Emma KEALY (Lowan) (09:59): My question is to the Premier. When will the $5000 business bushfire recovery fund open? This was announced back on 11 March. It is nearly a month later and businesses in the Grampians region still cannot apply for that fund. This is after the Victorian government did not go in to…
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (14:35): My question is to the Premier. The Treasurer said that the new emergency services tax is weighted at those that can afford to pay more. Members interjecting Emma KEALY: Speaker, please can I have the same courtesy extended to other members? The SPEAKER: Order! I expect all members to give each…
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (11:49): I am so happy I can speak on this bill to correct the rubbish that we have just heard from the Labor government, the spin and nonsense and the clear misrepresentation of the fact that this is just another great big new tax from Labor that will hit country people hardest.…
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (14:47): (1052) My question is to the Minister for Emergency Services on behalf of businesses impacted by the Grampians bushfires and national park closures over the summer. My question is: why are Grampians businesses only eligible for $5000 in disaster relief when the New South Wales and Queensland governments have successfully lobbied…
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (14:15): My question is to the Premier. In July last year in relation to corruption on Big Build sites, the Premier said: … I outlined the very strong action that the government is taking to stamp out this rotten culture at its roots … Given recent media reports, why has the Premier…
Ms KEALY (Lowan) (15:54): There is a saying which is a hacked from Marcus Aurelius, which is, ‘Words are opinion, not fact. Action is the only truth’. I have been sitting back today and listening to all these regional Labor MPs saying how they always stand up for regional Victoria and they have always stood…
Victorian Parliament – 20 February, 2020 – Ms KEALY (Lowan) (09:40): Horsham’s bus services have been thrown into complete chaos following the Minister for Public Transport’s grand announcement of her rescheduling of services. Students were left in disarray in their first week of school, with students dropped off after school started, picked up before school…
Victorian Parliament – 19 February, 2020 – Ms KEALY (Lowan) (10:34): It is a great pleasure to be able to speak on the Report on the 2019—20 Budget Estimates published in October 2019. I would like to refer to page 98 around school infrastructure. School infrastructure is of course extraordinarily important and particularly in an electorate…
Victorian Parliament – 19 February, 2020 – Ms KEALY (Lowan) (09:35): I ask for a brief explanation from the minister, please. Mr FOLEY: I am happy to provide a brief explanation. This is a bill that will provide the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services with powers to give directions to public…
Victorian Parliament – February 6, 2020 – Ms KEALY: The Penshurst community recently supplied me with a petition bearing 150 signatures calling for the installation of electronic school speed signs in Martin Street, Penshurst. I invite the minister to attend St Joseph’s Primary School in Penshurst to see firsthand the dangerous crossing conditions which are putting the lives…
