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04 September 2011
Victoria Minister for Youth Affairs Ryan Smith 2012 National Youth Week Young Member Announced Victor P Taffa Minister for Youth Affairs Ryan Smith announced that 21 year old Frankston student Stephanie Raike was chosen as the 2012 Victorian National Youth Week Young Member. “Ms. Raike will represent Victoria on the National Youth Week National Planning Group which shapes [...]
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02 September 2011
Victoria Attorney-General Robert Clark Forensic Experts Identify Ned Kelly’s Remains Victor P Taffa Attorney-General Robert Clark today announced that doctors and scientists at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine have identified the body of Ned Kelly. A DNA sample taken from Melbourne school teacher Leigh Olver, who is Ned’s sister Ellen’s great grandson, has confirmed the remains are [...]
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19 August 2011
Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu Remembering The Heroes Of Long Tan Victor P Taffa Premier Ted Baillieu has marked the 45th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan today by laying a wreath and speaking at the Shrine of Remembrance to honour the Australian infantry soldiers who fought at Long Tan. “Today we honour the valour of the heroes of [...]
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12 August 2011
Northern Territory Shadow Minister for Indigenous Policy Adam Giles VATSKALIS SHOULD APOLOGISE Victor P Taffa The head of the External Monitoring and Reporting Committee’s half-hearted apology for comparing Aboriginal people with cave men falls well short of removing the stain these insulting comments have left. In the report, the committee compares Indigenous people with Neolithic British and Iron Age [...]
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05 August 2011
Victoria Minister for Housing Wendy Lovell New Broadford RSL Rises From The Ashes Victor P Taffa The Broadford community, including local veterans and their families, was out in force today to celebrate the completion of the new Broadford RSL Hall which replaces the previous hall destroyed by fire in 2008. Representing the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Hugh Delahunty, Member [...]
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03 August 2011
Victoria Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith Record Zoo Visitation Statistics And More Jumbo Surprises In Store Victor P Taffa Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith has announced the success of the Victorian Coalition Government’s free zoo entry for kids’ policy. “The Coalition Government’s free zoo entry for kids’ policy has given free [...]
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13 July 2011
Northern Territory Opposition Leader Terry Mills WORKING FOR TERRITORY JOBS Victor P Taffa Opposition Leader, Terry Mills, will travel to Perth tomorrow morning to meet with representatives from the joint venture company expected to build the INPEX Ichthys LNG plant in Darwin. Construction giant Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) is gearing up for the massive project and has already [...]
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13 July 2011
Northern Territory Opposition Leader Terry Mills GIVE ME A HOME Victor P Taffa Despite a slowdown in the housing sector and negative net interstate migration, Darwin continues to have the highest capital city rents in the country. Opposition Leader and Shadow Housing Minister, Terry Mills, said Darwin’s median house rental is $520 a week. This eclipses the median national rent [...]
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05 July 2011
Victoria Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Jeanette Powell Call For Mutual Respect Victor P Taffa Speaking today at a flag raising ceremony as part of the 2011 NAIDOC Week celebrations, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Jeanette Powell encouraged Indigenous and non-Indigenous Victorians to reflect and consider how our joint futures can grow and prosper on the basis of mutual respect. NAIDOC [...]
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20 June 2011
Victoria Minister for Youth Affairs Ryan Smith Are You Victoria’s 2012 National Youth Week Young Member? Victor P Taffa Minister for Youth Affairs Ryan Smith has called for enthusiastic young Victorians aged 16 to 25 to apply to become the 2012 Victorian National Youth Week Young Member. “The Youth Week Young Member will represent young people across Victoria [...]
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10 June 2011
Victoria Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher Fellowships Bring Research Excellence To Victoria Victor P Taffa Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher today announced the winners of the 2011 Victorian Endowment for Science, Knowledge and Innovation (VESKI) Fellowships at a ceremony in Melbourne. “The VESKI Innovation Fellowships are awarded to leading researchers [...]
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02 June 2011
Victoria Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Jeanette Powell Government Tables Indigenous Affairs Report 2009-10 Victor P Taffa Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Jeanette Powell tabled the Victorian Government Indigenous Affairs Report 2009-10 in Parliament today. The report reviews the performance of the previous government in relation to Aboriginal affairs. “In line with its commitment to Closing the Gap, the Victorian Coalition Government [...]
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02 June 2011
Victoria Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Jeanette Powell Honouring Indigenous Service Men And Women Victor P Taffa The service of indigenous Victorians in the defence of Australia has today been recognised at the annual Indigenous Shrine of Remembrance Service. Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Jeanette Powell was joined by the Governor of Victoria, the Honourable Alex Chernov, Minister for Veteran Affairs [...]
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30 May 2011
Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu Victoria Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Jeanette Powell Coalition Govt Honours Indigenous Victorians With Nation’s First-Ever Indigenous Honour Roll Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government will formally honour Victoria’s outstanding Indigenous people through Australia’s first-ever Indigenous Honour Roll. Premier Ted Baillieu launched the opening of nominations for the inaugural Victorian Indigenous Honour Roll standing alongside [...]
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20 May 2011
Victoria Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Jeanette Powell The following statement can be attributed to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Jeanette Powell: Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government recognises the first peoples of this nation through a variety of mechanisms including, where appropriate, acknowledging traditional owners past and present. Acknowledgement of Country is not mandated, never has been, and [...]
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10 May 2011
Victor P Taffa Royal Wedding Cakes: While in St. Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, Caritas Ward Victor P Taffa and Nurse Lucy excitedly discussed the pending Royal Wedding between H.R.H. Prince William and Miss Kate Middleton. On Thursday 28th April as excitement mounted with the pending marriage of H.R.H. Prince William and Miss Kate Middleton, Victor P Taffa asked Nurse [...]
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02 April 2011
Victor P Taffa The Southern Thunderer was first published on Wednesday 14 October 2009 and has a range of categories where your advertising needs can appear. The Advertise Page appears on the top right hand row of Page Tabs directly above the clocks. These Categories include: Agriculture Business Community Notices Education Elections Environment Health Law & Order Legal Affairs Lifestyle Literary & Arts News Planning Politics Regional Resources Sport Tourism Transport Welfare Services Websites have ‘visits’ and ‘Page [...]
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31 March 2011
Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu Victoria Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Hugh Delahunty Free Buses For Veterans And Supporters On ANZAC Day Victor P Taffa Premier Ted Baillieu has invited all Melburnians to take advantage of free bus services travelling to the Shrine of Remembrance for the ANZAC Day dawn service. Mr. Baillieu said buses would operate along 11 routes covering [...]
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31 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Youth Affairs Ryan Smith Get Ready For National Youth Week 1-10 April Victor P Taffa Minister for Youth Affairs Ryan Smith today encouraged young people from across Victoria to get ready for National Youth Week 1 to 10 April. Young people can get ready by logging onto www.youthweek.com and choosing to be part of the state’s [...]
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30 March 2011
Victoria Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Hugh Delahunty Cindy McLeish Seymour MLA Stage One Of Seymour Vietnam Veterans’ Walk Unveiled Victor P Taffa Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Hugh Delahunty today officially opened Stage One of the new Vietnam Veterans’ Commemorative Walk in Seymour. The completed first stage of the development includes a memorial cairn and a new interpretive centre called [...]
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