Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)  —  I  rise  to  speak  on the Parliamentary Salaries and Superannuation Amendment (Salary  Restraint)  Bill 2012. My contribution to this bill will be brief. The  state opposition  does not oppose the bill. However, in indicating that position let me be clear that it..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)  — I  rise to  speak about  the level  of investment  in education infrastructure  in my community  of Wyndham in  the  2012-13 Victorian state budget. I acknowledge that the storm-damaged Galvin Park Secondary College has  been allocated $14 million for  its rebuild but..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I wish  to refer to page 116 of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) report on the 2011-12 budget estimates, part 1, which deals with the hearings relating to the  Ports  portfolio. Key matters raised at the  budget estimates hearings ..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — The matter I wish to raise is for the Attorney-General, and the action I seek is  that he review, and in so doing upgrade,  the security arrangements  at  Werribee  Magistrates  Court  to  ensure  there  are  adequate facilities to safeguard the protection..

24 April 2012 Western suburbs State Labor MPs have joined together calling on the Baillieu Government to recognise the growth and vital transport needs to their communities in the 2012/13 State Budget. State Member for Tarneit Tim Pallas,  Member for Williamstown Wade Noonan, Memberfor Melton..

A number of local sporting organisations in Wyndham have been awarded grants of up to $2,500 from the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation to train volunteers, purchase sports equipment, for injury prevention and management equipment and portable sunshade. State Member for Tarneit, Tim Pallas, said the..

All western suburban Legislative Assembly Members of State Parliament have joined together in a common call for the Baillieu Government to recognise the growth and evident transport needs to their communities in the 2012/13 State Budget, from the Westgate to Werribee and Diggers Rest to..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) —  It gives me great pleasure  to speak on this bill, the Land (Revocation of Reservations)  Bill 2012. Bills of  this nature come  before this place every so often — every few years, generally — and they seek to make a number..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)  — I address the  Public Accounts and Estimates Committee report on the 2011-12  budget estimates, part  3, specifically with reference to section 2.6.1 of the report dealing with infrastructure spend. Page 26 states: The 2011-12  budget papers explain that the estimated reduction..

The State Member for Tarneit, Tim Pallas, has demanded that Wyndham be made a priority in the upcoming State budget.  “Wyndham is the fastest growing municipality in Victoria and it is not good enough for our infrastructure not to be keeping up”, said Mr Pallas…

Tim Pallas, the Member for Tarneit and John Eren, the Member for Lara have called on the Baillieu Government to invest in Wyndham’s roads at a community rally yesterday. The rally was organised by local community members concerned about safety and congestion on local arterial..

The Baillieu Government has had 16 months to honour the pre-election commitment of its candidate, Andrew Elsbury, that funding must be made available immediately to complete the upgrade of Werribee Secondary College (WSC). In a pre-election media release dated 20 October 2010, Mr Elsbury stated..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)  — I am pleased  to  rise to speak in  opposition to this bill.  What  we  have  heard  once  again  today  is  an attempt  to justify  an unreconstructed dash for cash. This  is a smash-and-grab job from a fainthearted and fiscally feeble government..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) —  I  rise  to  raise  concern about the disastrous and continuing  deteriorating  state of capital  works in my  electorate of Tarneit. This has been due to a reduced effort by  the current  government in  allocating capital works funding for  schools.  I  note..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I wish  to refer  to the  Public Accounts and Estimates Committee report on the  2011-12 budget estimates, part 1, section 12.4.3,  page 116, which discusses  the  freight access charge into the port of Melbourne. The Premier has made comment in  this..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — The  matter  I wish to raise  is for the Minister  for Roads. The  action I  seek is  that the  minister conclude the review into truck exclusion lanes and  make  public  its conclusions to provide the public with an appreciation of how..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I rise to support the matter of public importance put forward by the member for  Mulgrave, the Leader of the Opposition. In so doing I want to rely on comments made in  this place  previously. On  19 September 2001, the following..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) —  I refer to part 3 of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee  report on  the  2011-12 budget estimates  dated  September 2011,  and specifically to table 7.15 on page 195, which deals with inquiries and reviews. We  of course  know that  the..