Sporting and community groups across Victoria will be able to cash-in on the introduction of a Michael O’Brien-led Liberal Nationals government Cash for Containers scheme. The Cash for Containers scheme would give cash for cans, glass and plastic bottles returned to a collection centre – helping to reduce litter, reduce landfill and increase recycling. The…
Together with the members for Pascoe Vale and Hawthorn, I also rise to pay tribute to one of the great champions of the rights of women and children within the state of Victoria, the Caroline Chisholm Society. It was 50 years ago that Dr Philomena Joshua convened a non-denominational citizen army of volunteers, most of…
My constituency question is addressed to the Minister for Health in the other place. I ask the minister: how will this Andrews Labor government address and prioritise a response to the severe and life-threatening delays faced by patients requiring surgery within the public health system? A constituent in an acute state of distress made contact…
My constituency question is addressed to the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. The Mentone traders and residents request that the minister provide a precise numerical measure of the number of car parks at Mentone station prior to the level crossing removal works and the number of car parks which will be available at the Mentone station…
I am delighted to rise in the chamber today to speak to the Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2019—all 259 glorious pages of legislation that the Labor government wishes to introduce into this chamber and make law in this state. The first question that I ask is: what is the benefit for my community? What is…
My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Roads. The action I seek is for the minister to immediately and permanently halt the narrowing of Beach Road that commenced this week. Since I was elected as the member for Sandringham I have received consistent representations from members of the Sandringham district expressing their concern over…
I am delighted to rise this afternoon to address the Children’s Services Amendment Bill 2019, as some other speakers have done. I make a contribution to this debate as the father of a two-year-old daughter and with a child on the way, so I have a very personal interest in the subject matter being discussed.…
Whilst many enjoyed their father’s Day on Sunday the first of September in the company of loved ones and in the warmth of their homes, I had the privilege of spending my father’s day in the company of the broader Sandringham District family in support of one of our community’s most important and cherished assets;…
Brighton Town Hall Wednesday, 25 September 2019 Your Worship, Mayor Heffernan, State parliamentary colleagues, Bayside councillors, citizenship candidates, families and friends. Yes, tonight I address you as a civic leader. Perhaps more importantly I address you as the son of migrant parents. My late father, Leslie Thomas Rowswell, was born in the United Kingdom…
Adjournment Legislative Assembly 20 June 2019 My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Planning, and the action I seek is for the minister to meet with Highett residents who will be directly impacted by the Andrews Labor government’s decision to re-zone the former gas and fuel land for private high-rise, high-density development so that…