Daily Archives: June 10, 2009

DAIRY INDUSTRY: GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE

 I raise a matter for the attention of the Minister for Agriculture, Joe Helper. The action I seek is for the minister to assist Victoria’s dairy farmers to become more profitable and productive, especially in the wake of the recent drop in milk prices, by widely publicising and promoting the outcomes of a new $6.9…

PUBLIC TRANSPORT: PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

I rise with a heavy heart that is quite agitated this evening, because like many other members in this chamber I have become increasingly impatient with the type of business that is before this house on Wednesdays. This is just symptomatic of what we have been putting up with for some time. But this motion,…

BIRREGURRA: RECREATION FACILITIES

On 20 May I had the pleasure of joining a number of community members at Birregurra and Forrest for not one or two but three significant announcements for the local area. Firstly, a total of $243 000 will be invested as part of the Brumby Labor government’s Small Towns Development Fund and the synthetic surfaces…