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Also available are full lists of all debates and other items on which Robert Clark has
spoken in Parliament since 1991:
- 56th
Parliament (sittings Dec 2006 - )
- 55th
Parliament (sittings Feb 2003 - Oct 2006)
- 54th
Parliament (sittings Nov 1999 - Oct 2002)
- 53rd
Parliament (sittings May 1996 - May 1999)
- 52nd
Parliament (sittings Oct 1992 - Nov 1995)
- 1991
and 1992 (sitings Mar 1991 - Nov 1992)
Shadow Portfolio areas
- Attorney-General
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
ON SUPERVISION ORDER EXTENSION - 15 Apr 08
* Sunset
on Criminal Procedure Bill a win for community - 13 Mar 08
COALITION ACTS TO
PROTECT COMMUNITY AGAINST SOFTER SENTENCES - 13 Mar 08
* Senate
Elections Bill withdrawal risks disputed elections (part 1), (part
2) - 12 Mar 08
* CLASSIFICATION
(PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) (ENFORCEMENT) AMENDMENT BILL - 26 Feb 08
* Infringements
and other Acts Amendment Bill - 6 Feb 08
* Crimes
Amendment (Child Homicide) Bill - 6 Feb 08
* Freedom
of Information Amendment Bill - 5 Feb 08
VICTORIA’S COURTS
SLOW AND EXPENSIVE - 31 Jan 08
“CHARTER” EXTENSION CREATES RED TAPE, NOT RIGHTS
- 31 Dec 07
* CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL - 6 Dec 07
CORONER'S DUMPING SHOWS NEED FOR INDEPENDENCE - 4 Dec 07
* Police
Regulation Amendment Bill - 22 Nov 07
* CRIMES AMENDMENT (RAPE) BILL - Legislative Council amendments - 21 Nov 07
* Supreme Court redevelopment delays - 9 Oct 07
* WORKING WITH CHILDREN AMENDMENT BILL - 20 Sep 07
* Need
for a Victorian anti-corruption commission - 19 Sep 07
* Government cuts to Appeal Costs Funds - 18 Sep 07
* CRIMES AMENDMENT (RAPE) BILL - 18 Sep 07
* CONFISCATION AMENDMENT BILL - 23 Aug 07
* Government inaction on family violence measures - 21 Aug 07
'DECISIVE' GOVERNMENT DELAYS WHILE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS SUFFER - 13
Aug 07
* LEGAL PROFESSION AMENDMENT (EDUCATION) BILL - 9 Aug 07
* SUMMARY OFFENCES AMENDMENT (UPSKIRTING) BILL - 8 Aug 07
BRACKS' DELAY MEANS 500,000 VIOLENCE VICTIMS MISS OUT ON PROTECTION - 19
Jul 07
* Courts: lack of security - 17 Jul 07
GOVERNMENT MUST ACT NOW TO EXTEND PROTECTION ORDERS - 2 Jul 07
* MAGISTRATES' COURT AND CORONERS ACTS AMENDMENT BILL - 21 Jun 07
* WILLS AMENDMENT BILL - 21 Jun 07
AUDITOR-GENERAL EXPOSES SERIOUS COURT SECURITY PROBLEMS - 20 Jun 07
* CRIMES AMENDMENT (DNA DATABASE) BILL - 20 Jun 07
* STATUTE LAW REVISION BILL - 20 Jun 07
* COURTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (JUDICIAL EDUCATION AND OTHER MATTERS) BILL -
7 Jun 07
* PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AMENDMENT BILL - 6 Jun 07
* STATUTE LAW REPEALS BILL - 1 May 07
* Legal Profession Amendment Bill - 19 Apr 07
* Victims
of Crime Assistance Amendment Bill - 13 Mar 07
* Public
Prosecutions Amendment Bill - 27 Feb 07
COURT OF APPEAL REBUFFS
LABOR'S EASTLINK COVERUP - 13 Feb 07
* Interpretation
of Legislation Amendment Bill - 13 Feb 07
- Energy and Resources
ANSWERS NEEDED ON
BLACKOUT DELAYS - 4 Apr 08
* Rising electricity and gas prices - 5 Dec 07
* Gas market congestion charge - 4 Dec 07
LABOR’S PEAK DEMAND
FAILURE DRIVES UP POWER PRICES - 30 Nov 07
* NATIONAL ELECTRICITY (VICTORIA) AMENDMENT BILL - 20 Nov 07
* VICTORIAN ENERGY EFFICIENCY TARGET BILL - 20 Nov 07
* ELECTRICITY SAFETY AMENDMENT BILL - 30 Oct 07
* ENERGY LEGISLATION FURTHER AMENDMENT BILL - 9 Oct 07
BRUMBY MUST ACT URGENTLY ON SECURITY THREAT TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES - 3
Sep 07
* ENERGY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL - 18 Jul 07
* Electricity supply shortages - question - 6 Jun 07
* Electricity supply shortages - 6 Jun 07
* CLIMATE CHANGE: NATIONAL EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME - 23 May 07
* Nuclear energy: government policy - 2 May 07
NUCLEAR PLEBISCITE
OVERTURNED - 19 Apr 07
* Nuclear
Activities (Prohibitions) Amendment (Plebiscite) Bill - 14 Mar 07
* National
Generators Forum emissions study - 28 Feb 07
- Industrial Relations
* Industrial
action increasing in Victoria due to Labor's distain for workers - 13 Mar 08
VICTORIA
– THE STRIKE CAPITAL OF THE NATION UNDER BRUMBY - 13 Mar 08
HULLS AT ODDS WITH
FEDERAL LABOR’S NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS - 15 Feb 08
HULLS REBUFFS
GILLARD ON UNIFORM IR SYSTEM - 12 Feb 08
BRUMBY BACKS DOWN ON WORKER CASH PAYMENTS, BUT RADICAL IR LAWS CONTINUE
- 1
Nov 07
* EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AMENDMENT (FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES) BILL - 31 Oct 07
* EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AMENDMENT (FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES) BILL (cont'd) - 31
Oct 07
* VICTORIAN WORKERS' WAGES PROTECTION BILL 30 Oct 07
* VICTORIAN WORKERS' WAGES PROTECTION BILL (cont'd) - 30 Oct 07
* Benefits flow from Federal IR reforms - 30 Oct 07
BRUMBY'S RADICAL
IR LAWS BAD FOR EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS - 30 Oct 07
* OUTWORKERS AND CONTRACTORS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL - 19 Jul 07
HULLS REFUSES INVESTIGATION OF WORKDIRECTIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
- 1 Jun 07
* EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AMENDMENT BILL - 3 May 07
Former portfolio areas
- Information and Communication Technology
(until 16 Aug 2007)
LABOR AXES CHIEF
INFORMATION OFFICER - 2 Feb 07
- State Economy
(until 6 Dec 2006)
Victoria has problems despite Brumby's
bluster - 16 Sep 06
* Victorian
economy and government's economic record - 13 Sep 06
BRACKS PUTS THE BRAKES
ON VICTORIA - 6 Sep 06
* Workchoices
legislation and labour market reform - 9 Aug 06
* Government
lagging on reform agenda - 19 July 06
WE'RE STILL IN A RED
TAPE BIND - 13 July 06
* Under
performance of Victorian economy - 8 June 06
A BAD WEEK FOR
THE VICTORIAN ECONOMY - 24 March 06
BRACKS' POOR
RECORD ON TAX AND THE ECONOMY - 20 Mar 06
EXPORTS AND
INVESTMENT IN TROUBLE UNDER BRACKS - 1 Mar 06
* Weakness
in Victorian economy - 9 Feb 06
THE ECONOMY BRACKS
DOES NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT - 4 Jan 06
NO LONGER THE
PLACE TO BE - VICTORIANS KEEP ON LEAVING - 9 Dec 05
EXPORTS &
PUBLIC INVESTMENT LAG UNDER COMPLACENT LABOR - 7 Dec 05
BUSINESSES
CONTINUE THUMBS DOWN FOR BRACKS GOVERNMENT - 29 Nov 05
UAV DEFENCE
CONTRACT - BITTER REMINDER & SECOND CHANCE - 18 Nov 2005
VICTORIA'S ECONOMY
LAGS UNDER LABOR - 9 Nov 2005
+ Bracks' words are hollow on
"third wave" reforms (AFR) - 18 Aug 05
Bracks' reform talk must
be backed by action - 14 Aug 05
* Economic
performance of rural and regional Victoria - MPI - 20 July 05
Victoria's growth
lags nation as exports slump - 1 June 05
Business confidence
dives in Victoria under Labor - 31 May 05
* Increase
in Victorian unemployment rate - question - 9 Dec 04
* Net
migration out of Victoria - question - 9 Dec 04
* Rising
Victorian unemployment levels - question - 8 Dec 04
* Textiles,
clothing and footwear industry tariffs - question - 1 Dec 04
* Victorian
economy lagging - 16 Nov 04
Low investment drags
down Victorian economy - 12 Nov 04
National Accounts:
more signs of slippage - 1 Sep 04
Sensis survey shows
Victoria lags behind - 31 Aug 04
Capital spending figures
show Victoria is still slipping - 26 Aug 04
Sensis survey shows
Victorian business is suffering - 26 May 04
* Bracks'
disingenuous criticism of Commonwealth budget - 12 May 04
Commonwealth budget -
good news for Victorian families - 12 May 04
* Government's
Economic Statement - debate - 21 Apr 04
* Government's
export target - question - 20 Apr 04
Economic Statement:
Victoria needs action, not spin - 14 Apr 04
Victorian economy
holding back the nation - 3 Mar 04
+ Why Brumby was
worried (The Age) - 5 Feb 04
Bracks' image focus hurts Vic economy - 4 Feb 04
Victoria's growth
trails the nation: new ABS stats - 3 Dec 03
* Wrong
and other Acts (Law of Negligence) Bill - 19 Nov 03
Victoria's economic
growth below national average - 12 Nov 03
* Professional
Standards Bill - 5 Nov 03
Access Economics:
Victoria's economic slide to continue - 3 Oct 03
Victorian economy
running last - 2 Sept 03
Victorian Liberals
welcome housing affordability inquiry - 4 Aug 03
Victorian economy
slips further - 4 June 03
Bracks knocks back
chance to speed through urgent insurance legislation - 21 May 03
* Wrongs
and Limitation of Actions Acts (Insurance Reforms) Bill - 21 May 03
Growth forecast cut
adds to slippage fears - 4 Mar 03
Government dithers as
building industry faces crunch - 22 Oct 02
Labor rejects key
improvement to "too little too late" public liability Bill - 9 Oct 02
* Wrongs
and Other Acts (Public Liability Insurance Reform) Bill - 8 Oct 02
Labor's "cop
out" on public liability does little to cut insurance costs - 12 Sep 02
Liberals release public
liability and insurance reform package - 9 Sep 02
Public
liability and insurance - Liberal reform initiatives (pdf)
Nunawading basketball
latest victim of Gov't inaction - 6 Aug 02
+ Victoria losing economic pace - 8 July 02
Public liability:
taxpayers bear risk for Gov't inaction - 30 June 02
Public liability: Gov't
inaction forces scramble for cover - 25 June 02
Spring legislation too late for
insurance crisis - 19 June 02
Gov't accepts Opposition
concerns on HIH legislation - 7 June 02
Opposition demands Gov't
act on public liability insurance - 1 June 02
* Public
liability insurance - matter of public importance 5 June 02
* Public
liability insurance for sport and adventure activities - 9 May 02
* Government
business statement - 23 Apr 02
Public Liability -
Lenders continues inaction and buckpassing - 27 Mar 02
* Public
liability insurance - Response to Ministerial Statement - 26 Mar 02
Government talk about liability plan is too
late for many - 20 Mar 02
Talk about insurance help is too
late and too narrow - 20 Mar 02
* House
Contract Guarantee (HIH Further Amendment) Bill - Council Amdts - 19 Mar 02
Home insurance: consumers bear burden of
Government inaction - 13 Mar 02
Public liability insurance -
"Time for Action" proposals - 24 Feb 02
Public liability - it's "Time for
Action" - 24 Feb 02
Government holds home owners hostage over HIH
legislation - 5 Dec 01
* House
Contracts Guarantee (HIH Further Amendment) Bill - Council Amdts - 29 Nov 01
* House
Contracts Guarantee (HIH Further Amendment) Bill - C'tee stage - 29 Nov 01
Opposition acts against retrospective loss
of HIH rights - 28 Nov 01
* House
Contracts Guarantee (HIH Further Amendment) Bill - 27 Nov 01
Lowest economic growth since Cain and Kirner
- 16 Nov 01
Infrastructure lags as Bracks hails yet
another report - 18 Oct 01
* Need
for infrastructure investment - 17 Oct 01
* Delay
in Infrastructure Planning Council report - question - 17 Oct 01
* Ansett
collapse - 19 Sep 01
Robert Clark appointed as Shadow Treasurer -
13 Sep 01
- State Finances
(until 6 Dec 2006)
* Government's
mismanagement of State finances - 4 Oct 06
* Treasurer's
failure to answer questions on notice - 4 Oct 06
HOMEBUYERS SLUGGED TO
PAY FOR SPENDING BLOWOUTS - 3 Oct 06
* State
Taxation Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill - 3 Oct 06
LABOR LEAKS ITS OWN
FIGURES: FEES AND CHARGES TO SOAR - 13 Sep 06
* Timing
of release of Pre Election Budget Update - 12 Sep 06
LABOR CAUGHT OUT ON
WASTE - 13 Sep 06
+ COAG's reality bites - 17 July 06
5,291 FEES, FINES AND
CHARGES INCREASE TOMORROW - 30 June 06
* State
Taxation (Reductions and Concessions) Bill - 7 June 06
* Mismanagement
exposed by Snowy Hydro sale cessation - grievance - 7 June 06
* Appropriation
(Parliament 2006/07) Bill - 6 June 06
* Appropriation
(2006/07) Bill - 1 June 06
+ A budget of squandered opportunities and
rising debt - 31 May 06
+ Victorian budget: services slide despite big
spending - 31 May 06
LABOR'S MASSIVE DEBT
RISE - 30 May 06
YET ANOTHER BRACKS
TAX - 4 May 06
* Development
tax - question without notice - 4 May 06
* Government
mismanagement - matter of public importance - 3 May 06
* PAEC
2004-05 Budget Outcomes Report - 3 May 06
* Financial
Management (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill - 3 May 06
OUT-OF-TOUCH
BRACKS SEEKS TO RULE OUT TAX CUTS FOR UPCOMING BUDGET - 3 May 06
* Land
tax on trusts - 2 May 06
ALL-PARTY
COMMITTEE EXPOSES BRACKS' MISMANAGEMENT - 28 Apr 06
* PAEC
2005-06 Estimates Report - 5 Apr 06
* Valuation
of Land (Amendment) Bill - 5 Apr 06
* Land
taxes increases for Ashwood couple - 4 Apr 06
LIBERAL PLAN - A BETTER
WAY OF DELIVERING PUBLIC SERVICES - 3 Apr 06
BRUMBY USES
GRAND PRIX TO DUMP FEES AND FINES LISTS - 31 Mar 06
VICTORIA'S GST
WINDFALL LEAVES NO EXCUSES FOR BRUMBY - 31 Mar 06
* Land
tax increases - DeMar Timber and Hardware - 28 Mar 06
BRUMBY BACKFLIPS ON
ARTHUR'S HOTEL LAND TAX BILL - 27 March 06
STAMP DUTY, GRANTS &
STOCK MARKET KEEP CASH FLOWING FOR BRUMBY - 10 Mar 06
* Estimates
committee hearings - 2 Mar 06
* Government
mismanagement - 1 Mar 06
* PAEC
report on public sector corporate governance - 1 Mar 06
* Land
tax increases - question 28 Feb 06
* Land
tax increases - 28 Feb 06
MASSIVE LAND TAX
INCREASE HITS ARTHUR'S HOTEL - 22 Feb 06
LAND TAX
ASSESSMENTS - HERE WE GO AGAIN - 14 Feb 06
PRODUCTIVITY
REPORT REVEALS BRACKS GOVERNMENT MISMANAGEMENT - 31 Jan 06
VICTORIANS WON'T
HOLD THEIR BREATH FOR BRACKS TO REVEAL FEES - 3 Jan 06
LABOR POSITIONS
ITSELF FOR ANOTHER TAX ON MOTORISTS - 31 Dec 05
WELCOME TO 2006 -
TAXES AND CHARGES RISE FROM TOMORROW - 31 Dec 05
FIRST HOME BUYING
MORE EXPENSIVE FROM 1 JANUARY - Dec 05
BUDGET UPDATE:
HIGH TAXING, SPENDING BLOWOUTS CONTINUE - 14 Dec 05
TRAIN, TRAM FARE
RISES - COMMUTERS PAY MORE, GET LESS - 7 Dec 05
* Superannuation
Legislation (Governance Reform) Bill - 16 Nov 05
* Developer
levy burden on young families - question - 16 Nov 05
* New
developer levy - question - 16 Nov 05
BRUMBY'S TAXING
SPREE CONTINUES - FEES, FINES, TAXES UP - 15 Nov 05
* Delays
in paying teachers' superannuation - 15 Nov 05
Brumby's third try to
get trusts land tax scale right - 28 Oct 05
* Increases
in fees, fines and charges - question - 26 Oct 05
Brumby spends big on
bureaucrats - 26 Oct 05
Libs fix land tax error
for "Bungles Brumby" - 26 Oct 05
* Parking
tax extensions - question - 25 Oct 05
Brumby won't rule out
parking tax on residents - 25 Oct 05
Brumby bungles new
land tax "Dog's breakfast !" - 24 Oct 05
New parking tax - a
bureaucratic mess and you may be next - 24 Oct 05
* Congestion
Levy Bill - consideration in detail - 20 Oct 05
* Congestion
Levy Bill - second reading - 20 Oct 05
* Mineral
Resources Development (Brown Coal Royalties) Bill - second reading - 20 Oct 05
* Mines
(Aluminium Agreement) (Brown Coal Royalties) Bill - second reading - 20 Oct 05
Brumby stays silent on
trusts land tax - 19 Oct 05
* Land
Tax Bill - second reading - 18 Oct 05
High taxing, high
spending budget helped out by GST - 6 Oct 05
* Delay
in date for 2006 budget - question - 5 Oct 05
* Treasury
Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill - second reading - 5 Oct 05
Brumby "too
busy" to deliver budget on time - 5 Oct 05
* Delay
in details of new land tax on trusts - question - 4 Oct 05
* Car
park tax in Victorian regional centres - question - 4 Oct 05
* Cost
of report on income tax issues - question - 13 Sep 05
Brumby urges tax reform,
but what about Victorian taxes? - 12 Sep 05
* Reported
proposals for $30k new homes services tax - 8 Sep 05
New land tax law silent
about tax on trusts - 8 Sep 05
+ Tax
reform begins at home (The Age) - 6 Sep 05
Labor's $30,000 services
tax will make homes unaffordable - 21 Aug 05
Labor' stamp duty backdown - trusts tax must follow - 11 Aug 05
* Deteriorating
performance of State Revenue Office - 9 Aug 05
NSW abolishes vendor
duty, now the pressure's on Brumby - 2 Aug 05
Report exposes Bracks
phoney parking tax claims - 27 July 05
Pensioners to cop $7,600
bill for Brumby's new land tax - 25 July 05
Bracks grabs more duty
from vendor terms sales - 21 July 05
* Land
tax on trusts threatens large increases - 20 July 05
* Increases
in land tax burden - question - 20 July 05
+ Reforming infrastructure and
service provision (The Age) - 12 July 05
Brumby's new $6,000
property tax - 29 June 05
Bracks slack on paying
bills - 22 June 05
* Disclosure
of legal advice on stamp duty changes - question - 16 June 05
* Land
tax refund cheque delays - question - 16 June 05
* Disclosure
of legal advice on stamp duty changes - point of order - 16 June 05
* Health
Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill - second reading - 16 June 05
More Bracks tax stings
on property owners - 16 June 05
* State
Taxation Acts (General Amendment) Bill - second reading and consideration in detail -
15 June 05
* PAEC
04-05 estimates report recommendations rejected - 15 June 05
* Emergency
Services Superannuation (Amendment) Bill - second reading - 25 May 05
* Energy
Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill - second reading - 25 May 05
Brumby's land tax hoax -
Labor forced to admit increases - 20 May 05
* "A
Fairer Victoria" - MPI - 18 May 05
+ Victorian budget raises national tax,
infrastructure and debt issues (AFR) - 5 May 05
* Land
tax increase for retiree - question - 5 May 05
* Land
tax increase for Dandenong business - question - 5 May 05
* Budget
Reply speech (Hansard) or edited text with
charts - 5 May 05
+ Budget:
Lots of promises, few solutions (The Age) - 4 May 05
Labor fails again on
land tax - 4 May 05
* Budget
land tax measures - question - 3 May 05
State budget: Labor must
take responsibility - 2 May 05
+ Land tax crisis is due to government policy
(The Age) - 21 Apr 05
* Land
tax increases - MPI - 20 Apr 05
* PAEC
03-04 outcomes report shows gov't failures - 20 Apr 05
Brumby's pokie slug
risks a "lose-lose" outcome - 14 Apr 05
+ Land tax crisis: Bracks just doesn't get it
(Young Liberal Movement) - April 05
+ Deciding our infrastructure needs and
spending (AFR) - 8 Apr 05
What Labor must do
urgently about land tax - 5 Apr 05
* Lindsay
Fox on land tax relief - question - 24 Mar 05
* Land
tax hurts single mother - 23 Mar 05
* Land
tax relief to ordinary Victorians - question - 23 Mar 05
Budget surplus shows
Labor can afford land tax cuts - 22 Mar 05
* Land
tax relief before State budget - question - 22 Mar 05
+ Rethinking how governments provide services
(Victorian Liberal Students Association) - Feb 05
Bracks' land tax forces
Whitehorse Inn to close - 15 Feb 05
Access Economics sound
budget warning for Brumby - 6 Feb 05
Productivity report
exposes Bracks Government mismanagement - 28 Jan 05
Valuation changes to hit
property owners - 19 Jan 05
Quarterly financial
report - high taxing, high spending continue - 24 Dec 04
Commonwealth rescues
budget from Brumby's spending blowouts - 15 Dec 04
Latest figures show more
land tax increases to come - 12 Dec 04
* PAEC
2004-05 Estimates report and rising public servant numbers - 1 Dec 04
* PAEC
2004-05 Estimates report and government non-disclosure - 17 Nov 04
* Scoresby
can be afforded without tolls - 14 Oct 04
* Building
Scoresby without tolls - question - 13 Oct 04
Budget result leaves no
excuses for Scoresby toll - 13 Oct 04
* Parliamentary
Superannuation Legislation (Reform) Bill - second reading - 13 Oct 04
* False
claims by Treasurer - 16 Sep 04
* National
Competition Policy payments - 15 Sep 04
* PAEC
Budget Outcomes report 2002-03 - 15 Sep 04
* Parliamentary
Salaries and Superannuation (Amendment) Bill - second reading - 14 Sep 04
It's
official - Bracks Government pays its bills late - 17 Aug 04
+ If this is
Bracks' best, Victoria is in trouble (The Age) - 3 Aug 04
Victoria's AAA rating
paid for with higher taxes - 26 July 04
* Appointment
of auditor of Auditor-General - 2 June 04
* State
Taxation Acts (Tax Reform) Bill - second reading - 2 June 2004
* Financial
Management (Amendment) Bill - second reading - 1 June 2004
* Treasurer's
factual errors in capital works and payroll tax claims - 27 May 04
Auditor-General's
reports confirm Bracks just can't manage - 26 May 04
* Stamp
duty: ex gratia relief on marriage breakdown - 25 May 04
Brumby's budget slugs
business $80 million a year - 19 May 04
* Appropriation
(Parliament 2004/05) Bill - 13 May 04
* Auditor-General's
report - question - 12 May 04
* Budget
Reply speech (Hansard) or edited
text with charts (pdf 206k) - 6 May 04
+ Families
are still hurting, Mr Treasurer (The Age) - 6 May 04
* Land
tax increases - question - 6 May 04
* Budget:
Commonwealth funding - question - 6 May 04
* Budget
and Scoresby freeway - question - 5 May 04
Victorians still slugged
on stamp duty and other taxes - 4 May 04
State budget: what to
expect and what is needed - 2 May 04
* Further
on land tax increases despite "cuts" - 22 Apr 04
* Land
tax increases despite "cuts" - 22 Apr 04
Small and medium
business dudded on land tax - 22 Apr 04
* Land
Tax (Amendment) Bill - second reading - 20 Apr 04
* Further
land tax increases - 1 Apr 04
Bracks Government
seeks unlimited powers to increase fees - 31 Mar 04
* Monetary
Units Bill - second reading 31 Mar 04
Brumby's sneaky late
night cash grab to hike up charges - 5 Mar 04
* Land
tax increases - 4 Mar 04
Mid-year report: more
taxes, more blowouts, squeeze ahead - 2 Mar 04
Stamp duty relief in
Queensland - stamp duty ripoff in Victoria - 24 Feb 04
Brumby opens way to $900
million black hole - 5 Feb 04
Stamp duty relief for
Queensland - but Victorians still fork out - 29 Jan 04
Bracks Government uses
tax office report for its own propaganda - 21 Jan 04
Productivity
Commission confirms Bracks stamp duty ripoff - 18 Dec 03
Budget Update: Bracks =
taxes up + spending blowouts - 4 Dec 03
* Gov't
mismanagement: tax increases and service cuts - 26 Nov 03
* Improper
funds transfer to DOI - question - 26 Nov 03
+ Victoria - state of bad management
(The Age) - 22 Nov 03
Auditor-General warns:
Victoria's finances under threat - 20 Nov 03
Bracks still relying on
stamp duty slug to prop up budget - 17 Nov 03
* State
Taxation Acts (Further Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill - 5 Nov 03
* Annual
Financial Report - variations in items - 30 Oct 03
Tax slugs save budget
from deficit despite spending blowouts - 27 Oct 03
* First
Home Owner Scheme - question - 16 Oct 03
Brumby's inaction on
home grants exposed - 15 Oct 03
* First
Home Owner Scheme - Gov't mishandling - 15 Oct 03
* First
Home Owner Scheme - need for disclosure - 14 Oct 03
* Commonwealth
funding for Victoria - 8 Oct 03
Wages bill blowout
puts more pressure on budget - 26 Sept 03
* Damage
from retrospective removal of trainees payroll tax exemption - 18 Sept 03
* Superannuation
Acts (Family Law) Bill - 17 Sept 03
Fines, fees go up in
new Bracks cash grab - 30 June 03
Labor's wage's blowout
threatens further cuts to services - 26 June 03
* State
Taxation Acts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill - c'tee debate - 5 June 03
* State
Taxation Acts (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill - second reading - 4 June 03
* Appropriation
(Parliament 2003/2004) Bill - 4 June 03
Labor's latest tax
target - franchisees and service companies - 3 June 03
* Audit
(Amendment) Bill - 21 May 03
Opposition response to
2003-04 State Budget - 8 May 03
* Budget
reply speech - complete - 8 May 03 [view
table and charts; download
speech, table and charts (pdf, 231kb)]
* Budget
commitment to only 8 out of 51 capital works promises - question - 7 May 03
+ Where has all the money gone? (The
Age) - 7 May 03
* SRO
demanding duty on value of tenants' fixtures - 10 Apr 03
* Pay-roll
Tax (Maternity and Adoption Leave Exemption) Bill 27 Mar 03
* The
challenges ahead for Victoria's finances - 27 Feb 03
Labor can't blame
drought for budget difficulties - 6 Feb 03
Budget update confirms
high taxing and spending blowouts - 15 Jan 03
Liberals'
commitments costed, affordable, responsible - 28 Nov 02
Brumby
should take heed of ALP web site - 27 Nov 02
Bracks
ad a con - 25 Nov 02
Liberals
to give stamp duty relief - 22 Nov 02
- Stamp
Duty - Time for relief (MS Word)
Some
fact behind the rhetoric - 18 Nov 02
Time
for Labor to tell the truth about its spending - 18 Nov 02
Labor's
spending growing faster than earnings - 16 Nov 02
Figures
confirm Labor can't control its spending - 15 Nov 02
Labor must publish its
election costings - 11 Nov 02
Brumby's canards
continue - 10 Nov 02
Premier ducks for cover
on overseas shares punt - 17 Oct 02
* Non-disclosure
of overseas investment losses - question - 17 Oct 02
Brumby's overseas share
market punt goes wrong - 16 Oct 02
* Losses
from increased overseas investments - question - 16 Oct 02
Unfunded liabilities
still under wraps - 10 Oct 02
* Public
sector superannuation quarterly report - question - 9 Oct 02
Lenders' answer puts
Brumby on spot - 8 Oct 02
* Public
sector superannuation losses - question - 8 Oct 02
Brumby boasts as tax
slug continues - 1 July 02
* Appropriation
(Parliament 2002/03) Bill - 5 June 02
* State
Taxation Acts (Further Tax Reform) Bill - 29 May 02
* Opposition
Budget Reply - 16 May 02
Budget spending fails to
deliver results - 16 May 02
* State
Taxation Legislation (Further Amendment) Bill - 15 May 02
+ Victoria loses momentum as tax ripoff
continues (Herald Sun) - 9 May 02
+ Time for a reality check on Bracks' budget myths
(The Age) - 8 May 02
Budget: the tax slug
continues - 7 May 02
* Land
tax on small business - question - 23 Apr 02
Labor's business
statement brings little joy - 22 Apr 02
Tax rip-off must stop
- 20 Apr 02
Bracks to hand out tax
crumbs earlier - 17 Apr 02
* Melbourne
City Link (Further Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill - 16 Apr 02
* Loan
to Central City Studios - question - 28 Mar 02
* Audit
(Further Amendment) Bill - Council Amdts - 27 Mar 02
Tax increase threat adds to Brumby's ripoff -
22 Mar 02
Bracks continues high taxing, uncontrolled
spending - 15 Mar 02
Spendthrift Government continues to slug
Victorians - 15 Jan 02
* Audit
(Further Amendment) Bill - C'tee stage - 29 Nov 01
* Audit
(Further Amendment) Bill - 27 Nov 01
Audit changes raise fears of fines and
restricted access - 27 Nov 01
Bracks' stamp duty takes
all of Howard's home grant - 12 Nov 01
* State
Taxation Legislation (Amendment) Bill - 31 Oct 01
Annual financial results confirm
Labor's high taxes - 24 Oct 01
* Unclaimed
Moneys and Superannuation Legislation (Amendment) Bill - 16 Oct 01
* GST
rollback impact on States - question - 11 Oct 01
West bears brunt of Labor's stamp duty increases
- 11 Oct 01
* Tax
increases - grievance - 10 Oct 01
Brumby loses cool and attacks real
estate agents over stamp duty - 10 Oct 01
* Will
the Government reduce stamp duty - question - 9 Oct 01
* Increases
in stamp duty revenue - question - 9 Oct 01
Brumby humbug on First Home Owners Grant
- 5 Oct 01
Land tax: check your valuations now - 3
Oct 2001
* Taxation
increases under Labor governments - 18 Sep 01
Robert Clark appointed as Shadow Treasurer -
13 Sep 01
- GBEs, Partnerships and Industry Regulation
(until 6 Dec 2006)
ALL PARTY REPORT
EXPOSES "PARTNERSHIPS" FAILINGS - 4 Oct 06
* Victorian
Renewable Energy Bill - 9 Aug 06
* Mineral
Resources (Sustainable Development) Bill - 8 Aug 06
* Energy
Legislation (Hardship, Metering and other Matters) Bill - 8 Aug 06
* Snowy
Hydro Corporation (Parliamentary Approval) Bill - 20 July 06
* Hollow
claims on red tape reduction measures - 18 July 06
* Energy
Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill - 6 June 06
LIBERAL PLAN -
A BETTER WAY OF BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE - 19 Feb 06
BRACKS RELIES ON
SNOWY-HYDRO PRIVATISATION TO FUND SCHOOLS - 13 Feb 06
SECRET SCORESBY
DOCUMENTS - BRACKS TAKES LIBS TO COURT - 8 Dec 05
* Treasury
Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill - second reading - 5 Oct 05
* Emergency
services superannuation - question - 4 Oct 05
+ Scoresby:
the Liberals' case for changing gear (The Age) - 16 Sep 05
* Government
assistance to bio-tech industry - question - 8 Sep 05
* Pipelines
Bill - second reading - 7 Sep 05
* House
Contracts Guarantee (Amendment) Bill - second reading - 16 Aug 05
* Victorian
State Emergency Services Bill - second reading - 9 Aug 05
* Energy
Safe Victoria Bill - second reading - 19 July 05
* Gaming
Regulation (Public Lottery Licences) Bill - consideration in detail - 24 May 05
* Transport
Legislation (Further Amendment) Bill - second reading - 19 May 05
* National
Electricity (Victoria) Bill - second reading - 23 Mar 05
* Geothermal
Energy Resources Bill - second reading - 22 Mar 05
+ Why it is possible to remove
freeway tolls (Sunday Age) - 26 Dec 04
* Mitcham-Frankston
tollway environmental protection standards - 7 Dec 04
+ Victorian toll debate has national
significance (AFR) - 18 Nov 04
* Energy
Legislation (Amendment) Bill - second reading - 18 Nov 04
* Construction
Industry Long Service Leave (Amendment) Bill - second reading - 16 Nov 04
* Channel
deepening dredging contract issues - 11 Nov 04
* Electricity
Industry (Wind Energy Development) Bill - second reading - 10 Nov 04
Market ignores Brumby's
reckless sovereign risk claims - 8 Nov 04
* Flawed
government claims about Scoresby - 3 Nov 04
* Surplus
levels and Scoresby affordability claims - question - 3 Nov 04
Desperate Brumby peddles
flawed Scoresby advice - 3 Nov 04
Brumby talks down his
toll deal - 1 Nov 04
+ Yes, we can make the
Scoresby toll free (Herald Sun) - 21 Oct 04
* Essential
Services Commission (Amendment) Bill - second reading - 14 Oct 04
Labor's
"Independent" Competition Commission a sham - 26 Aug 04
* Victorian
Competition and Efficiency Commission establishment - 26 Aug 04
Victoria's reputation
slips further over Freight Australia - 29 July 04
* Treasury
and Finance Legislation (Amendment) Bill - 25 May 04
* Energy
Legislation (Regulatory Reform) Bill - 5 May 04
* Unclaimed
Moneys (Amendment) Bill - 2 Mar 04
* Gas
Industry (Residual Provisions)(Amendment) Bill - 2 Mar 04
Labor on wrong track with rail deal -
24 Feb 04
Brumby's review
exposes flaws in Labor's projects policy - 5 Dec 03
* Accident
Compensation and Transport Accident Acts (Amendment) Bill - 6 Nov 03
* Cemeteries
and Crematoria Bill - 9 Oct 03
* Port
Services (Port of Melbourne Reform) Bill - 30 Apr 03
Brumby must provide
facts on rail blowout - 14 Apr 03
* Losses
by public sector financial corporations - question - 25 Mar 03
+ Partnerless Victoria - why the
private sector won't dance with John Brumby (The Age) - 2 July 2002
Report confirms
reform benefits - 29 May 02
+ PPPs: the Policy v. Practice Gap (IQPC
conference) - 26 Feb 02
Brumby's double standards in attack on
private sector - 26 Feb 02
Victorian Energy as the Crossroads - 19 Feb 02
Unions bans and delays
the cause of electricity problems - 4 Jan 02
Thwaites' electricity excuses
- 3 Jan 02
* Energy
Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill - 28 Nov 01
* Treasurer's
role in appointment of URLC CEO - question - 28 Nov 01
Third State Government financial entity hits
losses - 16 Nov 01
End to Winter Power Bonus helps push Victoria to
Australia's highest inflation rate - 24 Oct 01
* Essential
Services Commission Bill - C'tee stage - 27 Sep 01
* Essential
Services Commission Bill - 25 Sep 01
* Essential
Services Commission Bill (cont'd) - 25 Sep 01
Robert Clark appointed as Shadow Treasurer -
13 Sep 01
- Gaming
(25th August 2002 to 13th December 2002)
Liberals'
plan for socially responsible gaming - 27 Nov 02
- The
Liberal Plan for Socially Responsible Gaming (MS Word)
Government's footy
tipping competition flops again - 29 Sep 02
Labor's pokie dependence
continues to grow - 26 Sep 02
Government owes answers
on underage gambling - 31 Aug 02
- Planning
(until 13th September 2001)
ResCode adds to planning uncertainty
- 29 Aug 01
+ The Victorian economy and building industry - a
broader context (Australian Institute of Building Surveyors conference) - 22 Aug 01
* Yarraville
development on hazardous waste site - 22 Aug 01
Bungled ResCode announcement fails to
answer key questions - 17 Aug 01
ResCode: No news is bad news - 14 Aug 01
+ ResCode: the good, the bad and the ugly
(Planning News) - July 01
+ ResCode: Tighter numbers but new
frustrations (Residents Voice) - July 01
* Builders'
futures threatened by insurance requirements - 12 June 01
* House
Contracts Guarantee (HIH) Bill - 5 June 01
* Building
(Single Dwellings) Bill (incl ResCode) - 30 May 01
Premier's new HIH announcement shows he
doesn't understand - 29 May 01
* Urban
Land Corporation (Amendment) Bill - 29 May 01
ResCode risks continuing planning
uncertainty - 24 May 01
HIH collapse: Government fumbles again -
12 May 01
HIH collapse: Government must act - 21 Apr 01
Waverley Park: Government must declare its
hand - 18 Apr 01
Support for Royal Exhibition Building
World Heritage listing - 3 Apr 01
Rochester residents need Minister Thwaites to do
his job - 2 Apr 01
VCAT: rules require too much case-by-case
judgment - 18 Feb 01
+ ResCode: Where to now? (Planning News)
- Feb 01
Report Slams Minister's 'Unworkable' ResCode
- 18 Jan 01
New building figures
catch Thwaites out - 5 Jan 01
Government again opposes covenant protections
- 30 Nov 00
* Building
(Legionella) Bill - 21 Nov 00
* Multi-storey
development in Whitehorse Road, Mont Albert - 16 Nov 00
Government opposes covenant protections for
residents - 1 Nov 00
* Ministerial
intervention: St Phillip Street, Brunswick - 26 Oct 00
Liberals move to strengthen covenant protections
- 25 Oct 00
* Heritage
(Amendment) Bill - 25 Oct 00
* Upper
Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Regional Strategy Plan - 4 Oct 00
+ ResCode: Radical Surgery Needed (Planning
News) - Sep 00
* Planning
and Environment (Restrictive Covenants) Bill - 5 Sep 00
ResCode: Desperate Minister looks to
Opposition for help - 23 Aug 00
+ New Planning Balance Begins to Wobble
(REIV Journal) - June 00
Concerns emerge on new planning code - 14
June 00
Reservations on ResCode - 10 June 00
Old rules continue as delay hits new planning
code - 7 June 00
New planning backdown by Government - 16
May 00
* Planning
and Environment (Amendment) Bill - 10 May 00
Opposition victory on planning Bill demolition
loophole - 10 May 00
Planning Bill loophole to open way for
heritage demolitions - 30 Apr 00
Residents miss out as delays hit new planning
laws - 5 Apr 00
* Residential
planning code delays and workshop scheduling - 5 Apr 00
Thwaites denies democratic vote on Bayside
heritage - 25 Feb 00
Planning: lots of talk, but where's the action?
- 25 Feb 00
+ Interview with "Planning News"
(Planning News) - Feb 00
+ Introductory statement for "Planning
News" (Planning News) - Dec 99
Labor to blame for lack of interim
controls - 15 Dec 99
Planning Statement: Much ado about very little
- 13 Dec 99
* Upper
Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges Regional Strategy Plan - 9 Dec 99
Thwaites policy backflip favours inner Melbourne
- 7 Dec 99
* Interim
controls needed on setbacks, overshadowing, visual bulk - 10 Nov 99
Clark appointed Shadow Minister for Planning,
WorkCover - 3 Nov 99
- Major Projects
(until 13th September 2001)
State Opposition
concerns over Docklands tender - 31 July 01
Doubts over Docklands choice for film
studios - 28 June 01
Auditor-General exposes Federation Square
bungling - 6 June 01
Major building projects missing
from Budget - 15 May 01
Indecision, unions, delay
National Gallery project - 26 Feb 01
It's time for new projects as
construction slows - 15 Dec 00
It's time to remove Flinders Street
overpass - 10 Dec 00
* National
Gallery of Victoria redevelopment - 23 Nov 00
* Delay
and inaction on major projects - 25 Oct 00
* Project
Development and Construction Management (Amendment) Bill - 25 Oct 00
Federation Square: Minister, not
Major Projects Office, should go - 24 Sep 00
Federation Square: Minister
wrong about cost blowout - 12 Aug 00
Federation Square: Minister wrong
about delay - 9 Aug 00
Guggenheim bid - time to line up feasibility
funding - 3 July 00
Construction downturn continues
- 3 July 00
Infrastructure guidelines, but
where are the projects?- 27 June 00
Bracks must act on construction
industry downturn - 7 June 00
State Opposition backs Geelong Guggenheim bid
- 31 May 00
* Geelong:
proposed Guggenheim Museum - 31 May 00
* Federation
Square: review, Walker report - 10 May 00
* Federation
Square: shards review - question - 9 May 00
Ministers at odds over Docklands
roads - 22 Apr 00
Docklands: alternative route built for
access and safety - 22 Apr 00
* Federation
Square: completion date and cost - question - 22 Mar 00
* Federation
Square: costs, warnings, prejudgment, harrassment - 22 Mar 00
* Federation
Square - future of whistleblower - question - 14 Mar 00
Government must reinstate Federation Square
chief - 6 Mar 00
* Federation
Square: whistleblowers and gags - 2 Mar 00
* Industrial
Disputes: Electricity Industry and Docklands - 1 Mar 00
Federation Shards: Bracks'
handling could make us a joke - 13 Feb 00
Mirvac postponement: Bracks must face
facts and act - 11 Feb 00
* Melbourne
Sports and Aquatic Centre Bill - 9 Dec 99
Federation Square: Labor's
misleading news recycling - 11 Nov 99
* Waverley
Park compulsory acquisition - question - 4 Nov 99
- Hazardous Waste
(until 13th September 2001)
Above ground dumping unproven and
risky - 26 Mar 01
- WorkCover and Transport Accident Commission
(until 13th December 2002 (TAC from 13th September 2001))
Liberals plan for a
fairer WorkCover system - 1 Nov 02
- The Liberal
Plan for a Fairer WorkCover (pdf)
* TAC's
solvency level - 8 Oct 02
* WorkCover
and Arthritis Foundation - 12 Sept 02
Report shows $237 million increase in
WorkCover burden - 14 Mar 02
* WorkCover
private investigator tender - 28 Feb 02
* Accident
Compensation (Amendment) Bill - 22 Nov 01
* Accident
Compensation (Amendment) Bill (cont'd) - 22 Nov 01
Injured worker ripoff to fund WorkCover's black
hole - 22 Nov 01
Rural and regional hospitals suffer WorkCover
burden - 14 Nov 01
Report shows $387m rise in WorkCover burden -
30 Oct 01
* WorkCover
claims investigators - 16 Oct 01
* TAC
losses: action needed - 27 Sep 01
* TAC
losses - question - 27 Sep 01
Rescue plan needed for TAC after $640m downturn
- 27 Sep 01
* Delays
in obtaining lump sum payouts - 18 Sep 01
Industrial manslaughter - don't
punish those trying to help - 19 Aug 01
Minister seeks credit for $396m WorkCover
burden - 2 Aug 01
Police compensation debate exposes
Labor's broken promise - 27 July 01
WorkCover inquiry forced Government to
reveal facts - 21 June 01
All-Party Committee
confirms WorkCover premium impact - 20 June 01
* WorkCover
premium rate increases of 36%+ - question without notice - 12 June 01
WorkCover: Employers face new premium rises
- 11 June 01
Ballarat left behind in Safety Week gaffe
- 4 May 01
WorkCover: Rule change caused extra premium
slug - 8 Apr 01
* Promised
lump-sum payouts still not available - 3 Apr 01
Parliamentary report shows budget hit by
WorkCover rises - 30 Nov 00
Pacific Textiles' increase is due to
present Gov't - 20 Nov 00
WorkCover: Minister should release actuarial
assessment - 14 Nov 00
* Transport
Accident (Amendment) Bill - 26 Oct 00
WorkCover: No excuses for breaking promises -
23 Oct 00
WorkCover cost hikes a mystery - 12 Oct
00
Government disarray on WorkCover premium funding
- 5 Oct 00
Opposition launches inquiry into WorkCover
premiums - 5 Sep 00
Employers kept in dark on change to WorkCover
payment deadline - 1 Sep 00
* Late
notice of payment deadline extensions - 31 Aug 00
WorkCover: "Blame the victim"
response adds insult to injury - 18 Aug 00
* Premium
increase for Blackburn nursing home - 17 Aug 00
* Premium
increases impact on Box Hill businesses - 17 Aug 00
* Small
Business Minister on premium increases - question - 16 Aug 00
* Premium
increases for disability services - question -16 Aug 00
* Premium
increase for Seahawk Pty Ltd - question - 16 Aug 00
* Govt
handling of WorkCover premium increases - 16 Aug 00
* Decision
on WorkCover premium model - question - 15 Aug 00
WorkCover: Government backdown must lead to results
- 9 August 00
WorkCover: Government must come clean on expensive
bungle - 7 August 00
ACCC forces backdown on WorkCover claims -
24 July 00
New WorkCover slug for employers - 19
July 00
* Accident
Compensation (Common Law and Benefits) Bill - 9 May 00
State Opposition will not opppose
WorkCover Bill - 9 May 00
* Issues
raised by Accident Compensation (Common Law and Benefits) Bill - 13 Apr 00
* WorkCover
premiums: economic impact assessment - 12 Apr 00
WorkCover decision risks making
Victorians three way losers - 11 Apr 00
WorkCover Health and Safety Week shows Labor folly
- 6 Apr 00
+ Labor and WorkCover: a case of hypocrisy
(The Age) - 24 Mar 00
WorkCover: What Trades Hall need to tell
their members - 23 Mar 00
* WorkCover
premiums: economic impact - question - 21 Mar 00
WorkCover Report exposes Labor's false
claims - 8 Mar 00
Common law: compensation and opportunism - 29
Feb 00
WorkCover: Premium increases to hit confidence,
jobs - 23 Feb 00
The last WorkCover safety campaign? - 17
Jan 00
WorkCover: report puts pressure on
Government - 28 Dec 99
WorkCover costings: Cameron must explain
- 16 Dec 99
* WorkCover
premiums, actuarial review - question - 16 Dec 99
* Workcover
and OHS costs to small business - 8 Dec 99
Common law - unanswered questions - 30 Nov 99
* WorkCover
premiums - question - 25 Nov 99
VWA's success record on accidents - 16 Nov
99
Common law the cause of WorkCover costs -
15 Nov 99
* WorkCover
premiums - adjournment debate - 4 Nov 99
* WorkCover
premiums - question - 4 Nov 99
Clark appointed Shadow Minister for Planning,
WorkCover - 3 Nov 99
General
* Statement
of government intentions highlight's Labor's inaction - 13 Mar 08
* Relationships
Bill fosters short-term "marriage-lite" - 12 Mar 08
* Patient
dies after feeding terminated, despite family's wishes - 6 Feb 08
* Traffic
cameras - need to fix blackout errors - 6 Feb 08
* Tribute
to the Howard Government - 6 Dec 07
* Port
Services Amendment Bill - 1 Nov 07
* EMERGENCY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL - 11 Oct 07
* BUILDING AMENDMENT BILL - 9 Oct 07
* Commonwealth-state relations: cooperative federalism - 22 Aug 07
* ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL (LAND) BILL - 21 Aug 07
* PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT AMENDMENT BILL - 21 Aug 07
* PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES AND SUPERANNUATION AMENDMENT BILL - 8 Aug 07
* Hon. Walter Jona, AM - 7 Aug 07
* Assembly members appearing before Upper House gaming inquiry - 18 Jul 07
* ACCIDENT COMPENSATION AMENDMENT BILL - consideration in detail - 18 Jul 07
* ACCIDENT COMPENSATION AMENDMENT BILL - second reading - 17 Jul 07
* BUILDING AMENDMENT (PLUMBING) BILL - 19 Jun 07
* APPROPRIATION (07/2008) BILL - 23 May 07
* STATE TAXATION AND GAMBLING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (BUDGET MEASURES) BILL -
22 May 07
* APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENT 07/2008) BILL - 22 May 07
* INFERTILITY TREATMENT AMENDMENT BILL - consideration in detail - 18 Apr 07
* INFERTILITY TREATMENT AMENDMENT BILL - second reading - 17 Apr 07
* Government
tries to side-track Parliamentary committees - 1 Mar 07
* New
Labor's squandered opportunities - 15 Feb 07
* Appointments
of guardians by VCAT - 9 Aug 06
* Condolence
for Ian Little - 15 June 06
* Charter
of Human Rights and Responsibilities Bill - 13 June 06
* Equal
Opportunity and Tolerance Legislation (Amendment) Bill - 3 May 06
* Education
and Training Reform Bill - 30 Mar 06
* Commonwealth
Games tributes - 28 Mar 06
* Crimes
(Family Violence)(Holding Powers) Bill - 7 Feb 06
* Urban
Growth Boundaries - 17 Nov 05
* Crimes
(Homicide) Bill - 26 Oct 05
* Public
Advocate's handling of case of Francis Jeffrey - 26 Oct 05
* Condolence
for Bruce Chamberlain - 18 Oct 05
* Opposition's
policy to reduce Eastlink tolls - 5 Oct 05
* Treasury
Legislation (Repeal) Bill - second reading - 5 Oct 05
* Commonwealth's
industrial relations changes - MPI - 10 Aug 05
* Death
of Terri Schiavo - 21 Apr 05
* Condolence
for Pope John Paul II - 19 Apr 05
* Boxing
Day Tsunami - 22 Feb 05
The Road to Reform in 2005 - Feb 05
* Withholding
of medical treatment in order to bring about death - 9 Dec 04
* Occupational
Health and Safety Bill - second reading - 8 Dec 04
* Public
Administration Bill - second reading - 1 Dec 04
Religion, ethics and politics
- Oct 04
* Legislative Assembly Standing Orders, c'tee stage: part
1, part
2, part
3, part
4 - 4 Mar 04
* Legislative
Assembly Standing Orders - 3 Mar 04
* Crimes
(Stalking) Bill -c'tee debate - 18 Nov 03
Relationships hold key to social
problems - 20 Oct 03
* Constitution
(Supreme Court) Bill - 8 Oct 03
In remembrance of Victory in the Pacific
Day - 15 Aug 03
Social capital - building trust, optimism
and goodwill - 8 Aug 03
* Withdrawing
food and water from patients - 3 June 03
* Health
Legislation (Research Involving Human Embryos and Prohibiton of Human Cloning) Bill -
25 Mar 03
* Constitution
(Parliamentary Reform) Bill - 18 Mar 03
* Proposed
sessional orders for 55th Parliament - 26 Feb 03
* Melbourne
2030 strategy - 9 Oct 02
* Casino
(Management Agreement)(Amendment) Bill - 29 May 02
* Insurance
for learner drivers - 18 Apr 02
* Appropriation
(2001/02) Bill (the Budget) - 31 May 01
* Statute
Law Amendment (Relationships) Bill - 1 May 01
* Constitution
(Proportional Representation) Bill - 6 Sep 00
* World
Economic Forum and State economy - 6 Sep 00
Thwaites wrong on hospital funding - 24 July
00
* National
Taxation Reform (Further Consequential Amendments) Bill - 4 May 00
* Financial
Management (Financial Responsibility) Bill - 22 Mar 00
Threatened LAP test shows Coalition's
education achievements - 13 Dec 99
+ Book Review of Francis Fukuyama's
"The Great Disruption" (Policy magazine) - Spring 99
McCalman wrong on privatisation - 30 Sep 99
ALP "union labour only" HTV card -
27 Sep 99
Gambling web link claim shows ignorance
- 3 Sep 99
+ Alan Stockdale - the Victorian reforms and the
Deakin Lecture (Deakin Lecture dinner speech) - 11 Aug 99
The need for contract teachers - 4 Aug 99
"Global Victoria" IT policy - 21 July 99
Spending on disability services up - 19 July 99
+ The new wave of reform (ALSF conference) - 9
July 99
+ Book Review of Lindsay Tanner's
"Open Australia" (IPA Review) - June 99
1999 "Clark Report" Speech - 8 June 99
New electrical safety rules - 27 May 99
eKorp and Lonely Planet launch new product for travellers
- 20 May 99
Industry network for software developers - 13 May 99
+ Book Review of
"The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Socety Endangered" (Policy magazine)
- Autumn 99
Curriculum to be simplified - 29 Mar 99
Heroin trials claim wrong - 29 Mar 99
It can't be us in front, can it? - 25 Feb 99
Toast to the Queen and Australia - 25 Jan
99
1998 "Clark Report" Speech - 5 Nov 98
10 Years in Parliament - 6 Oct 98
+ Christianity and Free
Enterprise (Policy magazine) - Spring 98
Civil Society, Market Forces and Government - 6 Sep 98
1997 "Clark Report" Speech - 21 Oct 97
Victoria Gaining in Multimedia - 9 Oct 96
World-wide web widens the world - 3 July 96
Rebuilding still the key election issue - 22 Mar 96
Mandate to continue rebuilding is key election issue
- 14 Mar 96
New directories for Seniors Card discounts
- 7 Oct 95
New range of information guides for parents
- 29 July 95
MPs' offices provide range of services - 7
June 95
Credit ratings - what do they mean? - 24 May 95
Senior Citizens Week celebrations - 1 Mar 95
Australia day: a day to celebrate our achievements
- 28 Jan 95
Christmas, bus safety and the road toll - 16 Dec
94
Help for cyclists - 22 Oct 94
New laws on cats and dogs - 23 Sep 94
Victoria's Parliament House a neglected treasure - 25
Aug 94
Keating economic statement - 28 Feb 92
Clark seeks comment on pet bill - 16 Jan 92
Payroll tax abolition welcome news for Victoria -
22 Nov 91
Big spending increases taxes and charges - 19 Sep 91
State budget: "No money, no jobs, no hope"
- 29 Aug 91
1990 'Clark Report' - 24 Oct 90
Clark reports on issues - 19 Oct 89
Box Hill Electorate issues
* Help
needed for Box Hill TAFE after arson attack - 11 Mar 08
* Waiting
lists show need for Box Hill Hospital redevelopment - 28 Feb 08
* Box
Hill Police Station - no role for government architect - 6 Feb 08
* No
consideration of re-zoning Box Hill to Zone 1 - 5 Feb 08
* Box Hill Hospital redevelopment delays - 22 Nov 07
* Box Hill Hospital: lack of parking - 18 Sep 07
* Middleborough Road grade separation: Ombudsman's recommendations - 7 Aug 07
* State government plans for Boroondara tram stops - 17 Jul 07
* Office of Housing: maintenance service - 20 Jun 07
* Poor service at Box Hill rail station - 24 May 07
* Box Hill Hospital: Government failure to fund main redevelopment - 22
May 07
* Budget implications for Box Hill electorate - 3 May 07
* Passenger falls on tram 109 - 18 Apr 07
* Councils
support Liberal Party calls for curbing VCAT's pokie powers - 14 Mar 07
* Middleborough
Road grade separation footbridge needed - 13 Mar 07
Right turn arrow at last for Elgar and
Canterbury Roads - 16 Feb 07
* Middleborough
Road grade separation noise levels - 13 Feb 07
* Timelines
for implementing government election promises - 20 Dec 06
Liberals commit $2 million to Surrey
Hills Primary School - 24 Oct 06
Liberals commit to Middleborough Road
traffic lights - 11 Oct 06
No "kerb access" tram stops in
Boroondara under Liberals - 11 Oct 06
Whitehorse Council's $5 million budget
deficit needs greater disclosure - 20 Sep 06
* Whitehorse
Council's budget deficit - 14 Sep 06
Traffic light changes needed to cut Station
Street/Whitehorse Road congestion - 24 Aug 06
* Robbery,
assault, property damage rise in Box Hill electorate suburbs - 23 Aug 06
* Station
Street/Whitehorse intersection needs signal upgrade - 22 Aug 06
Government and Whitehorse Council must do
more on graffiti - 10 Aug 06
* Action
needed on graffiti - 9 Aug 06
* Middleborough
Road grade separation - 15 June 06
* Box
Hill High School upgrade needed - 14 June 06
* Box
Hill planning and transport interchange - 3 May 06
* Action
needed on Box Hill Hospital redevelopment - 6 Apr 06
* Surplus
Commonwealth Games equipment for Box Hill Athletics Club - 28 Mar 06
Bus route 285 restored for frail and
elderly - 17 Feb 06
* Need
for fencing of railway line in Surrey Hills - 18 Oct 05
* Poor
Route 766 bus service for Surrey Hills and Mont Albert - 4 Oct 05
Whitehorse motorists hit with 22 per cent
increase in speeding fines - 29 Aug 05
* Lack
of progress on Middleborough Road grade separation - 18 Aug 05
New property tax to hit Whitehorse - 5 July
05
* High
rise tower at Belmore Heights shopping centre - 16 June 05
* Rising
waiting lists and waiting times at Box Hill Hospital - 26 May 05
Bracks' land tax assessments - a
nasty surprise in the mail - 3 Mar 05
* Poorly
signed road closures in Balwyn and Balwyn North - 23 Feb 05
Whitehorse to be hit by new land tax
increases - 17 Dec 04
* Whitehorse
Council must change housing strategy - 6 Oct 04
Bracks Government to seize planning powers
- 28 Apr 04
Stamp Duty increases hit Whitehorse
homebuyers - 9 Mar 04
Labor short-changes Whitehorse on Gambling
Support Funds - 21 Jan 04
Bracks Government hits Box Hill High
School with $10,000 WorkCover charge - 26 Nov 03
Government must act now on Box Hill Hospital
car park - 26 Nov 03
* Box
Hill High School's $10,000 WorkCover charge - 19 Nov 03
* No
word on promised Whitehorse dental chairs - 18 Nov 03
Tram stop traffic survey must look
at more than Whitehorse Road - 7 Aug 03
Tram stops create access
problems - 4 June 03
* Maintenance
needs at Box Hill High School - 22 May 03
Tram line extension welcome, but not
Whitehorse Rd 'slalom run' - 2nd May 03
* Need
for action on Box Hill Hospital car park - 26 Mar 03
* Appeal
to Premier to halt kerb access tram stops - 26 Mar 03
Government tries to impose
"consensus" tram stops - 4 Mar 03
* Call
for Minister to reconsider kerb access tram stops - 26 Feb 03
Box Hill Hospital car park delayed
yet again - 29 Oct 02
Condolence book for Bali victims - 18
Oct 02
Whitehorse hit hard by Labor's stamp
duty increases - 21 Aug 02
Clark calls for re-think on tram stop push
- 13 June 02
Box Hill Hospital suffering under Labor
- 3 June 02
Labor's stamp duty slug hits Whitehorse,
Boroondara - 10 Oct 01
ResCode threat to fences - 13 June 01
Classroom squeeze and State budget
- 13 Jun 01
Box Hill Hospital misses out in Budget of
recycled announcements - 17 May 01
Minister pulls pin on Bowls Centre
deputation - 30 Apr 01
Deputation to seek answers from Minister on
State Bowls Centre - 26 Apr 01
Government bungling leaves Box Hill
Hospital underfunded - 24 Apr 01
Boroondara Park class sizes suffer due to
classroom shortage - 4 Apr 01
State Bowls Centre given to flawed Darebin bid
- 22 Mar 01
* Land
Tax proposal will hurt Box Hill businesses and property owners - 21 Mar 01
State Bowls Centre bid – was Whitehorse
dudded? - 15 Mar 01
Small business and self-funded retirees the losers
under State tax review - 1 Mar 01
Minister must give go-ahead to
Springfield-Middleborough Rd works - 30 Nov 00
Tram line extension: residents should
have a say - 16 Nov 00
* Multi-storey
development in Whitehorse Road, Mont Albert - 16 Nov 00
Government must act on multi-storey spread
along Whitehorse Road - 9 Nov 00
* WorkCover
premium increases impact on Box Hill businesses - 16 Aug 00
Box Hill Hospital: modest funding misses
real challenge - 21 June 00
Announcements ignore need to boost Box Hill
Hospital - 6 June 00
New network ignores need to boost Box Hill
Hospital - 18 May 00
Free Anzac day bus for dawn service at Shrine - 7
Apr 00
VicHealth Sport Safety Equipment Program
- 7 Apr 00
Box Hill Hospital: funding needed if Knox
scrapped - 8 Dec 99
'Mindless vandalism' cuts down Box Hill
Senior Secondary College - 11 Nov 99
$4.2m capital boost for Whitehorse
Community Health Service - 9 Sep 99
$12,000 of IYOP grants for local older persons
groups - 8 Sep 99
More than $193,000 maintenance
funding for local schools - 7 Sep 99
$2.5M upgrades for local schools - 31
Aug 99
Four local Safe Sports Grants - 19 Aug 99
Maintenance Funding for Kerrimuir Primary
School - 19 Aug 99
Eastern metro area housing funding boost -
9 Aug 99
Clark re-endorsed for Box Hill - 28 July 99
$57,504 funding for disability aids -
30 June 99
Local schools receive computer funding
- 22 June 99
$10,000 for Box Hill Skills.net project - 9 June
99
Capital works grants for local
kindergartens - 29 Apr 99
$1.7-million upgrade for Box Hill TAFE -
29 Apr 99
More local train and tram services on
Sundays - 27 Apr 99
Further computer funding available for schools
- 23 Apr 99
Planning: you can have a say - 21 Apr
99
Traffic light funding to help wheelchair users
- 1 Apr 99
Additional funding for school maintenance projects
- 26 Mar 99
Boost to funding for elderly - 24 Mar 99
Energy smart schools program in Box Hill - 15 Mar 99
Premier to open new TAFE campus - 25 Feb 99
Maternity service heads hospital upgrade - 25 Feb
99
Box Hill Senior Secondary College becomes
self-governing - 25 Feb 99
$55,000 grant for drug education in Whitehorse - 18
Feb 99
Box Hill Schools to Receive Major Maintenance Funding
- 11 Nov 98
Local teachers to benefit from computer deal - 4 Nov 98
School Funding up 8.9% for 1999 - 4 Nov 98
Tram Line Extension Welcomed - 28 Oct 98
Groups should apply for skills.net funding - 12 Oct
98
Planning go-ahead for Mont Albert PS upgrade
- 23 Sep 98
New VicHealth safe sports grants - 20 Aug 98
Maxi in Box Hill - 7 Aug 98
Box Hill High School Refurbished - 7 Aug 98
Achievements at Box Hill Hospital - 7 Aug 98
More Powerline Clearance Claims -17 July 98
$53,000 in extra funding for Box Hill Hospital disability
aids - 2 July 98
Planning Crossfire - 27 May 98
Powerline Clearance Claims - 26 May 98
Boroondara Libraries Receive $42,500 Grants
- 26 May 98
VicHealth sport safety equipment grants - 25
May 98
St Francis Xavier Bingo - 14 Apr 98
Powerline Clearance Concerns - 14 Apr 98
Government help for new school computers
- 2 March 98
Planning Initiatives Welcomed - 26 Feb 98
(For articles, etc on Box Hill Electorate issues prior to 1998, see Box Hill Electorate news archives.)
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