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MINISTERS STATEMENTS: REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT

MR PALLAS (Werribee – Treasurer, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Trade and Investment) (14:15): It gives me great pleasure to update the house on the state’s latest regional employment figures. With 156,000 new jobs created over the past eight years, it is clear that regional..

MINISTERS STATEMENTS: ECONOMY

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Trade) (14:26): It gives me great pleasure to update the house on the stellar performance of the Victorian economy over the last eight years. My enthusiasm about how our economy is going..

MEMBERS STATEMENTS: WERRIBEE ELECTORATE ACHIEVEMENTS

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Trade) (12:37): I rise to update the house on what the Andrews Labor government has delivered for the great electorate of Werribee during the current term. The Werribee Street, Cherry Street and..

MINISTERS STATEMENTS: EMPLOYMENT

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Trade) (14:37): It gives me great pleasure to address this chamber to update it on the incredible job creation that is happening right across the state of Victoria. Our unemployment rate is..

MINISTERS STATEMENTS: SUBURBAN RAIL LOOP

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Trade) (14:33): I rise to update the house on the economic and state-shaping benefits of the Suburban Rail Loop. The SRL will transform our transport network, it will alleviate congestion, it will..

MEMBERS STATEMENT: WERRIBEE RIVER ASSOCIATION

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Trade) (09:35): I rise to acknowledge to the house the great work of my community and environmental activists of the Werribee River Association. The Werribee River, or Weariby Yallock as the Wadawurrung..

MINISTERS STATEMENTS: ECONOMY

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Trade) (14:27): It gives me great pleasure to update the house on the Andrews Labor government’s efforts to grow the Victorian economy and the outstanding success that is our economic track record…

MINISTERS STATEMENTS: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:32): I rise to provide an update to the house on one of the biggest public policy and economic reforms that this state has ever seen. Last Thursday the Andrews Labor government announced Best..

MINISTERS STATEMENTS: EMPLOYMENT

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:33): Since the election of the Andrews Labor government Victoria has led the nation in creating jobs—in fact more than 575 000 jobs right across the state. 436 000 of these jobs are full-time jobs, giving workers..

MINISTERS STATEMENTS: REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:22): It gives me great pleasure to update the house about the government’s ongoing commitment to building infrastructure in regional Victoria. You may have heard some nonsense claims recently that just 13 per cent of..

MINISTERS STATEMENTS: ECONOMY

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:21): Since 2014 the Andrews Labor government’s infrastructure pipeline has supported or will continue to support in excess of 190 000 jobs in this state. There are many Victorians who can take great pride in the..

MEMBERS STATEMENT: FEDERAL ELECTION

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (09:36): I am pleased to congratulate my local federal colleague Joanne Ryan for her re-election as the member for Lalor, and I look forward to working with Joanne and the newly elected Albanese Labor..

MINISTERS STATEMENTS: HEALTH FUNDING

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:23): Since coming to office the Andrews Labor government has invested more than $158 billion in our healthcare system and the workers that look after us. The previous LNP government’s spending on health was effectively..

MINISTERS STATEMENT: FEDERAL BUDGET

 MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:37): I rise to update the house on the federal government’s crooked GST carve-up. We have known all along how dodgy the deal was that Scott Morrison put together. The federal budget was handed..

MINISTERS STATEMENTS: HEALTH FUNDING

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:40): I rise to update the house on the Andrews Labor government’s historic investment in our health system to keep Victorians safe during the insidious global COVID-19 pandemic. As Victorians have come to learn,..

MEMBERS STATEMENT: WYNDHAM COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

I rise to update the house on one of the many ways that the Andrews Labor government is supporting growing communities, such as my electorate of Werribee. The Growing Suburbs Fund is an initiative of the Andrews government and one which has supported many important..

MINISTERS STATEMENTS: SICK PAY GUARANTEE

MR PALLAS (Werribee—Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:13): It gives me great pleasure to talk about the Andrews Labor government’s continuing efforts to ensure that we reduce the harms of insecure work right across this state. Whether it be through the..