks. …
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)— Could the Treasurer please inform the house of any progress made in the final funding for the Wimmera-Mallee pipeline? Mr LENDERS (Treasurer)— I thank Ms Tierney for her question and her interest in the Wimmera-Mallee pipeline, which I have spoken about before in this house. I have spoken about it being…
Last week a number of examples were raised in the media over the alleged misuse of the federal government’s rural partnerships program. The colloquial term is ‘pork-barrelling’, but this morning I want to raise a blatant and serious misrepresentation. The current federal member for Wannon and Speaker of the House of Representatives, David Hawker, has…