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Sheed excludes herself from sitting week as COVID-19 precaution
/0 Comments/in Media Releases /by Suzanna SheedIndependent Member for the Shepparton District Suzanna Sheed has excluded herself from the Victorian Parliamentary sitting week as a precaution against the risk posed by COVID-19. “I do not take this step lightly,” Ms Sheed said. “Due to my age – I am in my mid-60s – and an immune-suppressant medication prescription, I am in […]
Sheed calls for improvements in sharing COVID-19 information in regional Victoria
/0 Comments/in Media Releases /by Suzanna SheedIndependent Member for Shepparton District Suzanna Sheed says she is extremely concerned about the potential spread of the coronavirus in our own local communities and calls for more direct information to be made available to everyone. “I have noticed that on at least couple of occasions when important interviews are being given on ABC 774 […]
Sheed calls for community action to help alleviate homelessness
/0 Comments/in Media Releases /by Suzanna SheedIndependent Member for Shepparton District Suzanna Sheed has thanked the Victorian Legislative Council Legal and Social Issues Committee for conducting a hearing in Shepparton on Wednesday and is calling on the community to assist with combating homelessness. “This multi-party committee chaired by Fiona Patten MP is doing valuable work in examining the causes and potential […]
Sheed sounds warning on threats to regional media
/0 Comments/in Media Releases /by Suzanna SheedIndependent Member for Shepparton District Suzanna Sheed has warned her parliamentary colleagues over the threat to democracy posed by ongoing declines in regional media resources, highlighted by the impending closure of Australian Associated Press. “We are seeing terrible threats in relation to regional media. We have seen the closure of AAP, which employed something like […]
Sheed calls on Minister to continue vital fruit fly program
/0 Comments/in Media Releases /by Suzanna SheedIndependent Member for Shepparton District Suzanna Sheed has called on the Minister for Agriculture Jaclyn Symes to continue funding for an anti-fruit fly initiative that is vital to the economic health of her region and that of the wider State of Victoria. “Funding is scheduled to cease in June 2020 for the Goulburn Murray Valley […]
Sheed calls on Victorian Government to take a stand on water policy
/0 Comments/in Media Releases /by Suzanna SheedIndependent member for the Shepparton District Suzanna Sheed this week again called on Water Minister Lisa Neville and the state government to protect Victorian water users and the local environment from mismanagement of the Murray Darling Basin Plan. “It is time the Victorian government stood up to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority and the federal government,” […]
Sheed calls on Victorian Government to finalise Bypass business case
/0 Comments/in Media Releases /by Suzanna SheedIndependent Member for Shepparton Suzanna Sheed has called on the Victorian Government and Minister for Transport Infrastructure Jacinta Allan to finalise the business case for the long-awaited Shepparton Bypass Stage One. “We have been waiting over two decades for this vital piece of infrastructure which will ultimately duplicate the Goulburn Valley Highway to the New […]
Victorian Water Minister claims other jurisdictions “in breach of the law” on water
/0 Comments/in Media Releases /by Suzanna SheedIndependent Member for Shepparton District Suzanna Sheed questioned the Victorian Minister for Water Lisa Neville this week in Parliament and received an emphatic response that other governments and their departments were not playing by the rules. “At the ministerial council meeting of water ministers in December 2018 a much lauded agreement was reached by ministers […]
Sheed calls on Federal Coalition to support Private Members’ Bill
/0 Comments/in Media Releases /by Suzanna SheedIndependent Member for the Shepparton District Suzanna Sheed has called on Federal Environment Minister The Hon. Sussan Ley MP and all other coalition members to support the three National Party members in the federal parliament in their efforts to get more water on the market for farmers. In December, NSW Senator Perin Davey, Member for […]
Sheed welcomes minister’s commitment to water market transparency
/0 Comments/in Media Releases /by Suzanna SheedShepparton District Suzanna Sheed has welcomed plans by the Victorian Minister for Water, Lisa Neville, to achieve greater transparency in the water market. “This is a good start to fixing many of the perceived problems in the water market,” Ms Sheed said. “Without transparency, we are left to guess at what has been happening and […]