Category: Questions

My question (on behalf of a constituent) is to the Treasurer. Recently, the Education Minister announced that teachers will be offered incentives of up to $50,000 to re-locate to regional schools – including, I assume, to any school in the Northern Victoria electorate. I ask the Treasurer to clarify if similar incentives will also be made available to workers in other sectors (and, if so, which sectors) who may be interested in re-locating specifically to the Northern Victoria region, given the widespread difficulty across many fields in attracting employees to our electorate. If that will not be the case, can he please explain why it has been decided that it will only be to the education sector that these re-location incentives will be made available?

My question is to the Police Minister. It is my understanding that, as part of the Government’s ‘Be a Force for Good’ campaign, 10 new police officers have recently been recruited to what is known as Eastern Region Division 4, within North-East Victoria in my electorate.
It has also been suggested to me that these 10 officers have been recruited to work predominantly on family violence matters in the area.
I therefore ask the Minister if she could clarify the specific reasons for the assignment of those 10 new officers to that region – and, if it has indeed been to address family violence, whether it means there has been a rise in these offences and/or an increased risk of these offences in the area recently?

My question is to the Minister for Training and Skills, Minister Tierney.

There are more than 82,000 students across Victoria currently sitting VCE exams.  We know that, even amid the elation of finishing secondary school, many young people will face an anxious time as they seek entry into further education or fields of employment that require successful completion of specific subjects.

In regional areas, this stress is often compounded by the high rates of youth unemployment, limited public transport and the tyranny of distance.

Minister: which TAFE’s in Northern Victoria provide enrolment for singular VCE subjects to students who have finished secondary school but who still need to complete a further VCE subject (or subjects), particularly to satisfy entry requirements for university, other further study and/or a specific career?