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GOVERNMENT REFUSES TO RELEASE SECRET DOCUMENTS ON GLEN DEVON SITE

The Education Minister, Martin Dixon’s Department have refused to release information about the future of one of Wyndham’s most unnecessary eyesores, the former Glen Devon Primary School site. In response to a freedom of information application from Tarneit MP Tim Pallas, the Department said that..

AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIMES IN WYNDHAM BLOW-OUT UNDER BAILLIEU

People in life-threatening emergencies from Wyndham are waiting longer for ambulances under the Baillieu Government, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health Wade Noonan said. Member for Tarneit Tim Pallas said documents obtained under freedom of information show that waiting times in Werribee had blown out from..

LABOR’S RECORD ON ROADS IN WYNDHAM

In announcing the projected construction of an interchange at Sneydes Road,Planning Minister Matthew Guy recently asserted that: “Labor had eleven years to build this project, the local member was the Roads Minister, the federal member is the Prime Minister and yet not one cent of..

LABOR TO SECURE FUTURE FOR PORTS AND LOCAL JOBS

The future of Melbourne as Australia’s gateway for container shipping will be secured under a plan announced today by the Victorian Labor Opposition. Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said Labor supported a second container port in the Bay West area as the best option to ensure..

BAILLIEU 17 MONTH-LONG DITHER ON REGIONAL RAIL LINK

The Victorian Auditor-General has found the Baillieu Government has failed to provide a new budget for the Regional Rail Link (RRL) project for 17 months. Shadow Minister for Major Projects, Tim Pallas, said the Report on the Annual Financial  Report stated the Baillieu Government’s inaction..

HUNDREDS MORE QANTAS JOBS LOST UNDER BAILLIEU WATCH

QANTAS Airways has announced that it will shed 263 aircraft maintenance jobs from Avalon, despite Premier Baillieu assuring the public that his Government would protect jobs from going interstate, Shadow Minister for Employment, Tim Pallas said today.  Joining State Member for Lara John Eren in..

NEW SUBURB MUST HAVE PROPERLY PLANNED AND FUNDED

The new development at the Werribee Employment Precinct and Point Cook West announced by the Baillieu Government on Tuesday risks causing further traffic frustration if plans are not made well in advance to ensure that the transport infrastructure is developed along with the business and..