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This page lists links to newspaper and magazine articles, conference papers, news
releases, speeches and Parliamentary contributions by Robert Clark.
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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
VICTORIAS 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
LABORS 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 LABORS 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)]
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