Victorian News

After Coal - Our Plan for Coal Workers

12 November, 2015 - After Coal - Our Plan for Coal Workers A significant structural shift is underway in our economy. Global demand ...

Another piecemeal gambling reform from the government

12 November, 2015 - Speech in parliament: I rise to speak on the Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2015. The bill provides for a range of small reforms. It al...

Constituency Question - Smart Meters

12 November, 2015 - QUESTION: My constituency question is for the Minister for Energy and Resources. A constituent of Ringwood East in the Eastern Metropolitan ...

Constituency Question - Smart Meters

12 November, 2015 - QUESTION: My constituency question is for the Minister for Energy and Resources. A constituent of Ringwood East in the Eastern Metropolitan ...

Greens amendment for same-sex relationship ceremonies

12 November, 2015 - Victorian Greens LGBTI Equality spokesperson Sam Hibbins MP has moved an amendment to the Relationships Amendment Bill 2015 that would allow...

Greens motion rejects marriage equality plebiscite

12 November, 2015 - Victorian Greens LGBTI Equality spokesperson Sam Hibbins MP has moved the following motion in lower house of the Victorian Parliament MR HIB...

Greens request Commissioner intervene in cage fight fiasco

12 November, 2015 - Greens Families and Children spokesperson Nina Springle has written to the Commissioner for Children and Young People requesting he formally...

Greens support inquiry into drug laws and harm minimisation

12 November, 2015 - Motion for the Law Reform, Road and Community Safety Committee to inquire into, consider and report, no later than 3March 2017 on the effect...

Greens will fight Government attempt to aid corporate tax avoidance

12 November, 2015 - The Australian Greens say Malcolm Turnbull has exposed his true colours by rejecting an Australian Greens amendment that would have increase...

Greens will fight Government attempt to aid corporate tax avoidance

12 November, 2015 - The Australian Greens say Malcolm Turnbull has exposed his true colours by rejecting an Australian Greens amendment that would have increase...

Hospital funding model needs repair, as does the Footscray hospital

12 November, 2015 - The Greens are backing the Auditor General’s call for a review into public hospital funding, after today’s report from the Auditor found a f...

Justice Legislation Amendment (Police Custody Officers) Bill 2015

12 November, 2015 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) — I am happy to speak today on the Justice Legislation Amendment (Police Custody Officers) Bill 2015. T...

Love doesn't discriminate and neither should the law

12 November, 2015 - Like so many Australians, I find the ongoing refusal of this government to allow an immediate parliamentary vote on marriage equality utterl...

Manufacturing innovation

12 November, 2015 - Mr BARBER (Northern Metropolitan) — There are a couple of problems that the state government is grappling with at the moment which ought to ...

Motion: get moving on the Port-Rail Shuttle

12 November, 2015 - The Senate – 1. Notes: a) The federal government committed $38 million of Commonwealth funds to the Port-Rail Shuttle project in Victoria. b...