Vic Govt must act on international education review
11-Mar-2010
The Brumby Government must act on recommendations from a review of Australia’s international education industry, Shadow Minister for Tertiary Education and Training and Nationals Leader in the Legislative Council Peter Hall said today.
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Walsh condemns Brumby on Liquor Licensing
11-Mar-2010
Member for Swan Hill, Peter Walsh, yesterday moved a Notice of Motion in Parliament condemning the Brumby Government on its unjust Liquor Licensing fee hikes.
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Parliament rejects pipeline order
11-Mar-2010
The Victorian Parliament has rejected a second water order that would have allowed the Brumby Government to break key promises to communities and the environment.
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Smart Meter petition – make your protest heard
11-Mar-2010
Member for Mildura, Peter Crisp today urged residents to sign the petition in his office protesting at the Brumby Government’s insistence that Victorians pay for the Smart Meter rollout.
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Liquor Licensing fees a fiasco: Crisp
11-Mar-2010
Speaking in the Victorian Parliament, Member for Mildura, Peter Crisp has drawn attention to the ongoing battle for local businesses as they try and cope with the new liquor licensing fees.
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Dependence Legislation leaves country cold: Crisp
11-Mar-2010
Speaking on the Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Bill, local Member Peter Crisp has expressed grave concerns about the future treatment of addicts in regional areas.
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Echuca hospital funding fight taken to Parliament
11-Mar-2010
The Nationals Member for Rodney Paul Weller has sought a commitment from the Victorian Health Minister to pledge funds in the May state Budget to rebuild Echuca hospital.
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Secondary home owners still without bushfire help
11-Mar-2010
More than one year after the devastating Black Saturday and Gippsland bushfires, those who lost secondary places of residence have not received help to rebuild, Shadow Minister for Bushfire Response and Leader of The Nationals Peter Ryan said today.
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Rocka promise too little, too late - Northe
11-Mar-2010
The Brumby Government has backflipped and adopted the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition’s policy to increase funding for the Rock Eisteddfod.
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Brumby fails irrigators on Mokoan
10-Mar-2010
The cost of decommissioning Lake Mokoan has almost doubled, a report tabled by the Victorian Auditor-General in State Parliament today shows.
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Powell acknowledges Year of Women in Local Government 2010
10-Mar-2010
Shadow Minister for Local Government Jeanette Powell is encouraging more women to run for local government to help ensure councils reflect the communities they represent.
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Pensions to increase from March 20
10-Mar-2010
Pensioners across Gippsland will next week receive an increase in their payments under the indexation of benefits.
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Irrigators left in dark on renewal project
10-Mar-2010
The Nationals Member for Rodney Paul Weller has criticised the Brumby Government over a lack of communication with irrigators affected by the Northern Victorian Irrigation Renewal Project (NVIRP).
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Liquor Licence fees inequitable, unfair and unjust - Delahunty
10-Mar-2010
The Nationals Member for Lowan Hugh Delahunty in Parliament this week condemned the Brumby Government for imposing inequitable and unjust increases in liquor license fees.
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Rural health workforce in crisis
10-Mar-2010
Federal Parliament has been told the rural health workforce is in crisis with governments relying on overseas trained doctors as a stopgap measure to fill the void caused by the lack of a long-term solution to overcome chronic doctor shortages in regi
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Hall urges for incident free duck season
10-Mar-2010
Eastern Region MP, Peter Hall is calling on hunters, protestors and enforcement officers to make this year’s duck season a safe and incident free event.
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Decaying roads a danger to motorists
10-Mar-2010
The Nationals Member for Lowan Hugh Delahunty, this week in Parliament called on the Brumby Government to fix local roads in the Lowan electorate.
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Rocka promise too little, too late
10-Mar-2010
The Brumby Government has backflipped and adopted the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition’s policy to increase funding for the Rock Eisteddfod.
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Brumby sacks mining warden
10-Mar-2010
The Nationals Member for Morwell Russell Northe has slammed the Brumby Government for sacking Victoria’s independent mining watchdog.
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Powell receives response from new Transport Minister regarding review of local bus routes
10-Mar-2010
State Member for Shepparton Jeanette Powell has received a response from the new Transport Minister, Martin Pakula regarding her call for a review of the new bus routes in Shepparton.
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