Member Statement: Many businesses in my region are doing it hard too, but those who have been able to pivot, who have been able to do takeaway food, who have looked hard at their situations have done some remarkable things. We are also in a time when our dairy farmers at the moment—can you believe—are doing […]

 Adjournment: My adjournment is for the Minister for Health, and the action I seek is that he allocates funding from the Regional Health Infrastructure Fund for an early parenting centre in Shepparton. It was clear from the Victorian state budget 2021–22 last week that the $6.25 million in funding required for the mother-baby unit, which […]

Members Statement: The Shepparton Festival is being prepared to start next month. After the disappointment of its cancellation due to COVID last year, the community is looking forward to being together again to celebrate everything that makes our community unique. The Shepparton Festival brings our community together in so many ways, and it is great […]

Members Statement: The Shepparton English Language Centre will not be closing, contrary to recent scaremongering. With less migration in Shepparton this year, some of the teachers in the Shepparton English Language Centre will temporarily be moved to supporting other schools in our district.

Motion by leave: I desire to move, by leave that this house notes that non-government business is an essential part of ensuring a responsible and representative Parliament in any Westminster system and currently Victoria’s Legislative Assembly is the only lower house in Australia that does not provide meaningful opportunities for non-government members to move motions […]