Mr NORTHE — I want to acknowledge one of our community’s unsung heroes, John Paulet. John has volunteered his time and effort towards the sport of basketball and recently retired from official duties with the Traralgon Amateur Basketball Association. John served as treasurer for 40 consecutive years and quite rightly is a life member of the association. John…
Mr NORTHE (Morwell) — My question is to the Premier. In 2010 Premier John Brumby said: You either support the closure of Hazelwood power station or you don’t, and I do. Premier, will you be as honest to the people of the Latrobe Valley as John Brumby was? Do you support the closure of the Hazelwood power station,…
Mr NORTHE (Morwell) — It is a disgrace that 1 minute was just wasted on this debate by the government without my having the opportunity to respond to some of the greatest rewriting of history that I have ever heard in my life and the misuse of the facts the previous speaker has just spoken about. As you…
Mr NORTHE (Morwell) — I rise this evening to speak on the Housing Amendment (Victorian Housing Register and Other Matters) Bill 2016. The bill does a number of things, and most of them seem quite pragmatic when you look through various clauses of the bill. Some of the things it does are provide for the establishment and…
Mr NORTHE (Morwell) — My question is to the Premier. Todd is a worker at Hazelwood who, along with his wife and three children, lives locally. Todd has written to you about the closure of Hazelwood and has said that due to the closure: I am already seriously considering trying to sell up and move at considerable…
Mr NORTHE (Morwell) — Premier, given it is your policy and was your policy all along to close Hazelwood did your government ever do any research to find out how many workers like Todd will have to sell up and leave Latrobe Valley when Hazelwood closed, and if not, why not?
Mr NORTHE (Morwell) — My question is to the Minister for Industry and Employment. In April next year Todd will be one of 1000 people your government’s desire to close Hazelwood will impact personally. Minister, your policy was to close Hazelwood. Now that you have got your way, will you now tell Todd and the 1000 workers like him…
Mr NORTHE (Morwell) — Premier, given it is your policy and was your policy all along to close Hazelwood did your government ever do any research to find out how many workers like Todd will have to sell up and leave Latrobe Valley when Hazelwood closed, and if not, why not?
Mr NORTHE (Morwell) — Minister, in less than two years under your government unemployment in the Latrobe City Council area has risen by nearly 50 per cent and in Morwell it has risen to 19.7 per cent — and that is before Hazelwood closes in March. So even before the closure, the Latrobe Valley community has an unemployment crisis which…
Daniel Andrews appeared unaware of his own Government’s plans to relocate Ambulance Victoria’s Regional Headquarters away from Morwell when asked in Parliament this week. Member for Morwell Russell Northe asked the Premier why they were spruiking opportunities to relocate government departments to Morwell, while at the same time making plans to close one down.…