Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– I understand I might be the last speaker, so it is important to go back to look at what the bill is about. It is about the tunnel that has been announced by this government, by Premier Denis Napthine and the Liberal-Nationals coalition, at a proposed cost of $8 billion. What…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– My adjournment matter this evening is for the attention of the Minister for Environment and Climate Change. It concerns the Napthine government’s announcement that it will cut 60 jobs from Parks Victoria. Sixty jobs is a significant number of jobs in anyone’s language, but in terms of Parks Victoria’s payroll it…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– Last week V/Line staff at the Marshall station were forced to put up signage that threatened motorists who parked on the grass and other areas outside of the car-park bays that their vehicles would be towed away. A section of grass near the car park has also had large wooden poles…
To the Legislative Council of Victoria: The petition of certain citizens of the state of Victoria draws to the attention of the house the Napthine Liberal-Nationals state government’s severe lack of funding and resources to maintain regional roads in Victoria. In particular, we note: 1. roads across Victoria have been left to deteriorate since the Liberal-Nationals coalition came to government, with $100…
To the Legislative Council of Victoria: The petition of certain citizens of the state of Victoria draws to the attention of the Legislative Council the effects of the state government’s $616 million cut to Victoria’s health system since 2010. We note that these cuts come despite the state government’s election promise to deliver…
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Minister for Planning (for the Minister for Roads): In relation to the intersection of Beach Road and the Surf Coast Highway: (1) What is VicRoads doing to address the number of collisions that have occurred at the intersection after a petition was presented to the Parliament some time ago…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, and it is in relation to the Kolora Country Fire Authority (CFA) brigade in the south-west of Victoria. I have recently been made aware that of the 20 members of the brigade only 3 members have had first aid…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– On 23 July the Hamilton Spectator devoted its entire front page to an issue that the Hamilton and surrounding community are deeply passionate about — that is, the National Centre for Farmer Health. The Minister for Health, David Davis, has continually ignored the Labor opposition, the local and state media and,…
To the Legislative Council of Victoria: The petition of certain citizens of the state of Victoria draws to the attention of the house the state government’s decision to cease funding for the National Centre for Farmer Health. In particular, we note: 1. the likely closure of the National Centre for Farmer Health due to…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I seek responses to four adjournment matters, one of which is over 12 months old — from 21 June 2012; another deals with special schools in Geelong and is seven months overdue; and there are two other matters, one dealing with funding for the Country Fire Authority, and the other…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– My adjournment matter this afternoon is directed to the Minister for Manufacturing, Mr Hodgett, and it is in relation to the future of vehicle manufacturing in this state. Members would be aware that the vehicle industry is in an extremely difficult situation. We are all aware of the Ford Australia announcement…
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…
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Minister for Housing (for the Minister for Youth Affairs): In relation to this year’s National Youth Week where 90 events were held around the state for people aged between 12 and 25: Why were there no events held in the Colac Otway shire or the Corangamite shire. ANSWER: I am…
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 …
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…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– My adjournment matter this evening is for the attention of the Premier, and it is in relation to the state government’s plan to seek Geelong’s inclusion in a program that uses temporary skilled migration to address labour shortages. In November 2012 the then Premier, Ted Baillieu, wrote to the then federal…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– In the past Australia was the highest per capita user of asbestos in the world. Consequently we have the unenviable reputation of having the highest per capita incidence of asbestos-related disease and death in the world. Areas such as Victoria’s Latrobe Valley have paid and continue to pay a disproportionate toll…
Ms TIERNEY — Last weekend was the National Celtic Festival, which was also held in Portarlington. It was a fantastic event that brought music, artists and business to the town. I congratulate festival director Una McAlinden, the hardworking committee members, students who are undertaking event courses and local volunteers on a truly marvellous Queen’s Birthday…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise this morning to congratulate the community of Portarlington which supported the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party exhibition and Portarlington’s Biggest Afternoon Tea. Its support translated into raising $18 312.30 for Cancer Council Victoria. In particular I thank and congratulate Madge Pinige and Gemma Tobschall and the wonderful band of…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– My adjournment matter this evening is for the Premier, and it is in relation to the 260 jobs that have been cut at Target’s Geelong headquarters today. Target workers in Geelong had been on edge for over a week, since Target announced that it would be seeking job cuts, but it…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– During the last parliamentary sitting week I called on the Napthine government to stop ignoring the Timboon community and make good on its promise to fund the Timboon P-12 stage 1 redevelopment. In an article recently published in the Warrnambool Standard the member for Polwarth in the other place, Terry Mulder,…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– In just three weeks the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS), under the title DisabilityCare Australia, will be up and running in the Barwon region. DisabilityCare Australia will deliver a lifelong approach to support people with disability through individualised funding, a system that is long overdue. The NDIS has the overwhelming support…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– Members will be familiar with the recent story from Canberra of the federal member for Greenway, Michelle Rowland, initially being denied a pair in Parliament so that she could be with her sick child. At the time the story broke in the media, the federal coalition’s manager of opposition business, Christopher…
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Assistant Treasurer (for the Minister for Employment and Trade): In relation to the nine job losses due to government budget cuts at Colac Area Health recently reported in the Colac Herald, what assistance will the Napthine government provide those workers who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed…
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Assistant Treasurer (for the Minister for Employment and Trade): In relation to the 13 research jobs in the biosciences division affected by the funding cuts to the Department of Primary Industries recently reported in the Weekly Times, what assistance will the Napthine government provide the department’s workers who have recently…
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Minister for Employment and Trade: In relation to the recent four job losses at the Air Radiators manufacturing plant in Lara: what assistance will the Baillieu government provide Air Radiator workers in Lara who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: The Department of State Development, Business…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Trade: In relation to the 50 staff members affected by the closure of the Hungry Jacks restaurant in Corio: what assistance will the Baillieu government provide the workers who have been affected by this closure and/or made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: The Department…
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Minister for Employment and Trade: In relation to the five job losses at the National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH) in Hamilton, what assistance will the Government provide to these NCFH workers. ANSWER: I am informed that: The Department of Business and Innovation has offered to respond to these job…
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Minister for Employment and Trade: In relation to the 20 job losses at the Quiksilver store in Torquay: what assistance will the Baillieu government provide Quiksilver workers in Torquay who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: Quiksilver at Torquay made 22 employees redundant in 2011-12 due…
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Minister for Employment and Trade: In relation to the job losses at South West TAFE due to the Baillieu government cuts to the TAFE system: what assistance will the Baillieu government provide South West TAFE workers who will be made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: The government has…
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Minister for Employment and Trade: In relation to the job losses at the Stawell Gold Mine: what assistance will the Baillieu government provide Stawell Gold Mine workers who have recently been made redundant, and will be made redundant due to the mines forecast closure. ANSWER: I am informed that: Crocodile …
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Minister for Employment and Trade: In relation to the 55 job losses at the Gordon TAFE due to the Baillieu government cuts to the TAFE system: what assistance will the Baillieu government provide Gordon TAFE workers who will be made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: In responding to job…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Minister for Employment and Trade: In relation to the 38 job losses at the Mars factory in Ballarat: what assistance has the Baillieu government provided Mars workers in Ballarat who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: The Department of Business and Innovation contacted Mars chocolate…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Minister for Employment and Trade: In relation to the 70-100 job losses at the University of Ballarat TAFE due to the Baillieu government cuts to the TAFE system: what assistance will the Baillieu government provide University of Ballarat TAFE workers who will be made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– I rise to make a few comments, the first of which is that when I was first elected and came into this house in 2006 I was under the misapprehension that there would be some level of respect when it came to basic behaviours in this house. But all I have…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– I move: That this house notes that over the last two and a half years the government has failed to create an economic climate conducive to investment and job creation and that — (1) the government has no target for jobs growth in manufacturing; (2) April unemployment figures revealed that…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– Kath Hamilton died recently, and my husband and I along with many other Labor members of Parliament attended Kath’s funeral in Morwell to pay our final respects for the rich and deeply committed life that she led. Kath was a true believer — not in the popular sense of the word…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– My adjournment matter this evening is for the attention of the Minister for Education and is in relation to the Timboon P-12 School. To say that the Timboon community is disappointed — for the third year in a row — by the Napthine government’s attempt to ignore it is an understatement. …
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– The Ford announcement last Thursday has magnified the perilous state of the vehicle industry tenfold, yet the other side of politics continues with a policy that would lead to a worsening of the jobs environment and potentially close yet another manufacturer. My understanding is that serious work is currently under way…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– My adjournment matter this afternoon is for the Minister for Education and is in relation to the Apollo Bay P-12 College. I have raised this issue on numerous occasions in the house, and to give some of the history I will point to the fact that Labor promised $10 million to…
Ms TIERNEY — On another note, I take this opportunity to congratulate Quinton Desmond from Colac on being named Gordon TAFE’s most outstanding second-year apprentice. After leaving school Quinton worked for almost 10 years at Colac’s Mitre 10 store before deciding to take up an apprenticeship as a mature age student. Quinton, who is currently…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I take this opportunity to congratulate 20-year-old Ararat man Timothy Taylor, who is part of the Australian team that will represent our country at the upcoming WorldSkills International competition in Germany. The competition will be held between 2 and 7 July and involve 65 member countries. Leading up to WorldSkills,…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– I rise this evening to raise an issue relating to local manufacturing and procurement. It is an issue for the minister responsible for procurement and the Minister for Manufacturing. The matter I raise relates to a notification that we have received recently about Transdev Melbourne being the successful tenderer for Melbourne…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Police and Emergency Services and relates to the bushfire management overlay in the Surf Coast shire. Most members would be aware that the royal commission made many recommendations, one of which was in relation to bushfire management overlay plans. The concern the community…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– Regardless of a government’s political stripe, each and every Victorian demands and deserves the right to feel safe in their community. It is incumbent upon a government to ensure that emergency service and law enforcement organisations are capable of keeping all Victorians safe, whether it is our police force that enforces…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I also rise to speak on the Crimes Amendment (Integrity in Sports) Bill 2013, which deals with integrity in sport. I indicate to the house that the Labor opposition will not be opposing this bill. In summary, the bill seeks to amend the Crimes Act 1958 as a response to…
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations: In relation to the 26 job losses at SP Treads in Ballarat: What assistance has the Baillieu government provided SP Treads workers in Ballarat who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: The Department of Business and Innovation offered to coordinate…
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations: In relation to the 20 job losses at the Bartco factory in Ararat: What assistance will the Baillieu government provide Bartco workers in Ararat who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: The department coordinated information and support for affected employees …
MS TIERNEY– To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations: In relation to the 90 job losses at the Boral Cement plant in Waurn Ponds: What assistance will the Baillieu government provide Boral workers in Waurn Ponds who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: Officers of the Department of Business…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– I am pleased to rise in support of Mr Tee’s motion before the house this afternoon. I thank him for putting this on the notice paper today because it provides members of the chamber with the opportunity to do a checklist of the election promises made by the current government in …
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– Regional Victoria is doing it tough, and there is no government focus on regional development. The job losses in regional Victoria are hitting communities very hard. It is not just our regional cities or our second city, Geelong; our smaller towns are also finding it hard. It is not just larger…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Health: In relation to the Minister’s response to an adjournment matter relating to diabetes funding in which he stated that the ‘Life! Program has established links with the National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH)’, what are these established links. ANSWER: I am informed that: The Life! program is…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations (for the Minister for Police and Emergency Services): How many police officers are allocated to police stations on the Bellarine, Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road during the summer tourist season in the evenings. ANSWER: I am advised that: Victoria Police recognises the importance…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations (for the Minister for Police and Emergency Services): How many police officers are allocated to police stations on the Bellarine, Surf Coast and Great Ocean Road during the summer tourist season. ANSWER: I am advised that: Victoria Police recognises the importance of policing along…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations (for the Minister for Police and Emergency Services): (1) How many new police officers have been provided to stations on the Great Ocean Road. (2) Which specific stations along the Great Ocean Road have they been located. ANSWER: I am advised that:…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations (for the Minister for Police and Emergency Services): (1) How many new police officers have been provided to stations on the Surf Coast. (2) Which specific stations on the Surf Coast have they been located. ANSWER: I am advised that: The government…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations (for the Minister for Police and Emergency Services): (1) How many new police officers have been provided to stations on the Bellarine Peninsula. (2) Which specific stations on the Bellarine Peninsula have they been located. ANSWER: I am advised that: The government…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations (for the Minister for Police and Emergency Services): In relation to the Baillieu government’s commitment to providing 70 police officers to the Geelong region: How many new police officers have been allocated to the Geelong and Surf Coast region since December 2010. ANSWER: I…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations: In relation to the 20 job losses at the Murray Goulburn factory in Koroit: What assistance has the Baillieu government provided Murray Goulburn workers in Koroit who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: The Department of Business and Innovation has…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations: In relation to the Baillieu government’s cuts to the public service resulting in more than 4000 staff being made redundant: What assistance has the Baillieu government provided to public service workers who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: The Victorian government is committed to…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations: In relation to the 24 job losses at the Dahlsens Store in Sebastopol: What assistance will the Baillieu government provide Dahlsens workers in Sebastopol who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: The Department of Business and Innovation Officers held information…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations: In relation to the job losses at Ford in Geelong: What assistance has the Baillieu government provided Ford workers in Geelong who have recently been made redundant.
ANSWER:
I am informed that:
Information sessions were run on 22, 23 and 27 November 2012.
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations: In relation to the 20 job losses at Chubb Security in Geelong: What assistance has the Baillieu Government provided Chubb Security workers in Geelong who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: The Department of Business and Innovation offered to coordinate…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations: In relation to the 25 job losses at Dick Smith in Geelong and North Geelong: What assistance has the Baillieu government provided Dick Smith workers in Geelong and North Geelong who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: Officers of the …
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations: In relation to the 130 job losses at Fonterra in Cororooke: What assistance has the Baillieu government provided Fonterra workers in Cororooke who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: The department has coordinated information and support for affected employees from…
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations: In relation to the 13 job losses at UGL Rail in Ballarat: What assistance has the Baillieu government provided to UGL Rail workers in Ballarat who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: The department coordinated information and support for affected …
MS TIERNEY— To ask the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations: In relation to the job losses at CMI Industries in Ballarat: What assistance has the Baillieu government provided workers at CMI Industries in Ballarat who have recently been made redundant. ANSWER: I am informed that: The Department of Business and innovation coordinated information and…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, and it is in relation to Country Fire Authority (CFA) funding cuts. This year the government has cut $41 million out of the Victorian CFA budget and $24 million out of the budget of the Metropolitan Fire…
At a time when governments need to be making public transport a more viable option for all Victorians, particularly regional Victorians, the Napthine government has failed on all fronts. Whether it is infrastructure, train carriages, bus services or ticketing, this government has well and truly dropped the ball when it comes to public transport. Members…
My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Public Transport, Terry Mulder, and it is in regard to public access to amenities at the Diggers Rest railway station on the Sunbury line. As members in the house may be aware, the Labor government spent $270 million on upgrading and electrifying the Sunbury line, which has…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise also to make a contribution to the debate on this bill, and I state at the outset that the opposition will not oppose it. It is unfortunate that we have had a timely reminder of bad behaviour at sporting events. Members would be aware of the sickening incident that…
I rise to speak on the recent fires in my electorate, including a large fire in the Victoria Valley complex in the Grampians region and a grassfire west of Portland that threatened properties last week. The fire in the Grampians region has now been put out after it burnt for more than two weeks covering…
My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Education, Martin Dixon, and it is in relation to the Bannockburn early years to year 12 school. For more than two years now the Golden Plains shire and the community of Bannockburn have been waiting for what was promised to them by the Baillieu and…
On International Women’s Day this year I had the pleasure of joining local women in the Surf Coast Shire Council offices for the launch of a local exhibition titled ‘Resilience’. The exhibition is a series of black-and-white portraits taken by local Fairhaven-based photographer Rebecca Hosking celebrating the resilience and diversity of women living on the…
I rise to congratulate the member for South-West Coast on his elevation to the office of Premier and to call on him not to forget the communities of south-west Victoria, which are doing it tough. Over the last two years, while he has sat around the cabinet table, businesses have closed in the south-west, there…
My matter this evening is for the Minister for Regional and Rural Development, Mr Ryan. It relates to Portland and the concerns I have had for some period of time in relation to the local economy. As recently as last Wednesday the headline of the Portland Observer read ‘Another business closes doors’. On this occasion…
On another matter, I would like to congratulate David Shalders from Mortlake who has been awarded the 2012 Dan Brumley Abbeyfield Foundation Scholarship to help him get his tertiary studies under way. He has been accepted into the school of animal and veterinary sciences at Charles Sturt University after completing his Victorian certificate of education…
I rise to speak on a significant achievement and accolade to be awarded to David Blackburn, a constituent from Western Victoria Region. Mr Blackburn will be awarded the Australian Fire Services Medal (AFSM) later this year. Mr Blackburn, a farmer from Woorndoo, has been recognised with the highest honour in fire services for his 35…
My adjournment matter tonight is for the Minister for Education. It is in relation to an election commitment made to the Apollo Bay community, specifically to the Apollo Bay P-12 College. The minister would be aware that it was almost three years ago that the member for Polwarth in the Assembly, Terry Mulder, was given…
I rise to speak on the Statute Law Amendment (Directors’ Liability) Bill 2012. This bill amends directors liability provisions in 18 different acts. Specifically the bill implements a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreement that reforms and harmonises the law on criminal liability for company directors. The bill does not actually change the underlying offences…
My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Health, and relates to the National Centre for Farmer Health and diabetes prevention. The Baillieu government’s decision to cut $1 million annually from the state government contribution is now being felt and is taking its toll as a number of staff have been terminated in recent weeks.…
As a result of the Baillieu government’s education cuts families have missed out on assistance with paying for schoolbooks for their children, uniforms, transport costs and excursions. Some families who previously relied on assistance through the education maintenance allowance may simply have to say to their children that they will have to miss out on…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My adjournment matter is for the Minister responsible for the Teaching Profession, Mr Hall, and it is in relation to the Portland Bay School. During the six-plus years that I have had the privilege of representing Western Victoria Region it has always struck me how the Portland community has cared for…
In a recent Geelong Advertiser article regarding the North Shore railway station a spokesperson for the Minister for Public Transport, Terry Mulder, stated that the state Labor government had failed to invest in Geelong’s northern suburbs train stations. I take this opportunity to correct the record. As many northern suburbs residents are aware, the previous…
I take this opportunity to congratulate Peter and Christine Forster from Ararat on the recent recognition of their work in environmental planting projects. Just over three weeks ago, Peter and Christine were joined by the then federal parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Mark Dreyfus, who inspected their excellent work. They have been…
My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Community Services and relates to an organisation called Rainbow Riders, which is based in Connewarre in my electorate. Rainbow Riders is a not-for-profit organisation established in 2001 which assists young people, in particular those who live with disadvantage. It was created by Ross and Dee Clancy, who…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Minister for Higher Education and Skills: In relation to the South West Institute of TAFE, during the 2011 calendar year — (1) How many agriculture courses were available for students to study. (2) How many students undertook study in agriculture courses. (3) At which campuses were agriculture courses offered. ANSWER: I…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Minister for Higher Education and Skills: In relation to the University of Ballarat, during the 2011 calendar year — (1) How many agriculture courses were available for students to study. (2) How many students undertook study in agriculture courses. (3) At which campuses were agriculture courses offered. ANSWER: I am informed…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Minister for Higher Education and Skills: In relation to The Gordon TAFE, during the 2011 calendar year — (1) How many agriculture courses were available for students to study. (2) How many students undertook study in agriculture courses. ANSWER: I am informed as follows: (1) There were 42 agriculture courses available…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise to make some comments on South West Institute of TAFE. Members might recall that I often talk about TAFEs in western Victoria. That is largely because they do such an amazing job. They provide access to education for a number of students in their local communities, which would not…
On another note, I would like to congratulate Torquay’s Tom Harding and Anglesea’s Diana Patterson, who were both presented with Order of Australia medals in ceremonies on Australia Day. Mr Harding was recognised for his services to the community through historical and service organisations, and Ms Patterson received her Order of Australia medal for services…
During summer we all get many water safety messages, particularly along the coast. They are a good reminder for visitors, but the message is there for all of us: we cannot take water safety for granted, even the most experienced water users. This morning I would like to praise the actions of Glenn Smith, Stephen…
My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Police and Emergency Services and Minister for Bushfire Response, and it is in regard to emergency services communications. I take this opportunity to say that whilst my adjournment matter this evening is about my electorate, I want to acknowledge that there are fires still raging in other…
I would like to congratulate the Lions Club of Torquay on a well organised and entertaining event and barbecue on Saturday, 26 January, at Taylor Park in Torquay. Kevin Egan and the team reminded people of our history and culture. In her speech Surf Coast shire mayor Libby Coker gave the audience a timely reminder…
In accordance with standing orders in regard to adjournment matters that are outstanding, I seek an explanation in relation to the following matters: to the Minister for Education on 21 June in relation to the Warrnambool Alternative VCAL Education School, which has the acronym WAVE; to the Minister for Environment and Climate Change on 30…
Debate resumed from earlier this day; motion of Mr LENDERS (Southern Metropolitan): That this house notes that the Baillieu-Ryan coalition promised the people of Victoria in 2010 to ‘fix the problems’ and ‘build the future’ but has failed to successfully plan, build or deliver on its promise during the past two years, in particular —…
The third day of December this year marked the 158th anniversary of the Eureka rebellion, a day when people from many nations made their stand for democracy on Ballarat Hill. It was a struggle for better and equal opportunities. A number of events were held in Ballarat to mark the day on which we remember…
My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Health, who is in the chamber. It deals with the proliferation of the use of ice in our community. The Victoria Police statistics that were recently released indicate that there has been a 21 per cent increase in the use of crystal methamphetamine, commonly known…
On a number of occasions this year I have brought to the attention of the Baillieu government the desperate lack of police numbers in the Geelong area, particularly on the Surf Coast and the Bellarine Peninsula. Local newspapers the Geelong Advertiser, the Surf Coast Times and the Surf Coast Echo have reported extensively on the…
To ask the Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development: In relation to the Minister’s claim that the Victorian Coalition Government has allocated more than $80 million to early childhood infrastructure as stated in a media release dated 20 August 2012, can the Minister please inform me as to how much of this $80 million…