Independent Member for Shepparton District Suzanna Sheed has called on the Minister for Training and Skills Gayle Tierney to visit Shepparton’s GOTAFE campus to see why it is worthy of an $86 million investment. Ms Sheed said Shepparton’s GOTAFE needed the funds to modernise the campus and continue offering students education in a fit-for-purpose building. […]

Member for Shepparton Suzanna Sheed has criticised the Federal Government for cancelling the scheduled meeting of water ministers in Adelaide this week. MINco, where state water ministers meet to discuss the vital issues regarding the Murray-Darling basin and which usually meets twice a year, will not have its planned November meeting. “I am deeply concerned […]

In parliament today, Independent Member for Shepparton District Suzanna Sheed aired concerns that the pandemic has had a devastating impact on the job security of women in the district. Ms Sheed highlighted that the number of people employed in Greater Shepparton fell 18 per cent from February last year to September this year. “The pandemic […]

Independent Member for Shepparton District Suzanna Sheed will today vote against the passage of the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021 in parliament. Ms Sheed said the bill was only made publicly available yesterday and a last-minute briefing by the government was given late Monday evening, with a view to the bill […]

In Parliament this week, Independent Member for Shepparton District Suzanna welcomed the Children, Youth and Families Amendment (Child Protection) Bill 2021. Ms Sheed said the bill includes further Aboriginal child placement principles, more advice and assistance when there is concern for the wellbeing of an unborn child, prevention of witnesses in family violence being personally […]