Victorian News

Poor Process Deepens in the Public Housing Sell-Off

21 June, 2018 - Lidia Thorpe - Speech in Parliament: My constituency question is for the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing. Is the Department of Healt...

Save our Sacred Gum Trees

21 June, 2018 - Lidia Thorpe - Speech in Parliament: My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the action I seek from the ministe...

We must close the gap in Aboriginal incarceration and death

21 June, 2018 - Lidia Thorpe - Speech in Parliament: This Sunday a community smoking ceremony will be held in Northcote for Raymond Noel Lindsay Thomas. He died...

Crimes Amendment (Unlicensed Drivers) Bill 2018

20 June, 2018 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) (14:34:40) — I rise to speak on the private members bill, the Crimes Amendment (Unlicensed Drivers) Bi...

Members Statement: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

20 June, 2018 - Ms PENNICUIK — I express my profound disagreement with the calls by the Liberal Party to privatise the ABC. This would be a monumental mist...

Members Statement: Violence against women

20 June, 2018 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) — Like everyone I was shocked and sickened by the brutal and senseless murder of Eurydice Dixon. I extend m...

Statement 18 June 2018

18 June, 2018 - Victorian Greens take responsibility for Batman loss, pledge to do better.  The Australian Greens (Victoria) State Council has received ...

Appropriation (Parliament 2018-2019) Bill 2018

8 June, 2018 - Ms PENNICUIK — Minister, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff of the Parliament that the parliamentary appropriation bil...

Victorian launch of Grandmothers Against Removals (GMAR)

8 June, 2018 - Press Alert Aboriginal matriarchs launch the Victorian Chapter of ‘Grandmas Against Removals’. This community campaign has been effective in NSW ...

Greens negotiations leads to strengthened Treaty legislation

7 June, 2018 - The Victorian Greens negotiations have led to meaningful improvements in the Victorian Government’s proposed Treaty legislation, however spokespe...

Question without notice: Prisoner Pen Pal Program

7 June, 2018 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) — My question is for the Minister for Corrections. Minister, since about August 2016 there has been a ban in...

Serious Offenders Bill 2018

7 June, 2018 - The bill before us today, the Serious Offenders Bill 2018, is certainly well named, because it is a serious bill, and the provisions of the bill ...

Caps on donations and greater transparency key to saving our democracy from big business influence: Senate Inquiry

6 June, 2018 - The Australian Greens today called upon Labor and the Liberals to back reforms to cap political donations and increase transparency to help resto...

Greens negotiations lead to strengthened Treaty legislation

6 June, 2018 - Press Release The Victorian Greens negotiations have led to meaningful improvements in the Victorian Government's proposed Treaty legislation, ho...

Members statement: Duck hunting season

6 June, 2018 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan)  — Next weekend Victoria's three-month duck shooting season will end. While this year we did not see the lev...