Hong Lim MP, Member for Clayton

BAILLIEU’S NEW “INDEPENDENT” GAMBLING FOUNDATION NOT SO INDEPENDENT

Posted on 28. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government has again failed to live up to its own rhetoric with the creation of its so called “independent” Responsible Gambling Foundation, Shadow Minister for Gaming Martin Pakula said today. “Gaming Minister Michael O’Brien promised a Responsible Gambling Foundation that would be independent from Government, but now Victorians have learnt this is not [...]

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BAILLIEU CONSIDERS LONG BLACKOUTS ON HIGH RISK DAYS

Posted on 27. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government’s election commitment to undertake every recommendation of the Bushfire Royal Commission could leave many parts of the state without power during periods of high-fire danger, Shadow Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio said today. It’s understood the Government is considering a recommendation that during days of high-fire danger power would be cut to [...]

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BAILLIEU’S VCAL CUTS HIT VICTORIAN COLLEGE FOR THE DEAF

Posted on 26. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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Liberal Member for Prahran Clem Newton-Brown has failed to stand up for the educational futures of hearing impaired students in his electorate, Shadow Minister for Education, Rob Hulls, said today. In Parliament this week, Mr Hulls moved a motion condemning Mr Newton-Brown for denying students at the Victorian College for the Deaf the right to [...]

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BAILLIEU AVOIDING DISCUSSION ON VET REFORMS

Posted on 25. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government’s public consultation on the Essential Services Commission Vocational Education and Training (VET) fee and funding review is nothing more than a smoke and mirrors exercise, Shadow Minister for Skills and Apprenticeships, Steve Herbert said today. Mr Herbert said the Essential Services Commission’s (ESC) review proposes 43 far-reaching changes to the VET sector [...]

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CLAYTON ELECTORATE TEACHERS UNDERVALUED BY BAILLIEU

Posted on 25. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government should use World Teacher’s Day to explain to teachers in the Clayton electorate why it has broken its promise to make them the highest paid in Australia, Member for Clayton Hong Lim said today. Mr Lim said UNESCO’s World Teachers’ Day will be celebrated this Friday October 28 in over 100 countries, [...]

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BAILLIEU GOVERNMENT STILL HIDING POWERLINES REPORT

Posted on 24. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government is refusing to release details of its final Powerlines Bushfire Safety Taskforce report, despite claims their commitment could cost Victorians at least $10 billion and could force power blackouts to large parts of the state. A media report has revealed the Baillieu Government is considering slugging the community $10 billion for the [...]

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BAILLIEU DELAYS PROTECTING VULNERABLE VICTORIANS

Posted on 20. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu-Ryan Government has failed to take action to assist and protect Victorians in aged care or with a disability living in high bushfire risk areas, Shadow Minister for Bushfire Response Jacinta Allan said today. The Premier had promised to compile and maintain a list of vulnerable residents so emergency services and local councils could [...]

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BAILLIEU SILENCE FORCES EDUCATION COMMUNITY TO REACT

Posted on 19. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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Newspaper advertisements by Victorian schools and education providers backs the State Opposition’s call for the Baillieu Government to reinstate the funding for the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning program, Shadow Minister for Education Rob Hulls said today. Mr Hulls said the open letter newspaper advertisements directed at Premier Baillieu was further evidence that the Baillieu [...]

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BAILLIEU’S TAKE-A-BREAK CUTS FORCE UP CHILDCARE FEES

Posted on 19. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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Parents in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs could be forced to pay more for occasional childcare or miss out completely because the Baillieu Government is refusing to reinstate funding for the Take-a-Break program. Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews today visited Chelsea Occasional Care to meet with parents, children and childcare workers who have been impacted by the Premier’s [...]

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BAILLIEU DITHERING ON NBN COST VICTORIA JOBS, INVESTMENT

Posted on 19. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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Baillieu Government inaction on the National Broadband Network roll out has driven jobs and investment for Victoria to other states, Shadow Minister for Technology Adem Somyurek said today. Mr Somyurek said Victoriahad missed out on its fair share of NBN roll out sites because Mr Baillieu and his Technology Minister, Gordon Rich-Phillips, had dithered all [...]

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BAILLIEU AND RYAN FINALLY SUPPORT FOODBOWL PROJECT

Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu-Ryan Government has backflipped on its previous criticism of the Goulburn Valley Foodbowl Modernisation Project and is now claiming the project as its own, Shadow Minister for Water John Lenders said today. Mr Lenders welcomed Federal Labor’s $1.2 billion announcement for stage 2 of the Foodbowl Modernisation project, which Victorian Labor was proud to [...]

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BAILLIEU AXES STANDARD SOLAR SCHEME BY STEALTH

Posted on 17. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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Families installing solar panels will miss out on a standard incentive payment with the Baillieu Government caught out walking away from jobs and protecting the environment. The standard or ‘one-for-one’ tariff was paid to the householder or small organisation for surplus electricity fed back into the grid at the same price retailers paid for electricity. [...]

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINISTER POWELL GETS IT WRONG NEARLY 17 MILLION TIMES

Posted on 14. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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Local Government Minister Jeanette Powell has been caught out misleading Victorians, by claiming councils would receive a far lower increase in Commonwealth funding than was actually the case. Shadow Minister for Local Government Richard Wynne said Ms Powell’s embarrassing gaffe was made in a media release yesterday. “Either through carelessness, laziness or inability to read [...]

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BAILLIEU FAILS TO BACK FAMILIES AS UNEMPLOYMENT RISES

Posted on 13. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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More Victorians are out of work with new figures today revealing the state’s unemployment has increased, bucking the national trend, Shadow Minister for Employment Tim Pallas said . The Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force figures for September reveal that seasonally adjusted unemployment rates in Victoria have increased from 5.2 per cent in August to [...]

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INDEPENDENT REPORT CONFIRMS VCAL BAILLIEU BLUNDER

Posted on 12. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government has disregarded advice from a Melbourne University academic warning against cuts to VCAL, Shadow Minister for Education Rob Hulls said today. The academic’s report outlines the importance of VCAL course coordinators, which are the target of the Baillieu Government’s $48 million cuts. Mr Hulls said Labor received the executive summary of the [...]

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BAILLIEU’S PHILIP ISLAND PLANING BACKDOWN CAUSES CONFUSION & SPARKS PUBLIC PROTEST

Posted on 12. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government should immediately set up an independent community forum to advise it on flagged reforms to Victoria’s planning system and restore public confidence, Shadow Planning Minister Brian Tee said today. Mr Tee made his call on the steps of Parliament today, at a community rally to protest against the Baillieu Government’s adhoc and [...]

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BAILLIEU SCRAPS FUNDS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Posted on 12. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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A legal clinic that provides support to international students will be forced to shut by the end of October following a decision by the Baillieu Government to stop funding the service, Shadow Attorney General Martin Pakula said today. Last year, the former Labor Government provided $220,000 for a 12-month pilot for the International Student Legal [...]

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DANGEROUS LEVEL CROSSINGS IGNORED BY LIBERALS – CLAYTON ROAD OFF THE LIST

Posted on 11. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Liberal National Coalition has placed the safety of Victorian commuters at risk by failing to upgrade Melbourne’s busiest and most dangerous level crossings, Shadow Public Transport Minister Fiona Richardson said today. “The two most dangerous level crossings in St Albans have been completely ignored despite being ranked at number three and four on [...]

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WHERE ARE THE HOSPITAL BEDS, MR BAILLIEU?

Posted on 11. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government’s promise to deliver additional beds to Victorian hospitals is in tatters after Health Minister David Davis today failed to outline where the beds will be placed. In Parliament today, Mr Davis stumbled when asked by the Shadow Minister for Health, Gavin Jennings, to name what hospitals would receive the 800 new beds [...]

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BAILLIEU’S LOBBYING BAN IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SHAM

Posted on 11. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government’s so-called ban on lobbying for gaming licences is just window dressing, Shadow Gaming Minister Martin Pakula said today. Under proposed changes by the Government, gaming companies will no longer be able to directly lobby the Gaming Minister for gaming licences. However, the bans will do little to stop backbench MPs from lobbying [...]

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BAILLIEU TURNS HIS BACK ON PATIENTS AT BOX HILL HOSPITAL – IS MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE NEXT?

Posted on 07. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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Patients in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs are the latest victims of the Baillieu Government’s savage funding cuts to the health sector, Acting Shadow Minister for Health Danielle Green said today. Reports today reveal Box Hill Hospital will be forced to close 32 beds and reduce its elective surgery capacity because of a lack of State Government [...]

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EDUCATION THE KEY TO FIGHTING TEEN BINGE DRINKING

Posted on 07. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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Parents in the Clayton electorate must remain vigilant about the need to educate children about the harmful effects of binge drinking, the member for Clayton Hong Lim said today. Mr Lim said he feared a campaign launched by the Baillieu Government to promote new laws fining adults who supply alcohol to minors may lull parents [...]

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CUT AND PASTE MULDER THE NEW SPIN KING OF VICTORIA

Posted on 06. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government has been caught red-handed claiming credit for road projects that the Federal Government previously announced and funded, Shadow Minister for Roads, Jacinta Allan, said today. Ms Allan said a fortnight after the Government cut and paste a former Brumby Government announcement and media release, it’s again attempted to deceive Victorians. “Roads Minister [...]

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BAILLIEU’S ALL TALK, NO ACTION ON BUSHFIRE PROTECTION

Posted on 05. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Liberal-National Government has failed to build one new fire refuge or a Neighbourhood Safer Place in more than 10 months, Shadow Minister for Bushfire Response Jacinta Allan said today. “In Opposition, Peter Ryan and Ted Baillieu spent their time calling for more Neighbourhood Safer Places and fire refuges to be introduced, yet, since coming [...]

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VICTORIA LOSES MOMENTUM AS BAILLIEU DOES NOTHING

Posted on 04. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Labor Opposition has urged the Baillieu Government to get on with the job of growing Victoria after a new report revealed the state’s economy was slowing. The report – Westpac Coast-to-Coast September 2011: An update on Australia’s state economies – shows that Victoria’s economy has lost momentum, with growth falling significantly in the second [...]

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BAILLIEU MUST RELEASE POWERLINE TASKFORCE REPORT

Posted on 04. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government must immediately release the long-awaited Powerline Bushfire Safety Taskforce final report, Shadow Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio said today. Ms D’Ambrosio said the taskforce delivered the final report to the Baillieu Government last Friday. This was after the interim report leaked in June this year found the costs of fireproofing powerlines would [...]

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BAILLIEU’S BUSHFIRE MAP CAUSING WIDESPREAD CONFUSION

Posted on 03. Oct, 2011 by admin.

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Victorians living in fire-prone communities have been put at risk due to confusing and inconsistent maps issued by the Baillieu Government, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. Visiting Cockatoo, Mr Andrews said the Bushfire Prone Area Maps, which detail the Baillieu Government’s assessment of ‘at risk’ areas across the State, had curiously part-omitted [...]

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LOVELL CAN’T FIND TIME, MONEY OR INTEREST IN HOUSING WEEK

Posted on 28. Sep, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government has again demonstrated that housing is one of its lowest priorities after failing to set a date for the annual Housing Week for 2011, Member for Clayton Hong Lim said today. Mr Lim said Housing Week was a chance to showcase the rich contribution that Victoria’s social and public housing residents played [...]

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MORE “MONSTER TRUCKS” ON OUR ROADS UNDER BAILLIEU

Posted on 28. Sep, 2011 by admin.

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A secret Baillieu Government plan to roll out “monster trucks” throughout Melbourne suburbs has now been confirmed by VicRoads, Shadow Minister for Freight and Logistics Tim Pallas said today. Mr Pallas said the Baillieu Government was expanding a trial of big trucks on Melbourne’s roads despite Minister Terry Mulder and Minister Dennis Napthine being staunch [...]

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GRAND FINAL FRIDAY A GREAT TIME FOR A PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Posted on 26. Sep, 2011 by admin.

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The Labor Opposition has launched a campaign calling on the Baillieu Government to consider introducing a new public holiday to celebrate the iconic AFL Grand Final. Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews urged the Premier to look at the idea. “The AFL Grand Final is one of the biggest events on our sporting calendar. It attracts attention [...]

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REGIONAL VICTORIA AT RISK AS BAILLIEU ABANDONS BUSHFIRE PROMISES

Posted on 22. Sep, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu-Ryan Government, just weeks from the fire season, has failed to deliver key election promises aimed at reducing the bushfire risk in regionalVictoria. Visiting Murrindindi Shire Council today, Shadow Minister for Bushfire Response Jacinta Allan said authorities were already concerned about the potential bushfire threat, with temperatures reaching the mid-to-high 20s this week. “This [...]

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BAILLIEU’S VCAL FUNDING CUT IS UNFAIR TO STUDENTS

Posted on 22. Sep, 2011 by admin.

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The Labor Opposition today launched a campaign to support the community’s concerns about the Baillieu Government’s $48 million cuts to the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) program. Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said the Baillieu Government’s decision to slash coordination funding for VCAL would impact thousands of students across the state and could force schools to [...]

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BAILLIEU’S SOLAR SCHEME SPARKS SAFETY FEARS

Posted on 21. Sep, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government’s decision to abruptly end support for roof-top solar had created a massive rush to install systems sparking safety fears, the Shadow Minister for Energy, Lily D’Ambrosio, said today. Ms D’Ambrosio today visited a Port Melbourne solar installer, Sun Empire Solar Systems, to discuss industry concerns about the Baillieu Government’s decision to scrap [...]

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BAILLIEU DISREGARDS AT-RISK YOUTH AND THEIR MENTORS

Posted on 21. Sep, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government is ignoring young Victorians by failing to fund successful youth mentoring programs, Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader on Children and Young Adults, Jenny Mikakos said today. Ms Mikakos said the Baillieu Government was ready to let funding for the Mentoring and Capacity Building Initiative disappear at the end of the year. “There [...]

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DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, MR WELLS?

Posted on 20. Sep, 2011 by admin.

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Kim Wells has today reminded Victorians why he is the hidden Treasurer of Victoria, Shadow Treasurer Tim Holding said. In a disastrous press conference, Mr Wells could not even answer the most basic questions about his own report, Modelling the Clean Energy Future Policy. “Rather than scaring Victorians about the price on carbon, Mr Wells [...]

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Hulls: Baillieu Government Ignores Advice On VCAL Funding

Posted on 20. Sep, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government must immediately release a detailed report it commissioned into Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning coordinators that reveals the importance of funding the program, Shadow Minister for Education Mr Rob Hulls said today. The report, which was submitted to the Baillieu Government in March, is believed to strongly support the role of VCAL coordinators [...]

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BAILLIEU’S ANTI-WIND FARM LAWS THREATEN PORT FAIRY JOBS

Posted on 19. Sep, 2011 by admin.

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Two approved wind farms in Victoria’s south-west are among a number under threat because of the Baillieu Government’s new anti-wind farm laws, the Shadow Minister for Planning, Brian Tee, said today. Mr Tee said the new laws may force the wind farm developer to abandon the Hawkesdale and Ryan Corner wind farm projects in Port [...]

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HALL ABANDONS TRAINING AND SKILLS RESPONSIBILITIES

Posted on 16. Sep, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government has abandoned students and providers in Victoria’s skills and training sector, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. Mr Herbert said there was confusion in the higher education, skills and training sector following the Ballieu Government’s $48 million cut to the Victoria Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) program. [...]

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GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY BACKS VCAL WHILE BAILLIEU MAKES $48M CUT

Posted on 15. Sep, 2011 by admin.

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The Baillieu Government must restore funding to the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning program following the Government’s curriculum authority praising its success, Shadow Minister for Education Rob Hulls said today. The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) Annual Report tabled in Parliament this week included glowing praise from one of the State’s most senior education [...]

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