Victoria | Hong Lim MP, Member for Clayton

YOUNG FARMERS LEFT HIGH AND DRY BY BAILLIEU AND WELLS

Posted on 06. Feb, 2012 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government has failed to fulfil its election commitment to cut stamp duty for young farmers, after it was revealed that the reforms will not apply to the majority of farmers, Shadow Minister for Agriculture John Lenders said today. Mr Lenders said Baillieu Government reforms were flawed because young farmers with property valued over [...]

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BAILLIEU FAILS TO ALERT FAMILIES ON POWER OUTAGES

Posted on 25. Jan, 2012 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government has failed to notify many Victorians who could be hit with extended power outages under new changes introduced on Monday. From Monday, 23 January, power distribution companies are now required to disable the auto-reclose function on SWER lines during Code Red and total fire ban days, which may leave businesses and homes [...]

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BAILLIEU BUNGLES BACKBURNING IN THE YARRA RANGES AND THE DANDENONGS

Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government has let down Victorians living in fire-prone areas after a report revealed that fire authorities were struggling to meet prescribed burning targets, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Danielle Green said today. “It is clear the Baillieu Government has failed to achieve its own prescribed burn targets and its responsibility to prepare Victoria [...]

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COMMUNITIES IN THE DARK ON BAILLIEU’S POWER OUTAGES

Posted on 18. Jan, 2012 by admin.

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Victorians are still unaware whether their electricity could be turned off for extended periods of time during high fire danger periods despite a new document revealing the Baillieu Government knows what areas will be impacted under its scheme. From Monday, 23 January this year, power distribution companies will be required to disable the auto-reclose function [...]

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BAILLIEU A ‘NO SHOW’ IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR GIRGARRE JOBS

Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by admin.

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The Baillieu-Ryan Government needs to outline how it will support the Goulburn Valley Food Action Committee during negotiations with Heinz to secure regional jobs at Girgarre, Shadow Minister for Regional and Rural Development Jacinta Allan said today. Ms Allan said the Baillieu-Ryan Government must also remove Heinz tomato sauce from government catering contracts. “The Goulburn [...]

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LABOR PLEDGES $80.6 MILLION AND NEW FOCUS ON THE ARTS

Posted on 26. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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A future Brumby Labor Government will invest more than $80.6 million and establish Creative Victoria to ensure the arts and creative industries in Victoria continue to strengthen and thrive. Releasing Labor’s Arts and Creative Industries Policy, Premier John Brumby said a key element of the policy would be the establishment of Creative Victoria, which [...]

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EDUCATION FOR LIFE VOLUNTEER AND LEADERSHIP SHOWCASE

Posted on 25. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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Every government school Year 9 student will be given the chance to take their volunteering to the next level at a new Education for Life: Year 9 Experience Volunteer and Leadership Showcase, Premier John Brumby said today. Mr Brumby said the showcase, to be held at a venue like Etihad Stadium or the Royal Exhibition [...]

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BRUMBY LABOR GOVERNMENT TO ROLL OUT NBN FASTER

Posted on 25. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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A future Labor Government would act to cement Victoria as Australia’s broadband technology hub by funding two new ICT initiatives and implementing a new streamlined regulatory process to speed up the NBN rollout across the state. The Minister for Information and Communication Technology, John Lenders, said a future Labor Government would provide $10 million of [...]

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NEW JOBS AS LABOR INVESTS IN VICTORIAN MANUFACTURING

Posted on 25. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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The future of plastics manufacturing in Victoria has been secured with a planned investment of up to $195 million to expand and modernise Qenos’ manufacturing facility at Altona, Deputy Premier Rob Hulls announced today. Mr Hulls was joined by the Member for Altona, Jill Hennessy, at the facility today and said the plan had been [...]

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$7 MILLION TO OPEN OLYMPIC PARK TO WIDER COMMUNITY

Posted on 24. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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A future Brumby Labor Government will invest $7 million towards upgrading and opening up the Olympic Park sports precinct to the public, providing access to state-of-the-art facilities. Sport and Recreation Minister James Merlino said the planned upgrade included a new running track linking to the Tan Track, a health and fitness centre and new public [...]

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$30 MILLION LABOR PLEDGE TO BRING AFL FOOTY TO BALLARAT

Posted on 24. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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Ballarat would become North Melbourne Football Club’s second home as part of a proposal to bring AFL football to regional Victoria under a future Labor Government, Premier John Brumby announced today. Mr Brumby said Labor would provide $30 million to bring AFL home and away games to regional Victoria, under a proposal being considered by [...]

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BRUMBY PLEDGES 2000 VICTORIAN APPRENTICES A YEAR FROM GOVERNMENT BUILDING PROJECTS

Posted on 23. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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The Premier, John Brumby, today invited young Victorian apprentices to join Labor in building the State’s next era of prosperity, pledging that 2000 Victorian apprentices would be employed every year for the next four years on the Government’s multi-billion-dollar building program. Visiting apprentices at NMIT in Heidelberg with Education and Skills Minister Bronwyn Pike and [...]

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BRUMBY ANNOUNCES TAX CUTS AND REFORM AGENDA

Posted on 21. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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Premier John Brumby today unveiled a commonsense tax reform agenda to lead Australia and take new actions to ease the pressure on business and family budgets, address housing affordability and help keep the jobs coming to Victoria. Mr Brumby today announced that a future Labor Government would: Abolish stamp duty on newly built first homes [...]

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LIFESAVERS AND SES TO GET FUNDING BOOST UNDER LABOR

Posted on 20. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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Victoria’s life saving clubs will benefit from the biggest building program in the State’s history, and Victoria’s State Emergency Service will receive new trucks, boats and other rescue equipment under a future Brumby Labor Government. Labor will provide VICSES with $13.1 million for new rescue equipment, with Life Saving Victoria to receive $9.2 million, including [...]

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VAFA HEADQUARTERS TO BENEFIT FROM LABOR’S $112 MILLION BOOST FOR COMMUNITY SPORT

Posted on 18. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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Elsternwick Park will be upgraded as part of a $112 million boost to grow community sport under a future Labor Government, Premier John Brumby announced today. Mr Brumby was joined by the Member for Albert Park, Martin Foley, in Elsternwick to make the announcement today and said Elsternwick Park would receive up to $1.5 million [...]

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LABOR DELIVERS $1.7 BILLION FOR WORLD-CLASS SCHOOLS

Posted on 18. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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A future Labor Government will build up to 20 new schools in Victoria’s growth areas under a $1.7 billion push to deliver world-class schools for families across Victoria, the Premier, John Brumby, said today. Visiting McKinnon Secondary College with Education and Skills Minister Bronwyn Pike and the Member for Bentleigh, Rob Hudson, Mr Brumby announced that [...]

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QUEEN VIC CENTRE SET FOR MILLION DOLLAR MAKE-OVER AS WOMEN GET MORE SUPPORT UNDER LABOR

Posted on 18. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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A future Labor Government will invest $1 million to upgrade Queen Victoria Women’s Centre in Melbourne as part of a $7.1 million women’s policy package unveiled today. Visiting the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre today, Minister for Women’s Affairs Maxine Morand said Victorian women would continue to get the support and recognition they deserve under a [...]

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LABOR TO INVEST IN NEW SCHOOL CAMPS AND ACCOMMODATION FOR YEAR 9 EXPERIENCE

Posted on 17. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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A future Labor Government will invest $77.4 million to build new and expand camping and accommodation facilities across Victoria to provide more capacity for students participating in the Education for Life: the Year 9 Experience. Premier John Brumby today visited a group of Year 9 students from Keysborough Secondary College at a camp in Gembrook, [...]

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Future Brumby Labor will invest in the biggest expansion of Victoria’s kinders in the State’s history

Posted on 16. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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A future Brumby Labor Government will invest in the biggest expansion of Victoria’s kinders in the State’s history, with $100 million to build up to 335 additional kinder rooms – providing at least 10,000 more kinder places. Premier John Brumby said the $100 million for kinder rooms was the centrepiece of Labor’s early childhood package, [...]

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Future Brumby Labor will establish a Jobs Building Guarantee for an extra 4000 apprentices

Posted on 16. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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An extra 4000 apprentices will complete their training and move into the workforce as part of a future Brumby Labor Government’s $23.8 million investment to secure the future of Victoria’s trade-based industries. Premier John Brumby today announced Labor will establish a Jobs Building Guarantee with business and unions to set targets to employ more apprentices. [...]

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Future Brumby Labor will invest $208.2 million in education for life – The Year 9 Experience

Posted on 16. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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Premier, John Brumby, today unveiled a once-in-a-generation transformation of secondary schooling, to teach young Victorians the life skills they need for the future. Mr Brumby said a future Labor Government would invest $208.2 million in Education for Life: the Year 9 Experience – to give government secondary school students the opportunities available at leading private [...]

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BUILDING BETTER HOSPITALS FOR ALL VICTORIANS

Posted on 15. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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Victorian families will have access to even better health facilities and more hospital beds under a $746 million health boost from a future Brumby Labor Government. Premier of Victoria John Brumby, today unveiled Labor’s Let’s keep building hospitals policy. “To rise to the challenge of over 1000 Victorians turning 65 every week, we need to [...]

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LABOR PLEDGES $24.7 MILLION TO KEEP VICTORIA’S MUSIC INDUSTRY ROCKING

Posted on 13. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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Victoria’s thriving music industry will rock even more under a future Brumby Labor Government, with $24.7 million to be injected into a new contemporary music headquarters and expansions of Victoria Rocks and FreeZACentral to support more up and coming musicians. Making the announcement today alongside two-time ARIA Hall of Fame inductee Rick Grossman (Divinyls/Hoodoo Gurus) [...]

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LABOR TO STRENGTHEN VICTORIA’S RICH CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Posted on 13. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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Victorians from diverse backgrounds will receive support to help preserve their culture and languages and improved access to government services in a $19.2 million package under a future Labor Government. Mr Brumby said the centrepiece of the package was greater investment in subsidising community language schools to help preserve languages amongst the next generation of [...]

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LABOR’S $140.2 MILLION BOOST FOR GRASSROOTS SPORT

Posted on 12. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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A future Labor Government will inject $140.2 million into grassroots and elite sport so local clubs remain the backbone of communities and Victoria continues to strengthen its title as the world’s sporting capital, Premier John Brumby announced today. Mr Brumby said Labor would continue to invest heavily in modern sporting infrastructure and programs for the [...]

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BRAESIDE PARK INCLUDED IN $14.9 MILLION PLEDGE FOR KIDS PLAYGROUNDS ACROSS VICTORIA

Posted on 07. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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A future Labor Government will invest $14.9 million in a network of adventure playgrounds in parklands across Victoria, Premier John Brumby announced today. Mr Brumby was joined by Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings and Labor Member for Mordialloc, Janice Munt, at Braeside Park today to announce the funding commitment for 15 new and [...]

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BRUMBY PLEDGES 300,000 VICTORIAN JOBS

Posted on 05. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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The Premier, John Brumby, today vowed to keep the jobs coming, pledging to create 300,000 new Victorian jobs over the next five years. Launching a new $20 million commitment to securing jobs in the manufacturing industry, Mr Brumby said Labor was determined to deliver disciplined budgets and the right economic policies to keep the jobs [...]

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JOHN BRUMBY – STRONG LEADERSHIP FOR THE TIMES AHEAD

Posted on 03. Nov, 2010 by admin.

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This morning I have been discussing trades skills with young people from Geelong. Our $194 million skills plan will create new opportunities and even more choices for our young people – and a clear path to a rewarding job. Today, I am announcing that every student in a government school aged over 15 years will [...]

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ANOTHER NEW ICT HQ FOR MELBOURNE WITH 50 NEW JOBS

Posted on 28. Oct, 2010 by admin.

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New Zealand information and communication technology (ICT) company, Xero Limited, has chosen Melbourne for its Australian headquarters, with the expectation of creating more than 50 new jobs over five years. Information and Communication Technology Minister John Lenders congratulated the company on choosing Melbourne for its Australian headquarters and for the jobs boost. “The Brumby Labor [...]

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SECRET MILLIONAIRE BRINGS 60 NEW ICT JOBS TO MELBOURNE

Posted on 28. Oct, 2010 by admin.

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Hot off Channel Nine’s current The Secret Millionaire series, Melbourne entrepreneur Karl Redenbach is starting a new venture which will create 60 new jobs and promote Victoria’s information and communication technology (ICT) expertise internationally. Minister for Information and Communications Technology John Lenders welcomed Online Services Corporation (OSC), at the global launch event at Telstra in [...]

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JERSEY BOYS PREMIERE SEASON WORTH OVER $100 MILLION

Posted on 28. Oct, 2010 by admin.

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The smash hit Australian premiere season of Jersey Boys has generated an impressive $108 million in economic benefits for Victoria in just over a year. Tourism and Major Events Minister Tim Holding said nearly 600,000 people attended the show, with 142,000 people, or almost 25 per cent, from interstate or overseas. “Jersey Boys left Melbourne [...]

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AAA HERE TO STAY UNDER A BRUMBY LABOR GOVERNMENT

Posted on 26. Oct, 2010 by admin.

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Today the Brumby Labor Government received a AAA credit rating for its disciplined financial management from respected international credit rating agency, Standard and Poor’s. Treasurer John Lenders said the rating reflected Victoria’s healthy budget despite taking a financial hit from the Global Financial Crisis. In giving its rating on Victoria’s finances report today Standard and [...]

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ANOTHER GOOD ECONOMIC REPORT CARD FOR VICTORIA

Posted on 26. Oct, 2010 by admin.

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Victoria, the economic engine room of the nation, received another good economic report card this time from independent economics consultancy Access Economics who today released a comparison of the states’ economies. Treasurer John Lenders said the report showed that the Brumby Labor Government had successfully invested in job-creating infrastructure to fill the void left in [...]

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VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT GRANTS ASSIST COMPANIES BUILD GLOBAL MARKETS

Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by admin.

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The Brumby Labor Government is providing $410,000 in grants to help three Melbourne companies improve their global competitiveness, save money on production costs and create local jobs. Attending AusBiotech today, Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings and Industry and Trade Minister Jacinta Allan said the grants to medical diagnostics company Universal Biosensors, GlaxoSmithKline Australia and SGE Analytical [...]

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NEW WORLD CLASS CANCER WARD FOR BOX HILL HOSPITAL

Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by admin.

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The Brumby Labor Government’s $407.5 million redevelopment of Box Hill Hospital will include a new state-of-the-art cancer ward to meet growing demand. Touring the building site today with Member for Burwood Bob Stensholt and Member for Forest Hill Kirstie Marshall, Health Minister Daniel Andrews announced the inclusion of a new cancer inpatient ward and refurbishment [...]

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JOINT STEM CELL STUDY TO INVESTIGATE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by admin.

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A $2.2 million project by Victorian and Californian researchers will assess whether stem cell therapies can be used to combat diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis and Type-1 diabetes, and help organ transplant recipients. Speaking at AusBiotech 2010 in Melbourne today, Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings said the Brumby Labor Government had contributed $575,505 to the project, [...]

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VICTORIA WILL BE BETTER BY DESIGN WITH $14 MILLION BOOST

Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by admin.

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Victoria’s position as a centre of excellence in design was further strengthened today with the launch of the Brumby Labor Government’s $14 million design action plan. Launching the Victorian Design Action Plan 2011-2015 at CobaltNiche today, Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings said the plan would stimulate growth in the use of design in Victoria and contribute [...]

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$800,000 FUNDING BOOST FOR VICTORIA’S ROCK EISTEDDFOD

Posted on 14. Oct, 2010 by admin.

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A re-elected Brumby Labor Government will provide an $800,000 funding boost so Victorian students can return to the stage for the annual Rock Eisteddfod Challenge. Youth Affairs Minister James Merlino said the Brumby Labor Government would contribute $200,000 a year over four years to the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge Foundation so the dance, drama and design [...]

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IBM R&D LAB TO BE ESTABLISHED IN MELBOURNE

Posted on 14. Oct, 2010 by admin.

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The Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Premier of Victoria John Brumby today announced IBM will establish a world-first global research and development laboratory at the University of Melbourne. The new centre, which will be created with the support of the Gillard and Brumby Labor Governments, will be the first IBM global research and development [...]

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