My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development and is in relation to early learning infrastructure in the shire of Melton, which is at the eastern end of the electorate of Western Victoria Region. I have been made aware of recent applications that the shire has made for…
My member statement is in relation to the first home builders bonus. A recent report was commissioned by the McKell Institute, and it found that two-thirds of Geelong residents under the age of 35 will never be able to achieve homeownership due to the costs of purchasing a home. Quoted in the Geelong Advertiser of…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise to make a statement this afternoon on the midyear financial report for 2011-12. The statement was issued by the Treasurer, Kim Wells, last month, and I wish to make two key points with respect to the report. It is a fact that the government is not spending sufficient…
To ask the Minister for Housing (for the Minister for Community Services): In relation to the Home Wise appliance and infrastructure grant (formerly the capital grant scheme): (1) In the Surf Coast shire, what was the average value of grants made under the program in 2011. (2) In the Surf Coast shire, what was the…
To ask the Minister for Housing (for the Minister for Community Services): In relation to the Home Wise appliance and infrastructure grant (formerly the capital grant scheme): (1) In the city of Greater Geelong, what was the average value of grants made under the program in 2011. (2) In the city of Greater Geelong, what…
To ask the Minister for Housing (for the Minister for Community Services): In relation to the Home Wise appliance and infrastructure grant (formerly the capital grant scheme): (1) In the city of Ballarat, what was the average value of grants made under the program in 2011. (2) In the city of Ballarat, what was the…
My adjournment matter this evening is directed to the Premier. It deals with a very serious matter, and that is a matter I raised earlier today in relation to Toyota. Without repeating my members statement, I refer the Premier to the contents of my members statement so that he is acquainted with the background and…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise to make a contribution to the debate on the Accident Compensation Amendment (Repayments and Dividends) Bill 2012 and from the outset reaffirm Labor’s opposition to this bill. When I first heard what the Victorian government was going to do — that is, take $471.5 million out of the…
I have, in one capacity or another, been associated with the vehicle industry in this state for some 25 years. It is an industry that prides itself on having world best practices and has some of the most sophisticated industrial agreements in this country. Voluntary redundancy instead of compulsory redundancy has been the norm in…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My question is to the Minister for Health, David Davis. I ask: does the minister stand by his statement that the construction of a new public hospital at Waurn Ponds will have commenced by the end of this parliamentary term? Hon. D. M. DAVIS (Minister for Health) — I thank…