Victorian News

Warrnambool-Geelong rail services

7 October, 2015 - Mr BARBER (Northern Metropolitan) — It certainly takes guts for the Liberal Party to move this motion, and no wonder it got the leading member...

Constituency Question - Solar for Box Hill North PS

6 October, 2015 - My constituency question is for the Minister for Energy and Resources. I have been approached in relation to the proposed installation of sola...

Energy Legislation Amendment (Consumer Protection) Bill 2015

6 October, 2015 - Mr BARBER (Northern Metropolitan) — As Mr Drum has ably explained, this bill contains a couple of minor tweaks in the area of consumer protect...

Greens Political Donations Motion: Electoral Matters Committee

6 October, 2015 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) — I move: That this house, pursuant to section 33 of the Parliamentary Committees Act 2003, requires the ...

Manningham Bus Services

6 October, 2015 - My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Public Transport. Buses are an essential service within Manningham City Council and the broader ...

Palace Theatre

6 October, 2015 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) — Last week I wrote to the Minister for Planning regarding reports of more demolition works occurring ins...

Weekend rates are a right, not a private school privilege: Greens

6 October, 2015 - Greens workplace relations spokesperson Adam Bandt MP today said that weekend rates are a right, not a privilege for private school fees, and ...

We’ll be in a ‘seven day economy’ when Parliament regularly sits on weekends: Bandt

6 October, 2015 - In response to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s comments today on weekend rates, Greens spokesperson on industrial relations Adam Bandt MP to...

Greens support enshrining Nurse and Midwife ratios in law

5 October, 2015 - Speech in Parliament: The Greens warmly welcome this bill, to say the least. We thank the minister for the detailed briefing we received. We a...

Racing Amendment Bill 2015

5 October, 2015 - Ms PENNICUIK (Southern Metropolitan) — The Racing Amendment Bill 2015 will amend the Racing Act 1958 in relation to governance arrangements fo...

Greens condemn police murder and call for community to come together

4 October, 2015 - The Greens have today called for the community to come together in the wake of the brutal shooting of police accountant Curtis Cheng outside t...

World Farm Animals Day: Greens call for truth in labelling and a ban on battery cages and de-beaking

1 October, 2015 - On the eve of World Farm Animals Day, the Greens are renewing calls for truth in ‘free range’ labelling and a ban on battery cages and de-beak...

Changes to Port deal won't protect exporters

30 September, 2015 - Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says minor changes to the deal to sell off the Port of Melbourne won’t protect exporters from increased...

Richard Di Natale's National Press Club Address

30 September, 2015 - Firstly let me acknowledge that we are meeting here on the land of the Ngunnawal peoples and I pay my respects to my elders past and presen...

Greens announce transition plan for Australia’s coal export sector

29 September, 2015 - • New industry report confirms global coal demand in terminal structural decline • Taxpayers and state governments will be left with a mine...