Adjournment- Adolescent violence

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My matter is for the Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence.
It is about the worryingly high incidence across Victoria, over many years, of adolescent violence, especially within the home.

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Constituency question- Malmsbury detainees’ internet access

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My question is to the Corrections Minister and it relates to serious concerns at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre and that high-speed internet is available to detainees.

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Adjournment- Contraband in prisons during Covid-19 restrictions

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My matter is for the Minister for Corrections. It relates to the the dramatic fall in the amount of contraband that has been entering the State’s prisons during the Covid-19 lockdown period.

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Constituency question- Ring of steel enforcement

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My question is to the Minister for Police. It relates to the Premier’s comment, at his media conference on 13 September, that there will now be greater enforcement of the so-called COVID ‘ring of steel’ administered by Victoria Police to confine movement out of Melbourne only to essential travel.

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Question without Notice- Child protection during covid

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My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Child Protection, and it is about another set of unintended consequences associated with the Government’s coronavirus response.

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Constituency question- Super loaded West Gate Tunnel trucks part 2

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My question is to the Minister for Transport Infrastructure and is about the decision to authorise super-loaded trucks to transport West Gate Tunnel infrastructure through Longwood and Locksley. I ask is the Minister prepared to talk first-hand to local representative bodies (such as the Strathbogie Shire Council and the Longwood Action Group) about this decision – and, if so, when will this happen?

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Adjournment- Turning Point, and other drug issues

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My matter is for the Minister for Mental Health. It concerns the funding of the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addiction.

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Constituency question- Super loaded West Gate Tunnel trucks

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My question is to the Minister for Roads. It is about the Government’s recent decision to authorise super-loaded trucks to transport West Gate Tunnel infrastructure through towns in my electorate (including Longwood and Locksley) at least five times weekly for the next two years.

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Question without Notice- Border closures

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My question is to the Minister for Health. Minister: the sudden announcement on 6 July of the COVID-related closure of the Victoria-New South Wales border has created chaos ever since, particularly in my electorate of Northern Victoria.

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Adjournment- Coronavirus changes to court and bail arrangements

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My matter is for the Attorney-General.
Through it, I again want to express the concerns of Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party about the changes during the coronavirus period to court processes, and bail arrangements and conditions.
Through this adjournment matter, the action I seek is that the Attorney provide me with key statistics reflecting the practical impact of these various changes.

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