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Entries by Tania Maxwell
Adjournment – Trauma informed practice in teaching
My matter is for the Minister for Education. Through it, I seek information about what is currently being done to improve trauma-informed practice in teaching in Victoria.
Constituency Question – Mernda Health and Wellbeing Hub
My question is to the Health Minister. The northern Melbourne suburb of Mernda, in my electorate, has experienced very rapid recent population growth as part of a projected 114% increase in its resident numbers between 2013 and 2038.
QWON- Prison numbers plunge
My question, to the Minister representing the Attorney-General, follows last week’s release of the latest ABS ‘Prisoners in Australia’ data.
Those figures show that – during 2020 – there has been an almost 12% plunge in the number of people in Victorian jails.
Members Statement- Northern Victoria Award Winners
There are great people achieving great things in my electorate of Northern Victoria and today I want to acknowledge some of them.
Sky News- Stalking laws
Interview with Sky News 9 Dec 2020
Adjournment-Youth justice spending and evaluations
My matter is for the Minister for Youth Justice. It relates to her media release of 16 September in which she announced the commencement of a pilot program through which youth justice detainees would be (quote) “taught how to manage conflict and interpersonal relationships in custody”.
Speech- Statement on Petition
Thank you, I rise to speak on the petition I tabled yesterday following the stalking-related murder, three weeks ago, of 23 year old Celeste Manno at her Mernda home. Celeste’s death is another devastating case, among far too many recently in Victoria, of a woman taken absolutely senselessly from our society.
