EMPLOYMENT AND TRADE COLAC — JOB LOSSES

MS TIERNEY– To ask the Assistant Treasurer (for the Minister for  Employment and  Trade): In relation to a number of issues raised in a recent article in the Colac Herald on 1 April 2013 on unemployment including that Colac’s unemployment has increased for the fourth quarter in a row and that Colac’s unemployment rate is…

EMPLOYMENT: GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE

Ms TIERNEY  (Western Victoria)– I rise to make a contribution to the debate on the motion moved by Mr Somyurek. Before I go to the specifics of that motion, I just want to touch on a couple of points that  Mr Ramsay has made. Firstly,  I state the fact that, as was reported  in the …

TIMBOON P-12 SCHOOL: FUNDING

Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– In  the last  two sitting weeks I have raised the issue of  the physical state of the  Timboon P-12 School. I  recently made a visit  to  the  school,  and  the  local newspapers have published a  number  of articles clearly outlining  the deplorable state of  the physical amenities.  We now have  a…