PORTLAND SPECIAL SCHOOL: RUBBISH-FREE LUNCH CHALLENGE

I  raise  a  matter  for  the  Minister for Education in the other place. Shortly I will have the pleasure of presenting the Portland  Special School with  an award for  completing the Brumby  government’s rubbish-free Friday initiative. It  is  great  to see that our local schools are winning the battle  to eliminate lunchtime  rubbish  and food…

GRAFFITI PREVENTION BILL

  I rise  to speak in support of the Graffiti Prevention Bill. As we have heard, there are three  main  objectives to the bill — that  is,  to reduce the financial and social costs connected to graffiti; to promote a strong deterrent  to  the perpetrators and  promote accountability, and  to  reduce the incidence of graffiti.…