Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I wish  to refer to page 116 of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) report on the 2011-12 budget estimates, part 1, which deals with the hearings relating to the  Ports  portfolio. Key matters raised at the  budget estimates hearings ..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — The matter I wish to raise is for the Attorney-General, and the action I seek is  that he review, and in so doing upgrade,  the security arrangements  at  Werribee  Magistrates  Court  to  ensure  there  are  adequate facilities to safeguard the protection..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) —  It gives me great pleasure  to speak on this bill, the Land (Revocation of Reservations)  Bill 2012. Bills of  this nature come  before this place every so often — every few years, generally — and they seek to make a number..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)  — I address the  Public Accounts and Estimates Committee report on the 2011-12  budget estimates, part  3, specifically with reference to section 2.6.1 of the report dealing with infrastructure spend. Page 26 states: The 2011-12  budget papers explain that the estimated reduction..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)  — I am pleased  to  rise to speak in  opposition to this bill.  What  we  have  heard  once  again  today  is  an attempt  to justify  an unreconstructed dash for cash. This  is a smash-and-grab job from a fainthearted and fiscally feeble government..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) —  I  rise  to  raise  concern about the disastrous and continuing  deteriorating  state of capital  works in my  electorate of Tarneit. This has been due to a reduced effort by  the current  government in  allocating capital works funding for  schools.  I  note..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I wish  to refer  to the  Public Accounts and Estimates Committee report on the  2011-12 budget estimates, part 1, section 12.4.3,  page 116, which discusses  the  freight access charge into the port of Melbourne. The Premier has made comment in  this..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — The  matter  I wish to raise  is for the Minister  for Roads. The  action I  seek is  that the  minister conclude the review into truck exclusion lanes and  make  public  its conclusions to provide the public with an appreciation of how..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — I rise to support the matter of public importance put forward by the member for  Mulgrave, the Leader of the Opposition. In so doing I want to rely on comments made in  this place  previously. On  19 September 2001, the following..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) —  I refer to part 3 of the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee  report on  the  2011-12 budget estimates  dated  September 2011,  and specifically to table 7.15 on page 195, which deals with inquiries and reviews. We  of course  know that  the..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit)– I wish to draw the attention of the house to the tragic increase in  road  accidents  and fatalities in my electorate of Tarneit and the urgent need for investment in  infrastructure  to  keep  roads  in  the  city of Wyndham safe and performing..

Mr Pallas (Tarneit) — I  express my  growing concern and the concern  of my community  about  the urgent need  for  the government to  commit to substantial action  on the  development  of  the Werribee  employment  precinct. This  is  a much-needed  investment  aimed  at  developing  local  job ..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) —  The  matter I wish to  raise is for the  Minister  for Ports. The action  I seek  is for the minister to announce the government’s long overdue plans to deal with  the short to medium-term container handling capacity constraints at the port..

Mr PALLAS (Tarneit) — It gives me  great  pleasure but also a  great deal of sadness to rise to speak  on  this  bill,  because I think this is  a  piece  of legislation that falls far  short of the rhetoric that actually accommodates and accompanies it. This..