FEDERAL PARLIAMENT: OPPOSITION CONDUCT

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…

EMPLOYMENT AND TRADE: COLAC AREA HEALTH – JOB LOSSES

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…

EMPLOYMENT AND TRADE: AIR RADIATORS – JOB LOSSES

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…

EMPLOYMENT AND TRADE: CORIO FAST-FOOD OUTLET – CLOSURE

  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…

EMPLOYMENT AND TRADE: QUIKSILVER – JOB LOSSES

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…

EMPLOYMENT AND TRADE: STAWELL GOLD MINE – JOB LOSSES

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 …

EMPLOYMENT AND TRADE: MARS AUSTRALIA – JOB LOSSES

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…

GOVERNMENT: PERFORMANCE

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…

GOVERNMENT: PERFORMANCE

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…

KATH HAMILTON

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…

TIMBOON P-12 SCHOOL: FUNDING

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. …

FORD AUSTRALIA: JOB LOSSES

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…

DISABLED VICTORIANS SLUGGED WITH MASSIVE FEE INCREASE

Victorians with a disability living in state-run residential units are facing massive fee increases as a result of the Napthine Government State Budget, Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney said today. The 2013 State Budget revealed that a fee increase paid by those already living in Department of Humans Services (DHS) managed disability accommodation services…

APOLLO BAY P-12 COLLEGE: REDEVELOPMENT

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…

QUINTON DESMOND

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…

TIMOTHY TAYLOR

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,…

BUSES: LOCAL MANUFACTURE

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…

SHIRE OF SURF COAST: BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT OVERLAY

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…

GOVERNMENT: PERFORMANCE

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…

SOUTH WEST CFA CUTS EXPECTED IN STATE BUDGET

The Napthine Liberal Government’s budget cuts to the Country Fire Authority (CFA) are set to continue with reports this week that a further $40 million will be cut in next week’s State Budget, Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney said today. Ms Tierney said that leaked documents revealed local CFA group officers were briefed by…

MORE CFA CUTS EXPECTED IN STATE BUDGET

The Napthine Liberal Government’s budget cuts to the Country Fire Authority (CFA) are set to continue with reports this week that a further $40 million will be cut in next week’s State Budget, Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney said today. Ms Tierney said that leaked documents revealed local CFA group officers were briefed by…