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09 May 2012
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Police and Emergency Management Elise Archer Government Must Adopt Liberals Mandatory Sentencing Policy Victor P Taffa Tasmania’s Police and emergency service workers should not have to put up with abuse and physical attacks. It’s appalling that one Police officer is assaulted on average every 30 hours and it’s a clear sign that the Green-Labor [...]
Posted in Law & Order
09 May 2012
Tasmania Opposition Leader Will Hodgman Tasmania Cut Adrift By Gillard And Giddings Victor P Taffa Tasmania has been cut adrift by the Federal and State Labor Governments in tonight’s budget, according to Opposition Leader Will Hodgman. “Premier Giddings should be embarrassed by the fact that Tasmania has gotten nothing out of this budget other than a $440 Million slap [...]
Posted in Politics
08 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Sport and Recreation Hugh Delahunty Melbourne Scores International Hockey Coup Victor P Taffa Minister for Sport and Recreation Hugh Delahunty announced today that Melbourne has secured the exclusive rights to host the International Hockey Federation’s (FIH) most important annual tournament, the 2012 Men’s Champions Trophy. The tournament brings together the world’s top six ranked nations plus [...]
Posted in Sport
08 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Planning Matthew Guy Metropolitan Planning Vision Gets Underway Victor P Taffa Victorians are encouraged to have their say on metropolitan planning in the next step towards a shared vision for Victoria. Planning Minister Matthew Guy urged everyone to give their ideas so that Melbourne’s future can be informed by a diverse range of possibilities. “We need to [...]
Posted in Planning
08 May 2012
Western Australia Minister for Environment Bill Marmion Little Penguins Have New Home At Perth Zoo Victor P Taffa Perth Zoo penguins return to exhibit following major renovation works Works include infrastructure upgrade and new boardwalk Perth Zoo’s popular penguin colony has returned to the public eye following a major renovation of the zoo’s Australian Wetlands and Penguin Plunge exhibits. Environment Minister [...]
Posted in Environment
08 May 2012
Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett Western Australia Minister for Sport and Recreation Terry Waldron Key Decisions On New Stadium Announced Victor P Taffa Stadium dimensions determined after consultation with major sports Design to allow for expansion in the future Premier Colin Barnett today announced the size and orientation of the new major stadium at Burswood and confirmed the initial capacity. The Liberal-National [...]
Posted in Sport
07 May 2012
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Health Jeremy Rockliff Early Discharge A Regular Occurrence If Budget Cuts Continue Victor P Taffa If the Government continues with its budget cuts to health, premature discharge of patients may become a regular occurrence for our hospitals, Shadow Minister for Health Jeremy Rockliff said. “In today’s Examiner it is reported that a patient was woken [...]
Posted in Health
07 May 2012
Tasmania Opposition Leader Will Hodgman Voters Send Message To Labor And The Greens: We’ve Had Enough Victor P Taffa Hobart voters have clearly sent a message to Lara Giddings and Nick McKim that they’ve had enough of their unstable, self-interested, and job-destroying minority government experiment, according to Opposition Leader Will Hodgman. “This result makes Labor’s Queensland result look good.” “At [...]
Posted in Politics
07 May 2012
South Australia Shadow Minister for Transport Vickie Chapman Let Labor Know About Lousy Buses Victor P Taffa Labor Minister Tom Kenyon will be in the firing line tonight when he hosts a transport forum to hear complaints about Adelaide’s bus services. The meeting follows information being revealed in Parliament last week that showed services in some areas of [...]
Posted in Transport
07 May 2012
South Australia Shadow Minister for Urban Development and Planning David Ridgway Victoria Square, A Masterplan Too Soon Victor P Taffa The Adelaide City Council’s Victoria Square Masterplan is all well and good – but there’s simply no demand or money to make it happen. “The problem with this proposal is that it needs around $80 Million from both [...]
Posted in Planning
06 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Manufacturing Exports and Trade Richard Dalla-Riva New High-Tech Manufacturing Plant For Ballarat Company Victor P Taffa Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade Richard Dalla-Riva today officially launched a new $3.5 Million automatic hot moulding press at the FMP Australia plant in Ballarat. Mr. Dalla-Riva said the new technology was part of an overall $8.8 Million [...]
Posted in Industry
06 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Racing Denis Napthine Warrnambool Racing Carnival A Resounding Success Victor P Taffa Bigger crowds, increased TAB turnover and a fantastic display of horsemanship by jockey Steven Pateman has capped off a memorable Warrnambool May Racing Carnival, Minister for Racing and Member for South West Coast Denis Napthine said today. “This year’s Warrnambool May Racing Carnival has [...]
Posted in Sport
05 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Tourism and Major Events Louise Asher Coalition Government Funding Provides Fringe Benefits To Melbourne Arts Festival Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government announced today $22,500 in funding to attract more interstate visitors to one of the country’s leading events for independent artists, the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Minister for Tourism and Major Events Louise [...]
Posted in Literary & Arts
05 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Manufacturing Exports and Trade Richard Dalla-Riva Manufacturing Awards Recognise Local Success Victor P Taffa Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade, Richard Dalla-Riva, last night announced the winners of the 2012 Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards at a ceremony that brought together more than 800 industry leaders. Mr. Dalla-Riva said the awards were an important [...]
Posted in Industry
05 May 2012
Queensland Treasurer Tim Nicholls Newman Government Delivers On Commitment For Fair Wage Outcomes Victor P Taffa The Newman LNP Government has announced a new wages framework providing pay increases of up to 3 % to public servants in return for real productivity savings that deliver better services and value for money for Queensland taxpayers. Treasurer Tim Nicholls said the [...]
Posted in Business
05 May 2012
Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney Stark Warning For Gillard Government Victor P Taffa Rio Tinto’s concerns over tax changes and increasing red and green tape in Australia were a stark warning to the Gillard Government, Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney said today. Mr. Seeney called on the Federal Labor Government to heed the warnings from the giant miner that its [...]
Posted in Politics
04 May 2012
Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney Queensland Minister for State Development Jeff Seeney Queensland Minister for Infrastructure Jeff Seeney Queensland Minister for Planning Jeff Seeney Queensland Shines At Planning Awards Victor P Taffa Assistant Minister for Planning Reform Ian Walker has welcomed Queenslanders success at the Planning Institute of Australia’s National Awards for Planning Excellence. Queenslanders took eight of the 12 national awards. The [...]
Posted in Planning
04 May 2012
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman Premiers Unite To Save State Of Origin Victor P Taffa The Queensland and New South Wales Premiers today united in urging the NRL not to sell off iconic State of Origin rugby league games to interstate bidders. Both Premiers are concerned the NRL is currently considering a $12.5 Million bid from the Victorian Government to [...]
Posted in Sport
04 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge First Step In Community-Based Mental Health Reform Victor P Taffa Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge has released a consultation paper to drive the reform of Victoria’s community-based mental health services. Ms. Wooldridge said that consultation on the Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Support Services Reform Framework was the first stage of an exciting [...]
Posted in Welfare Services
04 May 2012
Victoria Minister for Health David Davis Hospital EDs Improve In Latest Performance Report Victor P Taffa Victoria’s hospitals are continuing to improve their emergency department performances, Minister for Health David Davis said today. Releasing the Victorian Health Services Performance Report for the three months to the end of December 2011, Mr. Davis said the time to treatment for [...]
Posted in Health
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