SPECIAL SCHOOLS: WESTERN VICTORIA REGION

Parliament

My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for  Education, and  it is about the review of special education in the Geelong  and South Barwon  region.  During the  last  parliamentary sitting  the member for South Barwon in the Assembly, Andrew Katos, tabled a petition of 1699 signatures, drawing the attention of the house to…

APOLOGY FOR PAST FORCED ADOPTIONS

Parliament

I also rise to make a contribution in relation to this matter. As legislators it is our duty and honour to pass laws that protect Victorians. However, today we can only offer our deepest sympathies for a great wrongdoing in the past, a great tragedy that has caused ongoing pain on an unimaginable scale. Thousands…

JACK FINCK

Parliament

Last Wednesday I was pleased to be among an overflowing crowd of people at Heathmere community hall who had gathered to celebrate the life of Jack Finck. Jack’s great love and first priority was family: his wife, Gwen, children Robyn, Warren and Grant, their spouses and grandchildren. Jack had good, solid values, and the Labor…