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TIM PALLAS TO TURN SOD ON EXPANSION OF THE WYNDHAM CLINIC

Tim Pallas MP has welcomed the start of work to expand the Wyndham Clinic, set to provide new beds for mental health and addiction treatment clients in Wyndham. Mr Pallas said there were growing concerns for residents of Wyndham, and Victoria more broadly, about the..

LOCAL CLUBS IN WYNDHAM RECEIVE FUNDING BOOST

  Many sports and active recreation clubs across Wyndham will benefit from funding as part of round 1 of VicHealth’s Active Club Grants program.   Local MP, Tim Pallas said the grants, of up to $3,000 each, aim to increase physical activity by making it..

TIM PALLAS PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR PARENTS AS SCHOOL GOES BACK

As local Wyndham students return to school, MrPallas told parents he is working hard to ease the pressure of the busy ‘BackTo School’ week on the household budget. Mr Pallas said it has been a costly and stressfulweek for local families, because several years’ worth..

Wyndham school funding

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — Once again schools and vital community services in the city of Wyndham have missed out under the Napthine government. In the recent round of school funding announcements no funding for upgrades to Wyndham schools has occurred. The Napthine government has continued..

South Stone Lodge nursing home

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — Just over a year ago I visited residents and staff at the only government-owned nursing home in the city of Wyndham, South Stone Lodge, with the Leader of the Opposition and Ms Jenny Mikakos, a member for the Northern Metropolitan Region..

Government achievements

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — Once again, we have to question what value the government sees in debating matters of public importance of this nature. Over the past four years the government has brought before this house about a dozen of these self-congratulatory matters of public..

FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION AMENDMENT BILL 2014

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) I too rise to speak on the Family Violence Protection Amendment Bill 2014 and the amendments made in the other place. Firstly, I note that the bill proposes to amend the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 to enable family violence safety notices..

Labor Will Get Victoria Back To Work

An Andrews Labor Government will act immediately on the Victorian jobs crisis working with business leaders to grow our industries and help create 100,000 jobs.

Labor’s plan, Back To Work, will be a lifeline for locals that the Liberals have left behind.

Labor Will Complete Werribee SC

Victorian Labor will finish the redevelopment of Werribee Secondary College.

Labor’s $7 million commitment will go to completing the third stage of the school’s redevelopment after it was indefinitely delayed under the Napthine Government.

East-west link

Mr PALLAS  (Tarneit) — There is only one certainty in thisdebate on the east-west link, and that is that the people of Victoria deserve aright to have a say on a key piece of infrastructure. By the government’s ownadmission, this project could cost up to..

Tarneit electorate schools

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)— I am pleased to reflect on VictorianLabor’s commitment to funding education in Melbourne’s western suburbs. I havein the past few weeks joined with the parents and teachers of two schools in myelectorate, Tarneit P-9 College and Werribee Secondary College, after havingspent most..

Government achievements

Mr  PALLAS  (Tarneit) — Hubris is no substitute for honest hard work,and Victorians do not need a magazine to tell them what they already know —that Victoria is a great place to live. It is a great place that could be somuch better if members of..

SENTENCING AMENDMENT (EMERGENCY WORKERS) BILL 2014

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I rise to speak on the Sentencing Amendment(Emergency Workers) Bill 2014, and in so doing I indicate that Labor does notoppose the bill. One of the great challenges in a modern society is to ensure thatthe legislation we bring to this..

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT FURTHER AMENDMENT BILL 2013

  Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I too rise to speak in support of the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Further Amendment Bill 2013. From the outset it is important to indicate that the Labor Party supports as a fundamental principle a child’s right to access information about..

ROAD SAFETY AMENDMENT BILL 2014

Mr  PALLAS (Tarneit)  — It  gives me   — It  gives me  great pleasure to rise to  support this bill. The opposition’s  view  is  that  measures designed to address the safety of our roads, to  reduce our road toll and to reduce  the insidious  impact of ..