Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney has stated in Parliament that she was ‘taken aback’ when she learnt that Napthine Government Manufacturing Minister has not mentioned Ford once in Victorian Parliament. On the Victorian Hansard website, typing the word ‘Ford’ into the search bar leads to no responses under the Manufacturing Minister, David Hodgett’s name.…
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…
Nearly 200 aged care beds have already closed as Denis Napthine moves towards the full privatisation of aged care facilities across Victoria, Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney said today. Departmental figures show that there have been four closures of public aged care facilities, resulting in 179 less beds in the system than when the…
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…
The Napthine Government has gagged Ambulance Victoria from publishing figures on a website that would show ambulance response times and provide the community with up-to-date information about how bad the crisis in the ambulance system has become, Member for Western Victoria, Gayle Tierney said today. This week, the Opposition asked the Premier in Question Time…
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…