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 adjournment matter is for the Minister for Health in the other place. The action that I seek is a written assurance from the minister that the urgent infrastructure upgrades and funding needed for the Alfred hospital, which were widely publicised in the media today, will not impact on services—or worse, cause bed closures—at Sandringham…
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.…
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…
Matters of Public Importance I rise to address this matter of public importance. In doing so I wish to recall some words that I used in my maiden speech contribution in this place in December of last year where I said that, in my view, at its heart public service—the job of members of…
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…
