Debate resumed from 28 November; motion of Hon. G. K. RICH-PHILLIPS (Assistant Treasurer). Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise to speak on the Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment Bill 2013. I state at the outset that Labor will not be opposing this bill. The bill has a number of arms and legs, and none…
The federal Treasurer, Joe Hockey, said his government has business credentials and operates in that way. I can tell the house that if his government was a publicly listed business, he would be charged by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and called to account for his reckless abandonment by his shareholders and constituents over…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Minister for Health (for the Minister for Environment and Climate Change): In relation to a 31 July 2013 article in the Weekly Times which detailed the Department of Environment and Primary Industries cuts of 785 staff, 185 staff more than was initially planned — (1) Why did the department cut more…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Minister for Health (for the Premier): In relation to the recent announcement that the Geelong Shell refinery has been put up for sale: (1) Were there any preliminary indications made to the government that Shell was contemplating the sale of its Geelong refinery. (2) Were there any meetings between the Victorian…
Ms TIERNEY — I had the opportunity to speak with staff and tour the facilities at South West Institute of TAFE’s Portland campus. During the visit I had the pleasure of meeting an impressive young man named Kane Rogers, who was recently awarded Outstanding Apprentice of the Year, Engineering, in the third year of his apprenticeship. Kane…
Ms TIERNEY — On another matter, I would like to congratulate Ms Robyn Brandenburg, an associate professor at Federation University Australia, who has recently received a prestigious national teaching award, the Office for Learning and Teaching Excellence Award, for her 15 years of quality teaching. Commenting on her award, Federation University Australia vice-chancellor David Battersby said: “Associate…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I take this opportunity to congratulate Ms Stacey Gladman, a journalist at the Cobden Timboon Coast Times, who was named as the winner of the TAC Award for Local Reporting at the recent Victorian Country Press Association awards. Ms Gladman, who has written a series of articles on the Timboon P-12…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — On 15 November the Napthine government made further cuts to Victoria’s TAFE system, informing registered training organisations of changes to course funding rates for all training providers. The list of courses with significant subsidy cuts includes: certificate II in tourism, which has been cut from $6.50 per student contact hour to…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Assistant Treasurer (for the Minister for Employment and Trade): In relation to the seven job losses as a result of MAPAL Australia’s decision to cease production at its Ballarat factory, what assistance will the Napthine government provide workers affected by these job cuts. ANSWER: I am informed that: MAPAL Australia (MAPAL)…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Assistant Treasurer (for the Minister for Employment and Trade): In relation to the seven job losses due to the South West TAFE’s decision to close its Glenormiston campus, what assistance will the Napthine government provide workers affected by these job cuts. ANSWER: I am informed that: Regional Development Victoria (RDV) has…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — Tonight my adjournment matter is for the Minister for Education. It relates to the new special school promised for the Geelong region. On 9 November an article appeared in the Geelong Advertiser headed ‘Special school plan’. It stated that a site for a new special school was being sought in the…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I take this opportunity to congratulate the National Centre for Farmer Health, which has attracted yet another international award this month. Alison Kennedy, who is the centre’s behavioural scientist, was one of two people to receive an award from the American Association of Suicidology. She received the award for her research…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Planning, Matthew Guy, and it is in relation to Portland North Primary School and in particular the old schoolhouse on its grounds. I understand from constituents that they have sent correspondence to the Premier on this issue but are yet to…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Employment and Trade, and it relates to job losses in Geelong. As the minister will be aware, last Friday, 8 November, saw yet another blow struck at Geelong as the decision by Qantas to make 300 of its employees redundant next year was…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Assistant Treasurer (for the Minister for Employment and Trade): In relation to the six job redundancies at Warrnambool’s Warehouse Sales Electrical Discounts store recently, what assistance will the Napthine government provide workers affected by these redundancies. ANSWER: I am informed that: The Warehouse Sales Electrical Discounts store in Warrnambool has recently…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Assistant Treasurer (for the Minister for Employment and Trade): In relation to the 25 job redundancies at Ballarat’s Rivers site recently, what assistance will the Napthine government provide workers affected by these job cuts. ANSWER: I am informed that: Regional Development Victoria (RDV) has liaised with Rivers Australia in relation to…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Assistant Treasurer (for the Minister for Employment and Trade): In relation to the 30 job cuts at IBM in Ballarat reported in the Ballarat Courier on 20 August 2013, what assistance will the Napthine government provide workers who have been affected by these job cuts. ANSWER: I am informed that: Assistance…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise to make a contribution to debate on the Victorian Auditor-General’s Prison Capacity Planning report of November 2012. I will start by saying that this report mentioned a number of worrying trends when it was released 12 months ago. Since that time those trends have only increased. I will not…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I will start by making seven points directly in relation to the contribution we heard from Mr Drum. Firstly, I have made very supportive comments about various companies in Geelong, and I have specifically mentioned Cotton On. I can recall that I said that these are exactly the types of companies…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — Throughout the electorate of Western Victoria Region there are many complaints about the services and funding that the Napthine government has cut from regional Victoria, yet the issue I hear about most consistently regardless of where I go is the Napthine government’s failure to fix damaged and potholed roads. Regional Victorians…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Education, Martin Dixon, and is in relation to education funding. It relates to an issue that has been raised with me on many occasions. I would like to draw the minister’s attention to an article that appeared in the Hamilton Spectator…
Ms TIERNEY — Since the Liberal-Nationals government took office in 2010, the amount of time ambulances have been ramped at Geelong Hospital has increased by 2752 hours. That is a massive 76 per cent increase on what the figure was when the state Labor government left office. It is little wonder that Victorians are seeing stories in…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — Yesterday was Remembrance Day, and I take this opportunity to acknowledge the committed work undertaken by RSL branches in organising yesterday’s ceremonies. Ceremonies across the nation enabled communities to come together to honour those men and women who have served and paid the ultimate price in war. Lest we forget.
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My adjournment matter this evening is for Mr Hall in his capacity as the Minister for Higher Education and Skills, and it is in relation to the Glenormiston campus of South West TAFE. The minister would be more than aware from the question I asked him yesterday that there continues to…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise to make a contribution to the debate on the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Bill 2013. Reading through the bill, the briefings and various other commentaries, including Hansard from the lower house, brought back many memories of the 18 years that I served in the vehicle industry. When I…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Assistant Treasurer (for the Minister for Employment and Trade): In relation to the 34 redundancies to be made as a result of Goodman Fielder closing its bakery in Ballarat by November, what assistance will the Napthine government provide workers in Ballarat who will be affected by these redundancies. ANSWER: I am…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise to speak on the 2012 annual report of the University of Ballarat. The University of Ballarat has a proud history that dates all the way back to the gold rush period, the mid-1800s, and in fact it is the third-oldest tertiary institution in Australia. The School of Mines was…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My question is to the Minister for Higher Education and Skills, Mr Hall. Yesterday, in response to a question from Mr Philip Davis, the minister outlined what Gippsland’s dairy industry has told him that it needs in the way of TAFE training. What has western Victoria’s dairy industry told him that…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Roads, Terry Mulder, and is in relation to Breakwater Road in Geelong. The minister would be aware of the $65 million upgrade and realignment to Breakwater Road in Geelong, which was one of many road infrastructure investments the previous government funded in Victoria.…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise to speak on the Fisheries Amendment Bill 2013 and state from the outset that the opposition does not oppose the bill. It gives me pleasure to speak on the bill because fishing is particularly popular in Western Victoria Region, and there are a number of constituents and coastal towns…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — We see it on the evening news bulletins, regularly read about it in our newspapers and hear it on our radios when talkback callers share their horror stories. Victoria’s hospital emergency departments are in crisis under the Napthine coalition government. Less than two weeks ago the Australian institute of health and…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Assistant Treasurer (for the Minister for Employment and Trade): In relation to the 11 job cuts at Ballarat’s UGL Engineering recently, what assistance will the Napthine government provide workers who have been affected by these job cuts. ANSWER: I am informed that: United Group Rail (UGL) has informed the government of…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Minister for Higher Education and Skills (for the Minister for Education): In relation to the evacuation and closure of the Timboon P-12 School on 24 June 2013 due to asbestos-related issues: (1) When was the government first made aware that there were possible asbestos issues at Timboon P-12. (2) How long…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Assistant Treasurer (for the Minister for Employment and Trade): In relation to the current downturn in the construction industry as quoted on the front page of the Warrnambool Standard on 21 May 2013: (1) What is the Napthine government doing to address the issue of apprentices being put off amid a…
MS TIERNEY — To ask the Minister for Health: In relation to waiting periods for families with sick children in Geelong, including those with physical, behavioural and developmental problems, and noting that it has been reported that some paediatricians have simply closed their books, overrun with patient demand, and that waiting times are awful and create a…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Sport and Recreation, Hugh Delahunty, and it is in relation to the Asian Cup soccer tournament due to take place in Australia in 2015. The tournament will be held in Australia for the first time between 9 and 31 January 2015,…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I am pleased to rise to make a contribution to the debate on the Fire Services Levy Monitor Amendment (Ensuring Fair and Equitable Levies) Bill 2013. The bill before us seeks to amend the Fire Services Levy Monitor Act 2012 in response to the government’s botched attempts to implement the fire…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — The results are in: Geelong train commuters are the unhappiest in the whole state of Victoria. On numerous occasions in this place I have raised the issues facing Geelong public transport users, whether those be overcrowded car parks at Geelong stations, dilapidated facilities at stations such as North Shore and Corio,…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Regional and Rural Development, Peter Ryan. It is in relation to Australia Post’s plan to cut costs by cutting services and jobs in rural and regional Victoria. As the minister will be aware, there have been a number of articles in…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise to make a contribution to the debate on the Consumer Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2013. I wish to reiterate that the opposition will not be opposing the bill. It has been noted by previous speakers in this debate — in this chamber and indeed in the other place —…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — The month of November is the G21 Month of Action to stop violence against women in the Geelong region. From 25 October to 25 November businesses and community members are encouraged to join the fight against violence through this month of action. Violence against women is the largest cause of death,…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Health, David Davis, and it is in relation to funding for the National Centre for Farmer Health. As I understand it, Ms Pulford raised this matter earlier this week, and that was not the first time that it has been raised…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — To say that the Geelong community is passionate about the Geelong Project would be a serious understatement. Headlines in the Geelong Advertiser such as ‘Don’t let our kids down’, ‘Outrage at cuts to youth program’, ‘Youth funding cut a tragedy’ and ‘Project axe blasted’ mirror the community’s reaction to the Napthine…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Ageing, and it is in relation to the 108-bed Wallace Lodge in North Geelong and the 108-bed Alan David Lodge in Grovedale. I know the minister is aware of the talks between Barwon Health and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) over staffing…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — The Pomonal fire station, located approximately 45 kilometres west of Ararat on the Western Highway, serves one of seven Country Fire Authority (CFA) brigades in the district 16 Ararat group. With 72 members it is the largest of all brigades of similar town and district size in the region. Because it is situated close to…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Sport and Recreation. It is in relation to the Anglesea Bowling Club’s application for funding to assist with its redevelopment into a community-oriented acility. Plans for the club’s redevelopment have been going through a long process, including consultation with a number of community organisations as well as the three tiers of government. It…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — I rise to speak on the Parks Victoria annual report for 2011-12. From the outset, I state my objection, concern and extreme disappointment with the Napthine government’s recent decision to cut a further 60 staff from Parks Victoria, a decision that will have an enormously detrimental impact on the Victorian environment. Whether they are issues such as…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria) — Thanks to the federal Labor government, this year will forever be remembered as the beginning of one of Australia’s most significant social reforms in history, the national disability insurance scheme. This policy, like many other significant social reforms such as Medicare and superannuation, are the products of progressive Labor governments and indicative of the Australian Labor Party’s focus on improving the livelihood of all…
Ms TIERNEY (Western Victoria)– My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Housing, Ms Lovell, and it is in relation to an important service in Geelong called the Geelong Project, which is a community-based youth service led by Time for Youth with its partners Swinburne University of Technology, Barwon Youth and the Geelong local learning…
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…