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Victoria’s COVID-19 quarantine
/0 Comments/in Parliament /by Suzanna SheedQuestion without notice: My question is for the Premier. We are faced with the dilemma of choosing between the return of Australians from overseas into hotel quarantine in major cities like Melbourne, with all the consequent risks and the possibility of further major impacts on our economy at every level and on our schoolchildren, who […]
Spent Convictions Bill 2020
/0 Comments/in Parliament /by Suzanna SheedI rise to make a contribution on the Spent Convictions Bill 2020. The bill will establish a scheme for eligible convictions to become protected from disclosure on a person’s criminal record after a period without reoffending. As someone who spent 15 years as an independent children’s lawyer and examined many police records in the process of looking […]
Education and Training Reform Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2020
/0 Comments/in Parliament /by Suzanna SheedI rise to make a contribution on the Education and Training Reform Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2020. In doing so, I will first of all just set out some of the things that the bill is seeking to do, and that is: to clarify and enhance the existing powers of the Victorian Institute of Teaching with respect […]
Shepparton Bypass
/0 Comments/in Parliament /by Suzanna SheedAdjournment debate: My adjournment is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. The action I seek is for the minister to release the business case for the Shepparton bypass. The Shepparton bypass is an important safety and freight project for our region, allowing for a second river crossing of the Goulburn River north of Shepparton. It […]
Budget Reply 2020-21
/0 Comments/in Parliament /by Suzanna SheedI rise to make a contribution on the take-note motion. It would be fair to say that last year we found ourselves in very extraordinary circumstances, and we were all shocked by the impact of the bushfires along the eastern seaboard over that Christmas and new year period. Then we were faced with a worldwide […]
Murray-Darling Basin Plan
/0 Comments/in Parliament /by Suzanna SheedMembers Statement: On 18 December 2018 water ministers, both federal and state, lauded the agreement they had reached on establishing a socio-economic test for the recovery of water under the Murray-Darling Basin plan. On that day hundreds of farmers from across the southern basin marched from Southern Cross station to the steps of the Park […]
Summary Offences Amendment (Decriminalisation of Public Drunkenness) Bill 2020
/0 Comments/in Parliament /by Suzanna SheedI rise to speak in support of this legislation, the Summary Offences Amendment (Decriminalisation of Public Drunkenness) Bill 2020, which seeks to repeal the public drunkenness offences in the Summary Offences Act 1966 and related powers of arrest as well as making some consequential amendments to the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 and the Bail Act 1977. This is […]
Seasonal Workers
/0 Comments/in Parliament /by Suzanna SheedQuestion without notice – My question is for the Premier. It is becoming clear that in order to harvest our fruit and vegetable crops in the Goulburn Valley producers will need access to Pacific Islander workers under the federal government’s Pacific Islander seasonal workers program. My question for the Premier is: what is your government […]
Victorian State Government procurement process – Regional Victorian Businesses
/0 Comments/in Parliament /by Suzanna SheedConstituency Question – My constituency question is to the Minister for Government Services. Minister, what is the government doing to support regional Victorian businesses to manufacture and grow jobs locally through the government’s procurement system? It is good to see that the government has created this new portfolio. As the independent member for Shepparton, a […]
Shepparton Festival
/0 Comments/in Parliament /by Suzanna SheedThe Shepparton Festival will hold its 25th anniversary event next year in winter. Titled ‘Unify 2021’ it will be held across the Goulburn Valley from 11 to 27 June. The tagline ‘Unique events in unusual places’ has us all intrigued. Shepparton Festival general manager Louise Tremper says the festival committee is looking forward to delivering […]