Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)— I am pleased to reflect on VictorianLabor’s commitment to funding education in Melbourne’s western suburbs. I havein the past few weeks joined with the parents and teachers of two schools in myelectorate, Tarneit P-9 College and Werribee Secondary College, after havingspent most..

Mr  PALLAS  (Tarneit) — Hubris is no substitute for honest hard work,and Victorians do not need a magazine to tell them what they already know —that Victoria is a great place to live. It is a great place that could be somuch better if members of..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)  — I too rise to outline the opposition’sposition and its concern about what effectively is legislation that is much adoabout nothing. This legislation comes from a government that has talked thetalk to business and to industry about its desire to create jobs,..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I rise to speak on the Sentencing Amendment(Emergency Workers) Bill 2014, and in so doing I indicate that Labor does notoppose the bill. One of the great challenges in a modern society is to ensure thatthe legislation we bring to this..

  Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I too rise to speak in support of the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Further Amendment Bill 2013. From the outset it is important to indicate that the Labor Party supports as a fundamental principle a child’s right to access information about..

Mr  PALLAS (Tarneit)  — It  gives me   — It  gives me  great pleasure to rise to  support this bill. The opposition’s  view  is  that  measures designed to address the safety of our roads, to  reduce our road toll and to reduce  the insidious  impact of ..

Mr Pallas  (Tarneit)  — I congratulate  two  members of  my  local community, Barbara Wells and Allan Kendall, who recently celebrated 45 years of  service to the Werribee Country Fire Authority (CFA).  It was a great pleasure to see their hard work  publicly recognised  by the Werribee..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit)  —  The Coalition  promised  in 2010 to  deliver  service improvements without  increasing debt or  raising taxes. That was  its principal commitment  to the  people of  Victoria. That  is on  page  2  of  its financial management policy  2010.  I  make  the  point  that ..

We need a Government who will put people first. We need a Government who can make Victoria number one again.

Mr  Pallas  (Tarneit)  —  Before  the  first tree was ever planted on Collins Street two doctors opened  a tiny  clinic at the foot of Exhibition Street. This was a time when hospitals were considered to be  a charity’s domain, so when the colonial government chipped  in ..

Get Wyndham Moving; Extension to police move on powers; and what's on this month

Mr  Pallas  (Tarneit)  —  I  rise to speak on the State Taxation  Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 and also in  passing  to  make  reference  to the amendments circulated by the Treasurer. To make it clear, Labor opposes this  bill  because at a  time when Victoria is losing..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) — I also rise to speak on the Sale of Land Amendment Bill 2014.  In so  doing , as  a  barrister  and  solicitor  of  the Supreme  Court of Victoria, as somebody  in possession of a practising certificate and as somebody who has..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) —  I refer  to the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee report on the 2013-14  budget  estimates,  which in  part  2, chapter  4.4,  discusses general purpose grants, their predictability and their impact upon the state  budget. On page 70 it  is noted that..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) — I rise to speak about the Get Wyndham  Moving campaign, which aims to tackle congestion issues across road,  rail  and  bus transport in Wyndham  and  highlight  the  need   for   adequate   investment   in  transport infrastructure.  As I have mentioned many times in this..

'Project 10,000' - Victorian Labor's transport alternative.

To the Legislative Assembly of Victoria:   The petition  of  certain residents and  users  of Manor Lakes  (Wyndham Vale,  Victoria), draws attention to  the  Legislative  Assembly the implications for  the local community should  the new regional rail link station being built off  Manor Lakes Boulevard..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) — I am pleased  to rise to speak in support of the matter of public  importance.  In  so  doing I make the observation that a government’s actions speak louder than its  words, and this government’s  inactions created a silence that was both..