Member for Morwell Russell Northe today tabled another 411 petitions calling on the Andrews Government to provide funding for the construction of the Gippsland Regional Aquatic Centre in Traralgon. The community has previously demonstrated its support for the GRAC with 3,575 people having signed petitions to shows their support for the development of a Traralgon…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe is continuing the fight in Parliament this week calling on the Government to retain jobs for Hazelwood workers and contractors. Mr Northe said as the Andrews Government lurched from one crisis to another, it was clear it Daniel Andrews was completely distracted securing the future of his own job and…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe says the Andrews Labor Government is forcing through legislation to introduce a $2 levy on country taxi passengers to pay for their botched scheme to regulate Melbourne Uber and remove taxi licences. The Labor Government has proposed – “All commercial passenger vehicle providers charge a levy equivalent to $2 per…
Mr NORTHE (Morwell) — (12 293) My constituency question is to the Premier. Premier, what is the latest information with regard to your government finding new employment for those workers and contractors who have already lost their job or will lose their job very soon given the closure of the Hazelwood power station on 31 March?…
Mr NORTHE (Morwell) — Here we are now, 37 days from Hazelwood power station closing and it appears nothing has changed from a state government perspective. We have local people who have already lost their jobs and hundreds more who are about to lose their jobs and are really at their wit’s end about what the future holds…
Mr NORTHE (Morwell) — I am not really that pleased to rise this afternoon to speak on this matter of public importance as submitted by the member for Hawthorn. However, because these are very serious issues it is very important that the house does debate these matters. In my community at the moment there are…
Mr NORTHE (Morwell) — In 51 days the Hazelwood power station will close its doors, and the impact on many workers, contractors and local families will be simply devastating. The reality has really set in for those who have already lost their jobs and those who are about to lose their jobs. Many casual staff and contractors who…
A media blitz by the Andrews Government in the final days before Hazelwood’s closure will not create real jobs for the power station’s highly-skilled workforce. Worker transition should have been the first priority of the Andrews Government, but instead Daniel Andrews abandoned workers and dithered nearly four months as Hazelwood’s closure looms. In a months’…
Member for Morwell Russell Northe has said the Andrews Labor Government’s failure to renegotiate the renewal of leases of land for Hancock Victoria Plantations’ (HVP) leaves the future of the timber industry in the Latrobe Valley in question. Mr Northe said he understood that HVP has been seeking to finalise lease negotiations with the State Government for…
Daniel Andrews’ decision to appoint a key adviser behind the plan to close Hazelwood to manage the Latrobe Valley’s transition shows his utter contempt for the people of the Valley, Member for Morwell Russell Northe has said. The former adviser for climate change, environment and innovation worked in Premier Brumby’s private office when Labor promised…