The Andrews Labor Government is putting people in Northern Victoria first with a multi-million dollar boost for GOTAFE. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney visited the institute’s Wangaratta campus today, announcing $12.5 million to ensure GOTAFE is ready to hit the ground running when Skills First is introduced in January. The Labor Government was…
The Andrews Labor Government is supporting the Golden Plains Shire to prepare the Inverleigh flood study. The study will prepare detailed flood maps and other material to support appropriate development in the growing township and ensure the community is not exposed to increased flood risk. The local community’s recommendations for upgrading flood warning services and…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in North-East Victoria with a multi-million dollar boost for Wodonga TAFE. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney visited the institute today, announcing $6.3 million to ensure Wodonga TAFE is ready to hit the ground running when Skills First is introduced in January. The Labor Government was…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in Bendigo with a multi-million dollar boost for Bendigo Kangan Institute. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney visited the institute today, announcing $1 million to ensure BKI is ready to hit the ground running when Skills First is introduced in January. The Labor Government was elected…
The Andrews Labor Government is helping the State Library Victoria provide important IT services and support to kindergartens in Western Victoria The support provided by the State Library is highly valued among independently run kindergartens in Western Victoria, which often struggle to meet the IT demands of running a high-quality early childhood education. Our Government…
The Andrews Labor Government is making it easier for more families to find a kindergarten place outside of the normal enrolment period. Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney announced an extension of the pre-purchased places pilot program in Warrnambool, securing at least 14 kindergarten places in 2017. The Government purchases and reserves places for children…
The Andrews Labor Government is putting people first in the Mallee with a multi-million dollar boost for SuniTAFE. Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney visited the Mildura campus today – announcing $5.9 million to ensure SuniTAFE is ready to hit the ground running when Skills First is introduced in January. The Labor Government was…
The Andrews Labor Government is equipping sporting clubs in Western Victoria with a life-saving defibrillator. Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney MP today announced the 11 clubs in Western Victoria receiving the life-saving device as part of the second round of the Defibrillators Grants Program. The recipients include: Country Hockey Umpires Colac Colac District…
The Andrews Labor Government has delivered $175,000 in grants to support a number of state-wide community organisations to hold events to raise awareness about violence against women as a part of Victoria Against Violence. Minister for Women and the Prevention of Family Violence Fiona Richardson has awarded Women’s Health and Wellbeing Barwon South West a…
MS TIERNEY (Minister for Training and Skills) — I rise to sum up on the matter that was before the house before the dinner break, which is the Working with Children Amendment Bill 2016. As previous speakers have mentioned, the Working with Children Act 2005 was passed by the Victorian Parliament in 2005 under former Attorney-General…
Students in the South West will receive free eye testing and glasses at school in a Victorian-first. The Andrews Labor Government today launched the Glasses for Kids program. More than 30,000 Prep to Year 3 students at 250 schools most in need will have their eyes tested and receive free glasses under the program. Children…
Hampden Specialist School students will receive free eye testing and glasses at school in a Victorian-first. The Andrews Labor Government today launched the Glasses for Kids program. More than 30,000 Prep to Year 3 students at 250 schools most in need will have their eyes tested and receive free glasses under the program. Children with…
Colac and Carlisle River students will receive free eye testing and glasses at school in a Victorian-first. The Andrews Labor Government today launched the Glasses for Kids program. More than 30,000 Prep to Year 3 students at 250 schools most in need will have their eyes tested and receive free glasses under the program. Children…
The Warrnambool RSL Sub-Branch Inc has been selected to participate in the Andrews Labor Government’s War Heritage Oral History Training Program. The Program will provide the Warrnambool RSL Sub-Branch Inc and wider Warrnambool community new ways to preserve and learn about local war history. It’s also a chance for the Warrnambool RSL Sub-Branch Inc to…
The Andrews Labor Government will introduce 12 new train services every week on the Warrnambool line as part of a new V/Line timetable that will start on 29 January next year. Member for Western Victoria Gayle Tierney said the new trains would make a real difference for people in Western Victoria, giving them more choice…
The Andrews Labor Government’s two years of work to turn our TAFE system around is paying off with Box Hill Institute being crowned Large Training Provider of the Year at the Australian Training Awards in Darwin last night. Victoria was one of the best performing states, taking home five awards including Australian Large Employer of…
Victoria’s best apprentices, trainees and employers will be recognised at the Australian Training Awards in Darwin tonight. Among the group of six individuals and five local organisations representing Victoria is apprentice Steven Jeffery who studied a Certificate III in Carpentry at Swinburne University of Technology. Steven has taken the skills he used in Victoria around…
Around 40 young offenders will be sent to Barwon Prison in the coming days following rioting at the Parkville Youth Justice Centre. The Andrews Labor Government has today gazetted a secure unit within the prison to operate as a youth remand centre and youth justice custodial centre. The Departments of Justice and Regulation and Health…
Programs designed to support the rehabilitation of Victorians in the justice system have today been recognised at the 2016 Community Work Partnership Awards. Minister for Corrections Gayle Tierney joined hundreds of volunteers at the MCG this afternoon for the awards, which acknowledge constructive partnerships between Corrections Victoria and local community groups. A partnership between minimum-security…
One of Victoria’s largest TAFE infrastructure projects is underway with Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney today turning the first sod on the $70 million redevelopment of Chisholm Institute’s Frankston campus. The project – made possible thanks to $25 million from the Andrews Labor Government’s TAFE Rescue Fund – will feature a new four…
Local residents and visitors are set to benefit from safer and improved access to Casterton’s Ess Lagoon, part of the popular Kelpie Trail. Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney today announced that the Andrews Labor Government will contribute $30,000 to undertake the improvements works, which will make the existing pedestrian bridge over the lagoon more…
The Andrews Labor Government is helping the Warrnambool RSL Sub-Branch Inc give our veterans the fitting commemoration they deserve. Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney MP today announced an $80,000 grant for the construction of the Warrnambool ANZAC Memorial. Throughout history, Australia’s veterans have bravely risked their lives to defend our country. It’s important we…
The Andrews Labor Government is helping the Torquay Museum Without Walls Inc give our veterans the fitting commemoration they deserve. Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney MP today announced a $2,000 grant for the Remembering the Impact of WWI on Australian Society project, a series of public ‘Conversations in History: WWI’. Throughout history, Australia’s veterans…
MS TIERNEY (Minister for Training and Skills) — I rise to make a very short contribution in relation to this bill, given that the description of what this bill intends to do has been covered extensively by previous speakers. The main purpose of the bill is to restrict the use of community correction orders (CCOs) for…
MS TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise to congratulate two outstanding educational institutions — Warrnambool Primary School and Maryborough Education Centre — and their exceptional staff, most notably Warrnambool’s Jacqui Gore and Maryborough’s education support staff team. Both schools and Jacqui were recipients of 2016 Victorian Education Excellence Awards. The student bodies in these schools are very different,…
MS TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — This afternoon I am very pleased to stand here and support the Traditional Owner Settlement Amendment Bill 2016. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we stand today, the Kulin nations, and I pay my respects to their elders both past and present. This bill is…
MS TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My constituency question is directed to the Minister for Emergency Services, Mr Merlino, in the other place. Last Thursday I had the opportunity to visit Carisbrooke and Charlton and to sit down with residents and emergency service members to talk about the impact that the recent floods have had on those communities.…
MS TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My adjournment matter this evening is for the minister responsible for WorkSafe, Robin Scott, the Minister for Finance in the other place. In June a farmer died in my electorate of Western Victoria Region as a result of a quad bike accident. The farmer, in his 60s, died as a result…
In 2016 the Andrews Labor Government will provide $240,000 to help support Victoria’s hardworking wildlife carers and institutions through the Wildlife Rehabilitator Grants Program. Labor Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney MP said around $170,000 will be provided to volunteer shelter operators and foster carers across Victoria, including in Western Victoria with grants of up…
The Andrews Labor Government is supporting the planning of projects that have the potential to increase visitor numbers, create jobs and drive economic growth in Western Victoria region. The Government’s support will allow the proponents of 26 projects across Victoria to move to the next stage of planning, assessing economic viability and further investigating their…
The Andrews Labor Government is equipping sporting clubs in Western Victoria with a life-saving defibrillator. Today, Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney MP announced 10 of nearly 150 clubs across the state receiving the life-saving device as part of the second round of the Defibrillators Grants Program. The recipients include: Barwon Valley Pony Club …
Small business operators in the Koroit area will be able to access free mentoring, support and government business services when the Small Business Bus visits on Monday 7 November 2016. Businesses in surrounding towns such as Woolsthorpe, Mailors Flat, Port Fairy and Hawkesdale can also take advantage of the bus services on offer during this…
Small business operators in the Lismore area will be able to access free mentoring, support and government business services when the Small Business Bus visits on Tuesday 8 November 2016. Businesses in surrounding towns such as Derrinallum, Darlington, Cressy and Camperdown can also take advantage of the bus services on offer during this visit to…