Victorian News

Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry Bill 2017

21 June, 2017 - Ms DUNN (Eastern Metropolitan) — I rise tonight to speak on the Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry Bill 2017. It certainly has been a long wa...

Greens agree to inquiry on fire services reform

21 June, 2017 - Ms HARTLAND (Western Metropolitan) — Clearly this bill is a major reform. It is a bill that has been long overdue, but I have to acknowledge rig...

Senator Rice to Australian Muslims: "I am, you are, we are all Australian"

21 June, 2017 - We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come. We share a dream and sing with one voice, "I am, you are, we are Australian...

Victorians issued over 33,000 robo-debt notices in less than a year

21 June, 2017 - A breakdown provided by the Department of Human Services to the Centrelink senate inquiry shows that over 33,000 Victorians have been issued wit...

Constituency question: Caulfield Racecourse Reserve

20 June, 2017 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) — On many occasions over the last eight years I have raised the issue of a lack of modern and appropriate g...

Fourth Report into Rate Capping Policy

20 June, 2017 - Ms DUNN (Eastern Metropolitan) — I rise to talk about the fourth report into rate capping policy and just to make a couple of observations in re...

Jane Goodall

20 June, 2017 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) — Last Friday night my goddaughter, Emily, who has just completed a degree in zoology and animal science, a...

Planned burn in Providence Ponds Nature Conservation Reserve

20 June, 2017 - MS DUNN — To ask the Special Minister of State (for the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change): In relation to the recent planned ...

Production of documents: firearms

20 June, 2017 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) — I can say on behalf of the Greens, as is the case with all other parties, we will not be opposing the mot...

Greens slam Labor’s dangerous plan for police drug searches

19 June, 2017 - Victorian Greens spokesperson for health, Colleen Hartland, has slammed a the government’s new plan to allow police to stop and search people at...

Question on Notice 11397: Recruitment of women in Victoria Police

19 June, 2017 - MS PENNICUIK — To ask the Minister for Training and Skills (for the Minister for Police): In light of the recommendation that an explicit target...

Electric vehicle targets lagging under Turnbull Government, Greens call for action

15 June, 2017 - Senator Janet Rice, Australian Greens spokesperson for transport, has called on the government to do more to increase the uptake of electric veh...

Private toll roads to be scrutinised after Greens secure Senate inquiry

15 June, 2017 - Private toll roads to be scrutinised after Greens secure Senate inquiry 15 June 2017 The financial arrangements and transparency of the operatio...

Colleen Hartland announces she won't recontest her seat at 2018 election

13 June, 2017 - Statement from Colleen Hartland:  I feel exhausted just thinking about the amount of work that’s gone into the last eleven years since I was ele...

Senator Rice on Native Title amendment and Adani

13 June, 2017 - I rise to speak on this important piece of legislation, the Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017. This parliament, ...