Mr Pallas (Tarneit)  — It gives me  great  pleasure to rise to  speak on this matter and perhaps  put  the record straight  about the contribution the  former Labor  government made towards what  is a very  substantial policy initiative in this area. In many ways  what ..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — It gives me great pleasure to speak on the Jury Directions Bill 2012. The bill consolidates the law on jury direction — that is, those directions a judge gives a jury to help it to reach a verdict. In many ways..

Mr  Pallas (Tarneit) — I rise to indicate that Labor will not be opposing this bill. In  doing so,  I acknowledge  that the  government put  to  the  people  a proposition about how it would deal with offences of the nature addressed by the bill  —..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) — The matter I raise is for the Minister  for Education, and the  action that  I seek  is that  the minister  confirm that Tarneit Senior College will in  fact be receiving the necessary funding to ensure completion of all building works up to..

Mr  Pallas (Tarneit)  — It gives me pleasure  to rise to speak  on  the Health Services Amendment (Health Purchasing Victoria) Bill  2012. As has  already been indicated, the  Labor  Party state opposition  will  not be  opposing  the bill. However,  I  think  it  is important  that ..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) — I refer the house  to page 5 of the Public Accounts and Estimates  Committee  report on  the  2012-13 budget  estimates,  part 2,  which relates to integrated transport planning and sustainable  transport development, as an item  without a  quality measure,  and also ..

Mr  Pallas  (Tarneit)  —  I  raise the  issue of  the level  crossings in  my electorate of Tarneit. There  is increasing concern  in  my community about  not just the frustration of delays and heavy traffic but also the safety concerns. A number of serious accidents occurred last..

Mr  Pallas (Tarneit)  — I  will comment  on the  report of the 2012-13 budget estimates  in  regard  to  the  port of Hastings and port capacity  issues.  The Minister for Ports, whose comments are referred  to on  page 118,  has failed to heed  or publicly  release ..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) — It gives me pleasure  to speak in the grievance debate. I  suppose  it  would  go without saying that I  cannot  leave  the  Treasurer’s comments without at least reflecting  upon his hypocrisy. Let us not forget what the Treasurer said about TAFE..

Mr Pallas  (Tarneit) —  The matter  I  wish to raise is  for the Minister for Public  Transport,  and it  relates  to  bus transport  services  in  the  local government area  of Wyndham.  In the Wyndham Weekly of 6 March the Department of Transport  stated  that  bus services to..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — It  gives  me pleasure to  rise  to speak on the  Road Safety  Amendment (Operator Onus) Bill  2012 and also to  indicate and reinforce the opposition’s  support for this bill.  In saying that, the  issues associated with  operator onus have been vexing..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)  — The matter I  wish  to raise is for  the Minister for Planning.  It concerns the Werribee employment precinct. Over the last two years under  the government this matter has been languishing in terms of planning  and future direction.  The  action  I ..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)  — As  the member for Tarneit, with  one of  the largest growing  Indian  communities  represented  in that area, I rise to  pass  on  my condolences on the sad passing of Dr Subhakanta Behera, Indian Consul General to Melbourne, on 9 November. Dr ..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I rise  to speak on this  bill,  which Labor does not oppose. We acknowledge that there are public health benefits associated with the introduction of the bill, but quite frankly  we would not want to overstate them in the sense that ..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I am pleased to report on a  number of festivals in my local  community  which  highlight the  vibrant  multicultural environment  that exists within  my electorate  of Tarneit.  On Friday night I had the pleasure of attending  the  local Gujarati community’s Dandiya dance ..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — On Saturday I attended the Bengali Durga Puja Festival, hosted by the Bengali Society of Melbourne and held over two days last weekend. This is  a festival that has been held unbroken by  the  Bengali  communities of both India and Bangladesh..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — It gives me great pleasure to speak  in support of the Road Management Amendment  (Peninsula Link) Bill  2012  and this great  project, which I think few would dispute is necessary for not only the long-term vitality of  the  Mornington  Peninsula  but  also..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)  —  Last  Thursday  I had the pleasure of attending the opening of a  new maternity and  neonatal  services facility at  Werribee  Mercy Hospital. The hospital  already  provides wonderful maternity health services to families in  our  community,  and  these  services  will  be enhanced..