As I mentioned in my prior post, last week began by visiting those affected by the storm on Sunday.  Some other activities during the week: I was invited to attend and speak at Goulburn Valley (GV) Hospice’s AGM on Wednesday.    GV Hospice is a highly valued organisation in our community. When my own father was […]

It was great being back in the electorate.  What a full week I had with many events, constituent meetings, visits and more Ministers visiting including the Minister for Environment, Water and Climate Change, the Hon Lisa Neville attended the entire duration of the Water Summit on Wednesday.  Some highlights of my week: Visit to Toolamba […]

My week began with visits to MI Fellowship, a local mental health agency and the Greater Shepparton City Council where I had a catch-up with the Acting CEO and executive team.  On Tuesday and Wednesday, I travelled with the Family and Community Development Committee members to take evidence and visit disability services in Colac, Warrnambool […]

I strongly support the need for a drug rehabilitation service in our region and will assist in lobbying government for necessary funding for it. However, after attending one of the public meetings and hearing from a number of constituents I was pleased to hear that ASCO decided not to proceed with the proposed Mooroopna site […]

Parliament was very busy filled with meetings with crossbenchers, ministerial and departmental staff for briefings on water, Goulburn Valley Health Community Advisory Group, drug issues and legislation. I also had my fortnightly meeting on the Family and Community Development Committee. This committee has members from all parties and is commencing Stage 2 of the inquiry […]