Mr PALLAS  (Tarneit)  — I  rise  to  address  the  matter  of  the  rapidly deteriorating and  increasingly inadequate state of arterial roads in Wyndham. I have  raised  this issue again and again, yet the government continues  to  snub this community. Many of the  roads  are  essential  links..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) — I rise to speak on the Napthine government’s failure to address  the increasing demand being  placed upon the  Werribee Mercy Hospital’s emergency department.  Annual  reports  tabled in  the  Parliament in  the  last sitting week reveal what many local residents already know ..

Mr  Pallas (Tarneit) —  Another  matter of public  importance  (MPI) has been brought  to this place by the government in another effort to commend itself for the very  little that it has  done in this state. Labor  welcomes the Standard & Poor’s decision not to ..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I might say in starting my contribution to debate on this bill that it feels to me, having heard the contribution of the member for Brunswick, that there is little more for me to add to this debate. She has so..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) — I rise to highlight the inaction of the  government in relation  to   the   shortage   of   public  housing,  and  particularly  crisis accommodation, in the city of Wyndham. The H3 (Health, Housing and Homelessness) Wyndham  Alliance,  a formal partnership of  local  organisations  committed ..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) — This is a matter  of public importance. It goes  to the heart of this government’s competence,  its willingness to listen  to the people of  Victoria and its willingness  to  stand  and  act  in  accordance  with  its pre-election rhetoric. Its failure to..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit)  — I grieve for  Victoria’s economic performance and  its management  by this bungling,  self-absorbed  government. I  grieve  for a state which  has  seen its citizens  being  hoodwinked and misled —  not  led — by a government unable to come up with  a ..

Mr  Pallas (Tarneit)  —  It gives  me pleasure  and somewhat  of a  degree of disappointment to have to stand to speak in opposition to this matter. You would have thought  that on a day when this government’s  support hangs  by a  thread, when support for..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) — Given that my correspondence has figured so prominently in contributions from  members on  the other  side, I  seek leave  to table  the correspondence and also have it incorporated into the record.   The ACTING SPEAKER (Mr Northe) — Order! Is leave..

Mr  Pallas  (Tarneit)  — I  rise to  speak on  the matter  of  the  coalition government’s  upcoming community cabinet  event  in my community  of Wyndham, to take place on 7 October this year. The Premier indicated in a media release that this would be a great opportunity ..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit)  — It gives me great  pleasure to speak in support of the matter of public importance. The government  only  gave its business  case to Infrastructure  Victoria  seven weeks after it had announced it was going to proceed with  this project, so when..

Mr  Pallas  (Tarneit) — The fire services property levy is a  botched  reform that this government  has  been  advertising as a simpler and fairer system, but that is  not what it has delivered.  There are a lot of people who are getting a shock when they..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) —  On 14  August I  had the  great pleasure  of attending Baden Powell  College in my electorate and serving as principal for  a day.  The school’s motto is ‘Looking forward, staying ahead’, and  I  must  say  that from what I observed  and..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) — I rise to condole with the house on the passing of Alan John Hunt, and in so doing I reflect upon the fact that quite often when we come into this place we take the view that our  contributions fall into..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I rise to raise concerns regarding the appalling condition of infrastructure at the Grange P-12 College, which is in my electorate. The school is 20 years old and has the third-highest number of portables in this state, most of which are poor..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — It gives me pleasure to rise to speak to the matter before the house. In so doing I can assuage any concerns that the Minister for Employment and Trade may have. There is no change in strategy or approach; we continue as..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — In speaking to the Bail Amendment Bill 2013 I believe there are three points that are critically important. Certainty, consistency and clarity must underpin the basic principles associated with bail and the basic principles attaching to our justice system. This bill not..

Mr Pallas  (Tarneit)  — The matter I  wish to raise is  for  the Minister for Environment and Climate Change. The action I seek  is  that the minister clarify the current state  of the government’s relief  to charities under  the  landfill levy  rebate scheme  — that  is,..