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		<title>Holmesglen Struggles As Sector Reels From Cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The future of one of Victoria’s largest TAFEs, Holmesglen, is in doubt following the Baillieu Government’s $290 million cuts to the sector Shadow Minister for Skills and Apprenticeships Steven Herbert said today. Mr Herbert said the fact Holmesglen was struggling &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/holmesglen-struggles-as-sector-reels-from-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/holmesglen-struggles-as-sector-reels-from-cuts/</link>
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		<title>More Regional Jobs At Risk As Mental Health Funds Cut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even more jobs are likely to go from regional communities, after the Baillieu Government confirmed funding cuts to community health services, the Opposition Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Wade Noonan, said today. Mental Health Minister, Mary Wooldridge, confirmed at a budget &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/more-regional-jobs-at-risk-as-mental-health-funds-cut/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/more-regional-jobs-at-risk-as-mental-health-funds-cut/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu-Ryan Idle As 16,400 Regional Jobs Are Lost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu-Ryan Government must act now to stop regional unemployment spiralling out of control after the latest statistics show more than 16,400 full-time jobs were lost in April, Shadow Employment Minister Tim Pallas said today. Mr Pallas said today’s Australian &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-ryan-idle-as-16400-regional-jobs-are-lost/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-ryan-idle-as-16400-regional-jobs-are-lost/</link>
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		<title>New Planning Laws A Threat To Home Values And Amenity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government is pushing through new laws to give developers free reign in suburban streets, the Shadow Minister for Planning, Brian Tee, said today. Mr Tee said the Baillieu Government would introduce new laws into Parliament next week to &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/new-planning-laws-a-threat-to-home-values-and-amenity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/new-planning-laws-a-threat-to-home-values-and-amenity/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Loses Major Athletics Sporting Events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sports Minister has been left red faced after losing two major athletics events to interstate rivals just a day after gloating about the construction of a new athletics track, Shadow Minister for Sports and Recreation John Eren said today. &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-loses-major-athletics-sporting-events/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-loses-major-athletics-sporting-events/</link>
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		<title>Bendigo Schools Feeling Pressure From Budget Cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School students across Bendigo will be hit hard by the Baillieu Government’s savage funding cuts to the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and other school programs, Shadow Education Minister James Merlino said today. Visiting Big Hill Primary with Member for Bendigo &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/bendigo-schools-feeling-pressure-from-budget-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/bendigo-schools-feeling-pressure-from-budget-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Suburban Commuters Wait Longer For Promised PSOs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Suburban commuters will be waiting much longer for Protective Service Officers to patrol their local station with just 18 graduating recruits to be rolled out this week, Acting Shadow Minister for Police James Merlino said today. The Baillieu Government promised &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/suburban-commuters-wait-longer-for-promised-psos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/suburban-commuters-wait-longer-for-promised-psos/</link>
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		<title>Local Sporting Clubs To Miss Out On Funding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Local sporting clubs could be forced to go without proper training facilities with the Baillieu Government removing $46 million of funding for grants from the Community Support Fund, Shadow Minister for Sport and Recreation John Eren said today. In a &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/local-sporting-clubs-to-miss-out-on-funding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/local-sporting-clubs-to-miss-out-on-funding/</link>
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		<title>Regional TAFE Campuses Facing Closure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regional TAFE campuses could be forced to close after the Baillieu Government’s decision to rip millions of dollars from the sector, it was revealed today. In a Public Accounts and Estimates Committee hearing, Minister for Higher Education and Skills Peter &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/regional-tafe-campuses-facing-closure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/regional-tafe-campuses-facing-closure/</link>
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		<title>To the editor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paying lip service to manufacturing industries in Bendigo will do nothing to secure jobs and grow the sector. Victorian Labor understands this, but unfortunately it appears the Baillieu Government doesn’t. This week I visited Bendigo Manufacturing Group representatives and Bendigo &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/to-the-editor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/to-the-editor/</link>
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		<title>Will Peter Walsh Fight Against Ted Baillieu’s TAFE Cuts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Member for Swan Hill Peter Walsh needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to the Sunraysia Institute of TAFE in Swan Hill, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-peter-walsh-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-peter-walsh-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Will Jeanette Powell Fight Against Ted Baillieu’s TAFE Cuts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Member for Shepparton Jeanette Powell needs to stand up against her Liberal Party colleagues and fight against her own Government’s savage cuts to Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-jeanette-powell-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-jeanette-powell-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Will Peter Crisp Fight Against Ted Baillieu’s TAFE Cuts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Member for Mildura Peter Crisp needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to the Sunraysia Institute of TAFE in Mildura, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-peter-crisp-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-peter-crisp-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Will Bill Sykes Fight Against Ted Baillieu’s TAFE Cuts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Member for Benalla Bill Sykes needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to the Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-bill-sykes-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-bill-sykes-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Will Hugh Delahunty Fight Against Ted Baillieu’s TAFE Cuts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Member for Lowan Hugh Delahunty needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to South West TAFE, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. Tomorrow the &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-hugh-delahunty-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-hugh-delahunty-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Will Russell Northe Fight Against Ted Baillieu’s TAFE Cuts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Member for Morwell Russell Northe needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to GippsTAFE in Morwell, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. Tomorrow the &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-russell-northe-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-russell-northe-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Will Peter Ryan Fight Against Ted Baillieu’s TAFE Cuts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Member for Gippsland South Peter Ryan needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to GippsTAFE in Leongatha, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. Tomorrow &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-peter-ryan-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-peter-ryan-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Will Tim Bull Fight Against Ted Baillieu’s TAFE Cuts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Member for Gippsland East Tim Bull needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to Advance TAFE in Bairnsdale, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-tim-bull-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-tim-bull-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Will Tim McCurdy Fight Against Ted Baillieu’s TAFE Cuts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Member for Murray Valley Tim McCurdy needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to the Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-tim-mccurdy-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/will-tim-mccurdy-fight-against-ted-baillieu%e2%80%99s-tafe-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Families Hit By Job Losses At Murray Goulburn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The announcement by Murray Goulburn that 300 rural and regional employees are to be sacked is further evidence of the Baillieu’s Government continued failure to protect jobs in country Victoria, Labor spokeswomen for Rural and Regional Victoria Jaala Pulford said &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/families-hit-by-job-losses-at-murray-goulburn/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/families-hit-by-job-losses-at-murray-goulburn/</link>
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		<title>Liberal Government’s $268,000 Dunnies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor Spokesperson for Public Transport Fiona Richardson has revealed that the Liberal Government will spend over $17 million, or $268,000 per train station, installing toilets for the exclusive use of Protective Services Officers. Ms Richardson said that Liberal Public Transport &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/liberal-government%e2%80%99s-268000-dunnies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/liberal-government%e2%80%99s-268000-dunnies/</link>
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		<title>Listen To The TAFE Sector, Mr Baillieu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Angry TAFE workers worried about the future of the sector following the Baillieu Government’s savage funding cuts have rallied outside the Premier’s office to send a message to Ted Baillieu. The Baillieu Government used its second budget to rip million &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/listen-to-the-tafe-sector-mr-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/listen-to-the-tafe-sector-mr-baillieu/</link>
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		<title>Volunteers Week A Great Chance For Geelong Community To Lend A Hand</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shadow Minister for Volunteers John Eren today called on the Geelong residents to roll up their sleeves and volunteer with charity and community organisations as part of National Volunteers Week. Visiting the Salvation Army Northside Centre at Corio, Mr Eren &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/volunteers-week-a-great-chance-for-geelong-community-to-lend-a-hand/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/volunteers-week-a-great-chance-for-geelong-community-to-lend-a-hand/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Reduces Road Incident Response Units</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Road incident response units designed to improve safety on busy arterial roads have been significantly reduced as part of the Baillieu Government’s savage funding cuts, Shadow Minister for Roads and Road Safety Luke Donnellan said today. In a Public Accounts &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-reduces-road-incident-response-units/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-reduces-road-incident-response-units/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Closes DPI Offices In Regional Victoria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s decision to shut Department of Primary Industry (DPI) offices will hurt regional and rural areas that have already been hit with job cuts, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. It’s been revealed the Liberal-National Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-closes-dpi-offices-in-regional-victoria/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-closes-dpi-offices-in-regional-victoria/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu’s Budget Sending Seniors Backwards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Premier Ted Baillieu has failed to address cost of living pressures for older Victorians in his second budget, Shadow Minister for the Cost of Living Lily D’Ambrosio said today. &#160; Ms D’Ambrosio said that senior Victorians will get an average &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-budget-sending-seniors-backwards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-budget-sending-seniors-backwards/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Cuts Whooping Cough Vaccine For Parents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parents and carers of newborn babies will no longer have access to free whooping cough vaccinations after the Baillieu Government today confirmed it had slashed funding for the program. Since 2009, the Victorian Government funded free vaccinations for parents and &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-cuts-whooping-cough-vaccine-for-parents/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-cuts-whooping-cough-vaccine-for-parents/</link>
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		<title>Jobs Slashed As Confidence In Victoria Freefalls</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another 100 financial sector jobs will disappear from Victoria as new figures today reveal business confidence has plummeted across the state, Shadow Minister for Employment Tim Pallas said today. The Commonwealth Bank has announced it will close its mortgage service &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/jobs-slashed-as-confidence-in-victoria-freefalls/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/jobs-slashed-as-confidence-in-victoria-freefalls/</link>
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		<title>Statement From The Leader Of The Opposition, Daniel Andrews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Today I note the resignation of Bronwyn Pike, as Member for Melbourne, after 12 years of hard work and leadership. “Bronwyn has made a significant contribution to our great state. “Bronwyn played a key role as a senior minister in &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/statement-from-the-leader-of-the-opposition-daniel-andrews/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/statement-from-the-leader-of-the-opposition-daniel-andrews/</link>
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		<title>This Budget sets the scene for the privatisation of our planning system</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has made a massive cut to the State’s planning department budget, slashing 22 per cent from planning, building and heritage programs. The Shadow Minister for Planning, Brian Tee, said this was a massive blow for open and &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/this-budget-sets-the-scene-for-the-privatisation-of-our-planning-system/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/this-budget-sets-the-scene-for-the-privatisation-of-our-planning-system/</link>
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		<title>Vulnerable Victorians will be waiting longer for housing because it just isn’t a priority for Mr Baillieu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s failure to properly invest in Victoria’s public and social housing will result in vulnerable families waiting longer for the most basic human need – shelter. Shadow Housing Minister Richard Wynne said the government had cut funding in &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/vulnerable-victorians-will-be-waiting-longer-for-housing-because-it-just-isn%e2%80%99t-a-priority-for-mr-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/vulnerable-victorians-will-be-waiting-longer-for-housing-because-it-just-isn%e2%80%99t-a-priority-for-mr-baillieu/</link>
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		<title>The Government should be doing more to promote safety on our roads, not less</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government is more interested in collecting speed fine revenue than making Victoria’s roads safer after it appears to have significantly cut funding for road safety, Shadow Minister for Roads, Road Safety and the TAC Luke Donnellan said today. &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/the-government-should-be-doing-more-to-promote-safety-on-our-roads-not-less/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/the-government-should-be-doing-more-to-promote-safety-on-our-roads-not-less/</link>
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		<title>Victorians May Be Worse Off Under New Fire Property Tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Treasurer Kim Wells has today refused to rule out that some Victorian families may be worse off as a result of the Baillieu Government’s proposed fire services property tax that will be introduced soon. Appearing before the Public Accounts and &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/victorians-may-be-worse-off-under-new-fire-property-tax/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/victorians-may-be-worse-off-under-new-fire-property-tax/</link>
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		<title>Regional Hospital Waiting Lists Blow Out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A thousand more regional Victorians are waiting for elective surgery since the Baillieu Government was elected, new figures released this week reveal. The Victorian Health Services Performance Report for December shows 7761 of the 43,725 Victorians waiting for elective surgery &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/regional-hospital-waiting-lists-blow-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/regional-hospital-waiting-lists-blow-out/</link>
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		<title>This is a horror budget for Victorian bicycle riders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has put the safety of Victorian cyclists at risk by failing to commit one additional dollar to a major bicycle infrastructure program in this year’s State Budget, Shadow Minister for Roads and Road Safety Luke Donnellan said &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/this-is-a-horror-budget-for-victorian-bicycle-riders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/this-is-a-horror-budget-for-victorian-bicycle-riders/</link>
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		<title>Walsh Refuses To Rule Out More Regional Job Cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In State Parliament this week, the Minister for Agriculture, Peter Walsh, failed to rule out more regional job cuts in his department after the Baillieu Government revealed it will slash a further 600 public sector jobs. Shadow Spokesperson for Rural &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/walsh-refuses-to-rule-out-more-regional-job-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/walsh-refuses-to-rule-out-more-regional-job-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Hospital Waiting Lists Soar Under Baillieu And Davis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 5500 more Victorians are waiting for elective surgery since the Baillieu Government was elected, new figures released today reveal. The Victorian Health Services Performance Report shows that at 31 December, 2011 there were 43,725 patients on the elective surgery &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/hospital-waiting-lists-soar-under-baillieu-and-davis/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/hospital-waiting-lists-soar-under-baillieu-and-davis/</link>
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		<title>Massive Cuts Could Force TAFE Campus Closures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Premier has today refused to rule out that the Government’s significant funding cuts could force the closer of TAFE campuses across the state, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said. Today the TAFE Association announced that &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/massive-cuts-could-force-tafe-campus-closures/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/massive-cuts-could-force-tafe-campus-closures/</link>
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		<title>Cost of living pressures will continue to rise for Victorians under Ted Baillieu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s second State Budget will increase the cost of living for Victorian families, Shadow Minister for the Cost of Living Lily D’Ambrosio said today. Ms D’Ambrosio said the Baillieu Government had clearly abandoned its election promise to reduce &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/cost-of-living-pressures-will-continue-to-rise-for-victorians-under-ted-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/cost-of-living-pressures-will-continue-to-rise-for-victorians-under-ted-baillieu/</link>
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		<title>Young families and young people will pay for this horror budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Premier Ted Baillieu’s second state budget is a horror budget for families and children. The budget provides no capital funding to expand kindergartens that are bursting at the seams, while it cuts programs that support young children with special needs. &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/young-families-and-young-people-will-pay-for-this-horror-budget/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/young-families-and-young-people-will-pay-for-this-horror-budget/</link>
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		<title>Mr Baillieu and Mr Ryan have abandoned regional Victorians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regional communities suffering massive job losses and hoping for better health and education services will be bitterly disappointed by the Baillieu Government’s second budget, Labor Spokesman for Rural and Regional Development John Lenders said today. Mr Lenders said the 2012-13 &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/mr-baillieu-and-mr-ryan-have-abandoned-regional-victorians/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/mr-baillieu-and-mr-ryan-have-abandoned-regional-victorians/</link>
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		<title>Wells Sinks To New Low When It Come To Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No one can accuse Victorian Treasurer Kim Wells of reaching for the stars. The Treasurer has become the master of lowering expectations but surely he has reached a breathtaking new low by his refusal today to guarantee he will meet &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/wells-sinks-to-new-low-when-it-come-to-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/wells-sinks-to-new-low-when-it-come-to-jobs/</link>
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		<title>The Budget has exposed another blow out for the bungled PSO policy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The State Budget revealed more bad news for the Baillieu Government’s troubled Protective Services Officer (PSO) program, with a further cost blow out forecast, Acting Shadow Minister for Police James Merlino said. Mr Merlino said the rollout of 940 PSOs &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/the-budget-has-exposed-another-blow-out-for-the-bungled-pso-policy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/the-budget-has-exposed-another-blow-out-for-the-bungled-pso-policy/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Dumps 1000 Jobs And Port Of Geelong Promise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Geelong families have again been kicked in the guts by the Baillieu Government’s decision to dump its promise to deliver 1000 jobs and relocate Melbourne’s car trade to the Port of Geelong, Shadow Minister for Employment and Ports Tim Pallas &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-dumps-1000-jobs-and-port-of-geelong-promise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-dumps-1000-jobs-and-port-of-geelong-promise/</link>
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		<title>Today’s State Budget reveals Victoria’s tourism industry is in dire trouble</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of jobs in Victoria’s tourism industry could be shed across Victoria with today’s State Budget forecasting a massive drop in the number of international and domestic travellers to Victoria, Shadow Minister for Toursim Justin Madden said today. Mr Madden &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/today%e2%80%99s-state-budget-reveals-victoria%e2%80%99s-tourism-industry-is-in-dire-trouble/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/today%e2%80%99s-state-budget-reveals-victoria%e2%80%99s-tourism-industry-is-in-dire-trouble/</link>
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		<title>Sick Victorians will wait even longer for treatment or miss out all together</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has slashed spending on the health building program and will fail to keep a key election promise to open a new Monash Children’s Hospital by the end of its first term, according to 2012-13 State Budget papers. &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/sick-victorians-will-wait-even-longer-for-treatment-or-miss-out-all-together/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/sick-victorians-will-wait-even-longer-for-treatment-or-miss-out-all-together/</link>
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		<title>Victorian teachers and students will pay the price for Mr Baillieu’s inability to manage the state’s finances</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian schools and TAFEs will be hit hard by the Baillieu Government’s inability to manage the state’s finances, leaving teachers and students with ageing buildings and fewer options, while making it harder for Victorians to gain new skills to get &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/victorian-teachers-and-students-will-pay-the-price-for-mr-baillieu%e2%80%99s-inability-to-manage-the-state%e2%80%99s-finances/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/victorian-teachers-and-students-will-pay-the-price-for-mr-baillieu%e2%80%99s-inability-to-manage-the-state%e2%80%99s-finances/</link>
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		<title>Students will be worse off under massive State Budget cuts to TAFEs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian TAFE students will face reduced course selection, larger class sizes and less support following the Baillieu Government’s savage cuts to TAFEs in the 2012-13 State Budget, the Shadow Minister for Skills, Steve Herbert, said today. Mr Herbert said the &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/students-will-be-worse-off-under-massive-state-budget-cuts-to-tafes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/students-will-be-worse-off-under-massive-state-budget-cuts-to-tafes/</link>
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		<title>Mr Mulder said he had ‘fixed’ public transport but it will get much worse after today’s Band-Aid Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today’s State Budget confirms the Baillieu Government has abandoned its promise to fix Victoria’s public transport, Shadow Minister for Public Transport Fiona Richardson said. Ms Richardson said it appeared the Transport Minister Terry Mulder had well and truly jumped the &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/mr-mulder-said-he-had-%e2%80%98fixed%e2%80%99-public-transport-but-it-will-get-much-worse-after-today%e2%80%99s-band-aid-budget/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/mr-mulder-said-he-had-%e2%80%98fixed%e2%80%99-public-transport-but-it-will-get-much-worse-after-today%e2%80%99s-band-aid-budget/</link>
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		<title>After 18 months of tearing down the environment, the Baillieu Government has continued its destruction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today’s State Budget is further evidence the Baillieu Government has abandoned its responsibilities to enhance and protect Victoria’s environment, Shadow Minister Environment and Climate Change Lisa Neville said today. Ms Neville said the Baillieu Government had torn down the significant &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/after-18-months-of-tearing-down-the-environment-the-baillieu-government-has-continued-its-destruction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/after-18-months-of-tearing-down-the-environment-the-baillieu-government-has-continued-its-destruction/</link>
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		<title>These projects make nice headlines but do nothing to create jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s major infrastructure projects are not likely to be built for more than 10 years, if ever, Shadow Minister for Major Projects and Infrastructure Tim Pallas said today. Mr Pallas said there was no guarantee the proposed east-west &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/these-projects-make-nice-headlines-but-do-nothing-to-create-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/these-projects-make-nice-headlines-but-do-nothing-to-create-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu’s Budget To Take Victoria’s Economy Backwards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian families hoping for the Baillieu Government to deliver a budget that would create jobs and provide much-needed support have been let down, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. “Ted Baillieu has delivered a horror budget for Victorian &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-budget-to-take-victoria%e2%80%99s-economy-backwards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-budget-to-take-victoria%e2%80%99s-economy-backwards/</link>
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		<title>Victorian farmers have copped a  $205m Baillieu-budget backhander</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has cut a $205 million program to deliver farmers vital support and dressed it up as a boost, the Shadow spokesman for Rural and Regional Development said today. Mr Lenders said Victoria’s farming sector had been short-changed &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/victorian-farmers-have-copped-a-205m-baillieu-budget-backhander/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/victorian-farmers-have-copped-a-205m-baillieu-budget-backhander/</link>
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		<title>Farmers To Be Hit Hard With Big Baillieu Port Tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victoria’s farmers will be among those hardest hit by the Baillieu Government’s new Port Licence Fee tax, Shadow Minister for Ports, Major Projects and Infrastructure Tim Pallas said today. Mr Pallas said the new Baillieu Government tax would raise more &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/farmers-to-be-hit-hard-with-big-baillieu-port-tax/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/farmers-to-be-hit-hard-with-big-baillieu-port-tax/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu’s Budget Must Deliver For Regional Families</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More jobs, better education and health services for regional Victorians must be key priorities for the Baillieu Government’s 2012-13 State Budget, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today. Mr Andrews said tomorrow’s State Budget must deliver Baillieu Government election promises as &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-budget-must-deliver-for-regional-families/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-budget-must-deliver-for-regional-families/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu’s Budget Must Deliver For Victorian Families</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victoria will continue to slide backwards unless the Baillieu Government’s 2012-13 State Budget funds better health and schools and delivers a jobs and investment plan to get the economy back on track, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today. Mr Andrews &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-budget-must-deliver-for-victorian-families/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-budget-must-deliver-for-victorian-families/</link>
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		<title>Labor Working To Create Jobs For Greater Geelong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor’s Job Taskforce today met Geelong’s peak business representatives as part of Labor’s drive to develop a jobs plan for Victoria. State Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews, Shadow Treasurer Tim Holding, Shadow Employment Minister Tim Pallas and Shadow Manufacturing Minister Adem &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/labor-working-to-create-jobs-for-greater-geelong/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/labor-working-to-create-jobs-for-greater-geelong/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Rail Fix Now More Than Two Years Away – V/Line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[V/Line has admitted that even if the Liberal/National Government funds new V/Line trains in the State Budget it won’t fix the current shortage of services, Shadow Minister for Public Transport Fiona Richardson said. Ms Richardson said V/Line CEO Rob Barnett &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-rail-fix-now-more-than-two-years-away-%e2%80%93-vline/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-rail-fix-now-more-than-two-years-away-%e2%80%93-vline/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Deliver On Gisborne Secondary College Stadium In Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Families in Gisborne could be waiting for years before any work starts on the promised indoor stadium at Gisborne Secondary College if the Baillieu Government again fails to include the project in the State Budget, Shadow Education Minister James Merlino &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-deliver-on-gisborne-secondary-college-stadium-in-budget/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-deliver-on-gisborne-secondary-college-stadium-in-budget/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Deliver Mount Erin Secondary Upgrades</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Families in Frankston could be waiting for years before any work starts on upgrades to Mount Erin Secondary College if the Baillieu Government again fails to include the project in the State Budget, Shadow Education Minister James Merlino said today. &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-deliver-mount-erin-secondary-upgrades/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-deliver-mount-erin-secondary-upgrades/</link>
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		<title>Five Bayside Primary Schools Forgotten By Baillieu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Families in Carrum and Mordialloc could be waiting for years before any work starts on upgrades on five primary schools in Bayside suburbs if the Baillieu Government again fails to include the project in the State Budget, Shadow Education Minister &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/five-bayside-primary-schools-forgotten-by-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/five-bayside-primary-schools-forgotten-by-baillieu/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Deliver Prahran Study In Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Families in Prahran could be waiting for years before any work starts on the feasibility study for a Prahran secondary school if the Baillieu Government again fails to include the project in the State Budget, Shadow Education Minister James Merlino &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-deliver-prahran-study-in-budget/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-deliver-prahran-study-in-budget/</link>
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		<title>Budget A Chance For Baillieu To Deliver For Ballarat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An expansion to the Ballarat Base Hospital and a new helipad needs to be funded in this year’s State Budget to ensure families have better access to quality healthcare, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. Mr Andrews and &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/budget-a-chance-for-baillieu-to-deliver-for-ballarat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/budget-a-chance-for-baillieu-to-deliver-for-ballarat/</link>
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		<title>Budget Must Deliver For Mental Health Services In South West</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government must deliver on mental health prevention and treatment services for the State’s South-West in this year’s Budget, the Opposition Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Wade Noonan, said today. Mr Noonan, who met mental health service providers in Warrnambool &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/budget-must-deliver-for-mental-health-services-in-south-west/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/budget-must-deliver-for-mental-health-services-in-south-west/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Snoozes While Economic Clouds Darken</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Further evidence of the challenges confronting the Victorian economy emerged today with the release of a new report. The CommSec State of the States report is a quarterly analysis of eight key economic indicators, including economic growth, retail spending and &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-snoozes-while-economic-clouds-darken/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-snoozes-while-economic-clouds-darken/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu’s Budget Must Deliver For V/Line Commuters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government needs to outline what additional V/Line carriages, if any, it will fund in this year’s State Budget, with commuters already facing overcrowded trains, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. Mr Andrews and Member for Bendigo &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-budget-must-deliver-for-vline-commuters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-budget-must-deliver-for-vline-commuters/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Give Pensioners A Fair Go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Premier Ted Baillieu has failed older Victorians on his key election promise to reduce the cost of living, Shadow Minister for Seniors and Ageing, Jenny Mikakos said today. Addressing the ‘Fair go for Pensioners’ rally alongside Shadow Minister for the &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-give-pensioners-a-fair-go/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-give-pensioners-a-fair-go/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Deliver On Eastern Schools Promises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Families in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs could be waiting for years before any work starts on their local primary and secondary schools if the Baillieu Government again fails to include local projects in next month’s State Budget, Shadow Education Minister James &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-deliver-on-eastern-schools-promises/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-deliver-on-eastern-schools-promises/</link>
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		<title>More Job Losses Under Baillieu Government Watch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government must clarify whether Metro plans to lay off a further 700 jobs following the sacking of more than 100 rail workers Shadow Minister for Public Transport Fiona Richardson said today. Ms Richardson said Metro needed more not &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/more-job-losses-under-baillieu-government-watch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/more-job-losses-under-baillieu-government-watch/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Backs Spin Doctors Over School Programs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has chosen to spend $300,000 a year on a spin doctor while slashing funding for important education programs in Victorian schools, Shadow Minister for Education James Merlino said today. In weekend metropolitan newspapers, the Government advertised for &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-backs-spin-doctors-over-school-programs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-backs-spin-doctors-over-school-programs/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu’s Infrastructure Jobs Project In Limbo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s failure to submit on time a funding request to Infrastructure Australia has delayed the creation of thousands of jobs by several years, Shadow Minister for Major Projects and Infrastructure Tim Pallas said today. An 18-kilometre road would &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-infrastructure-jobs-project-in-limbo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-infrastructure-jobs-project-in-limbo/</link>
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		<title>Premier’s Office Slammed On FOI By Auditor General</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An Auditor General’s report has found that the release of information to Victorians under Freedom of Information (FOI) is being significantly delayed by the Premier’s Private Office and the Premier’s department. The report shows that a sample of FOIs sent &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/premier%e2%80%99s-office-slammed-on-foi-by-auditor-general/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/premier%e2%80%99s-office-slammed-on-foi-by-auditor-general/</link>
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		<title>18 Months And No Action On Promises Made In Carrum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Liberal Member for Carrum, Donna Bauer, has let down students and parents following the Government’s lack of investment in several schools and children’s services in her electorate, Shadow Minister for Education James Merlino said today. In Parliament today Labor &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/18-months-and-no-action-on-promises-made-in-carrum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/18-months-and-no-action-on-promises-made-in-carrum/</link>
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		<title>Future Funding For Rural Midwife Consultants In Doubt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mothers in regional and rural Victoria will find it harder to access support and services if the Baillieu Government doesn’t commit to refunding an important midwife program, the State Opposition said today. Clinical midwife consultants provide professional support and mentoring &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/future-funding-for-rural-midwife-consultants-in-doubt/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/future-funding-for-rural-midwife-consultants-in-doubt/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Ignores Growth At Nelson Park School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has ignored the growing needs of the staff and students at Nelson Park School after it decided to move senior classes from the Hendy Street campus, Shadow Minister for Education James Merlino said today. Mr Merlino together &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-ignores-growth-at-nelson-park-school/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-ignores-growth-at-nelson-park-school/</link>
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		<title>Labor Supports Call For Disabled Funding Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The State Labor Opposition today joined protesters at State Parliament to condemn the Baillieu Liberal National Government for slashing $112 million from programs designed to improve access to public transport for people living with a disability. Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/labor-supports-call-for-disabled-funding-action/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/labor-supports-call-for-disabled-funding-action/</link>
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		<title>Terry Mulder Missing In Action On V/Line Debacles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian Transport Minister Terry Mulder has been missing in action as Warrnambool/Geelong V/Line customers continue to suffer daily train cancellations, delays and major disruptions, Shadow Minister for Public Transport Fiona Richardson said today. Ms Richardson said despite plenty of chest &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/terry-mulder-missing-in-action-on-vline-debacles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/terry-mulder-missing-in-action-on-vline-debacles/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Dumps Street-By-Street Crime Stats Promise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A commitment to provide street-by-street crime statistics to Neighbourhood Watch groups has been dumped by the Baillieu Government, Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention Jill Hennessy said today. “Scrapping this commitment is another extraordinary backflip by the Baillieu Government,” Ms Hennessy &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-budget-must-fund-repair-of-south-west-roads/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-budget-must-fund-repair-of-south-west-roads/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Remains Idle As Unemployment Rises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Premier must start working to protect and create jobs with new figures showing Victoria’s unemployment rate has increased significantly, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. The Australian Bureau of Statistics Labour Force figures for March reveal that &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-remains-idle-as-unemployment-rises/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-remains-idle-as-unemployment-rises/</link>
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		<title>Opposition Calls For Inquiry Into Coal Seam Gas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government needs to outline whether it will support Victorian Labor’s move to establish a parliamentary inquiry into unconventional gas explorations, including coal seam gas (CSG), in regional and rural Victoria, Shadow Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio said today. &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/opposition-calls-for-inquiry-into-coal-seam-gas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/opposition-calls-for-inquiry-into-coal-seam-gas/</link>
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		<title>Labor To Deliver A Plan To Keep Victorians In Work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian Labor has today announced the first stage of its plan to keep Victorians in work and is asking the community and business groups to have their say. With the Baillieu Government refusing to do the work needed to create &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/labor-to-deliver-a-plan-to-keep-victorians-in-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/labor-to-deliver-a-plan-to-keep-victorians-in-work/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Budget Must Deliver For Regional Mental Health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government must deliver on mental health prevention and treatment services for Mildura, Warrnambool and Ballarat in this year’s State Budget, the Opposition Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Wade Noonan, said today. Mr Noonan, who met mental health service community &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-budget-must-deliver-for-regional-mental-health/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-budget-must-deliver-for-regional-mental-health/</link>
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		<title>Community Stakeholders Shunned By Michael O’Brien</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government should immediately meet with the not-for-profit sector to hear their concerns about proposed changes to laws governing Victoria’s 37,000 incorporated associations, Shadow Minister for Consumer Protection Lily D’Ambrosio said today. The Associations Incorporation Reform Bill seeks to &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/community-stakeholders-shunned-by-michael-o%e2%80%99brien/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/community-stakeholders-shunned-by-michael-o%e2%80%99brien/</link>
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		<title>Lucky Lovell Can’t Hide Housing Data At Easter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Housing Minister, Wendy Lovell, should release overdue Victorian Public Housing Waiting list data immediately, rather than trying to sneak it out tomorrow afternoon, Shadow Minister for Housing Richard Wynne said today. The data, which details how many people are &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/lucky-lovell-can%e2%80%99t-hide-housing-data-at-easter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/lucky-lovell-can%e2%80%99t-hide-housing-data-at-easter/</link>
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		<title>Where’s The Promised Health Data, Mr Baillieu?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has again failed to release hospital performance data on time as promised, the Shadow Minister for Health, Gavin Jennings, said today. Mr Jennings said the Baillieu Government promised to release Victorian Health Services Performance Reports every quarter &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/where%e2%80%99s-the-promised-health-data-mr-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/where%e2%80%99s-the-promised-health-data-mr-baillieu/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Commit To First Home Buyers Bonus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First home buyers will find it harder to break into the property market if the Baillieu Government decides to dump the popular First Home Bonus, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. Currently, under the First Home Bonus, eligible &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-commit-to-first-home-buyers-bonus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-commit-to-first-home-buyers-bonus/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu’s Cuts Shut Out Industry Advice On Skills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s decision to cut support for Industry Training Advisory Boards (ITABs) shows it has no commitment to providing Victorians the skills they need to get a job, Shadow Higher Education and Skills Minister Steve Herbert said today. The &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-cuts-shut-out-industry-advice-on-skills/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-cuts-shut-out-industry-advice-on-skills/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu’s Workcover Raid To Hurt Victorian Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The State Labor Opposition is opposing a plan by the Baillieu Government to raid almost $500 million from businesses and workers, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today during a rally at Parliament House. The Government is pushing ahead &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-workcover-raid-to-hurt-victorian-business/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-workcover-raid-to-hurt-victorian-business/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu-Ryan Must Listen To Kilmore Residents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shadow Minister for Roads and Road Safety Luke Donnellan last night tabled a community petition calling on the Baillieu-Ryan Government to act on community concerns over the proposed Wallan-Kilmore Bypass. Mr Donnellan said the petition, signed by about 1600 people, &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-ryan-must-listen-to-kilmore-residents/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-ryan-must-listen-to-kilmore-residents/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Rule Out Public Housing Fire Sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government must rule out raising rents, selling stock or cutting funding from Victoria’s public housing following the release of the Auditor-General’s report into public housing, Shadow Housing Minister Richard Wynne said today. Mr Wynne said since coming to &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-rule-out-public-housing-fire-sale/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-rule-out-public-housing-fire-sale/</link>
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		<title>Safety Audit Of Country Race Tracks Needed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cancellation of a number of race meetings across Victoria has highlighted the need for the Baillieu Government to take urgent action to ensure that country race tracks are safe, Shadow Minister for Racing Martin Pakula said. In parliament this &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/safety-audit-of-country-race-tracks-needed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/safety-audit-of-country-race-tracks-needed/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Show Respect For Mental Health Workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government must avoid a repeat of the nurses’ industrial relations debacle and start negotiating with Victorian mental health workers in good faith, the Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Gavin Jennings, said today. Mr Jennings said the Premier had &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-show-respect-for-mental-health-workers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-show-respect-for-mental-health-workers/</link>
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		<title>Government Refuses To Rule Out Privatising V/Line In Fire Sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has failed to rule out selling off regional Victoria’s V/Line train service in a fire sale, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. In parliament this week, the State Labor Opposition asked Transport Minister Terry Mulder &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/government-refuses-to-rule-out-privatising-vline-in-fire-sale-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/government-refuses-to-rule-out-privatising-vline-in-fire-sale-2/</link>
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		<title>New Survey Shows VCAL Cuts Hurting Students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s $50 million cut to Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) is having a significant impact school budgets, a new survey has revealed. Shadow Education Minister James Merlino said a State Opposition survey of schools has shown the &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/new-survey-shows-vcal-cuts-hurting-students/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/new-survey-shows-vcal-cuts-hurting-students/</link>
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		<title>Investment Under Threat As Baillieu Scraps Target</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has walked away from millions of dollars of investment and thousands of potential jobs by dumping Victoria’s greenhouse gas emissions target, Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change Lisa Neville said today. In Opposition, Ted Baillieu supported &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/investment-under-threat-as-baillieu-scraps-target/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/investment-under-threat-as-baillieu-scraps-target/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Government Must Start Leading On Skills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the Federal Government has outlined its boost in skills funding, the Baillieu Government must outline its plan for the sector, the Shadow Minister for Skills and Apprenticeships Steve Herbert said today. The  Government  is  yet  to  release  its &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-government-must-start-leading-on-skills-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-government-must-start-leading-on-skills-2/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Government Dumps Support For Volunteers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s axing of the Victorian Volunteer Small Grants will have a significant impact on community organisations, Shadow Minister for Volunteers John Eren said today. Mr Eren said the Government’s decision to cut this program would make it harder &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-government-dumps-support-for-volunteers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-government-dumps-support-for-volunteers/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Inaction Costing Manufacturing Sector Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s inaction to invest in the manufacturing sector and create a jobs plan could see further jobs losses in the industry, Shadow Minister for Manufacturing Adem Somyurek said today. Mr Somyurek said the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-inaction-costing-manufacturing-sector-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-inaction-costing-manufacturing-sector-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Walks Away From Cleaner Energy And Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s failure to support the renewable energy sector could harm investment and jobs growth in regional Victoria, Shadow Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio warned today. Meeting with members of the Warrnambool City Council, Ms D’Ambrosio said Warrnambool was a great example of a region that had benefited from investment in renewable energy projects. A study by &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-walks-away-from-cleaner-energy-and-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-walks-away-from-cleaner-energy-and-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Statement From The Leader Of The Opposition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“I am saddened to hear of the passing of Jim Stynes, and my thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends,” Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. “Jim was a true gentleman, a leader and someone who &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/statement-from-the-leader-of-the-opposition-5/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/statement-from-the-leader-of-the-opposition-5/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Scraps 30 Vital Regional Bus Services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regional communities will be hurt by the Baillieu Government’s decision to scrap 30 regional bus services, Shadow Minister for Transport Fiona Richardson said today. Ms Richardson said a further 10 services in regional Victoria were under review by the Baillieu &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-scraps-30-vital-regional-bus-services/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-scraps-30-vital-regional-bus-services/</link>
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		<title>Mental Health Advice Line To Close Tonight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s decision to shut down Victoria’s only dedicated 24-hour mental health advice line will place further strain on already stretched services, the Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Shadow Minister for Health, Wade Noonan, said today. The Mental Health Advice &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/mental-health-advice-line-to-close-tonight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/mental-health-advice-line-to-close-tonight/</link>
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		<title>Mental Health Advice Line Closure Will Hit Regional Victoria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s decision to shut down Victoria’s only dedicated 24-hour mental health advice line will place further strain on already stretched services across regional and rural Victoria, the Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Shadow Minister for Health,Wade Noonan, said today. &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/mental-health-advice-line-closure-will-hit-regional-victoria/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/mental-health-advice-line-closure-will-hit-regional-victoria/</link>
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		<title>No Jobs Plan Is Bad News For Geelong Families</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government needs to start taking action to protect jobs in Geelong, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. Mr Andrews, with Member for Lara John Eren, Member for Bellarine Lisa Neville and Member for Geelong Ian Trezise &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/no-jobs-plan-is-bad-news-for-geelong-families/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/no-jobs-plan-is-bad-news-for-geelong-families/</link>
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		<title>No Transport Plan Will Mean More Road Congestion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government is refusing to act on road congestion despite planning to release its long overdue Port of Melbourne container capacity expansion review, Shadow Ports Minister Tim Pallas said today. The review is expected to recommend Webb dock be &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/no-transport-plan-will-mean-more-road-congestion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/no-transport-plan-will-mean-more-road-congestion/</link>
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		<title>V/Line Admits Baillieu Failure To Invest Halts Services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Embarrassingly for the Baillieu Liberal National Government, V/Line’s chief executive has admitted there are not enough carriages or trains to service current demand, blowing the lid off the Minister’s repeated claims that all is fixed with our public transport system, &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/vline-admits-baillieu-failure-to-invest-halts-services/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/vline-admits-baillieu-failure-to-invest-halts-services/</link>
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		<title>Shorter VicRoads Hours Will Cause More Headaches</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has shortened VicRoads opening hours which will inconvenience thousands of customers, Shadow Minister for Roads and Road Safety Luke Donnellan said today. On weekdays, VicRoads now close at 4.30pm, or 30 minutes earlier, and has reduced its &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/shorter-vicroads-hours-will-cause-more-headaches/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/shorter-vicroads-hours-will-cause-more-headaches/</link>
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		<title>O’Brien Sets ‘Booby Trap’ For Solar Tariff Consumers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has failed to advise Victorians receiving the premium solar feed-in tariff that they could be disqualified from the scheme if they install additional roof-top panels, Shadow Minister for Energy and Consumer Protection, Lily D’Ambrosio said today. Ms &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/o%e2%80%99brien-sets-%e2%80%98booby-trap%e2%80%99-for-solar-tariff-consumers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/o%e2%80%99brien-sets-%e2%80%98booby-trap%e2%80%99-for-solar-tariff-consumers/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Learn From His Mistakes And Engage Teachers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government must learn from its mistakes made in the recent dispute with nurses and engage in EBA negotiations with Victorian teachers in good faith, Shadow Minister for the Teaching Profession Steve Herbert said today. Mr Herbert said it &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-learn-from-his-mistakes-and-engage-teachers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-learn-from-his-mistakes-and-engage-teachers/</link>
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		<title>Full Force Of Jobs Crisis Hits Regional Victoria Hard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regional Victorians are bearing the brunt of the State’s job crisis, with unemployment growing at more than twice the rate as Melbourne, Labor Spokesman for Regional and Rural Development, John Lenders, said today. Mr Lenders said in the last five &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/full-force-of-jobs-crisis-hits-regional-victoria-hard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/full-force-of-jobs-crisis-hits-regional-victoria-hard/</link>
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		<title>Budget Update Shows Victoria On The Skids</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today’s 2011-12 Mid-Year Financial Report released by the Baillieu Government again shows why Victoria desperately needs a jobs plan, Shadow Treasurer Tim Holding said. “While the Department of Treasury and Finance states “employment has softened over the past year”, Victorian &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/budget-update-shows-victoria-on-the-skids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/budget-update-shows-victoria-on-the-skids/</link>
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		<title>Time Bomb Ticks On Jobs As Wind Farm Deadline Nears</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government is primed to strip several major wind farm projects of planning approval this week, putting at risk thousands of regional jobs and millions of investment dollars, the Shadow Planning Minister Brian Tee said today. Mr Tee said &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/time-bomb-ticks-on-jobs-as-wind-farm-deadline-nears/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/time-bomb-ticks-on-jobs-as-wind-farm-deadline-nears/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu’s Super Port Set To Become A Ghost Port</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s purported $10 billion Port of Hastings super port will become a ghost port when 40 stevedoring jobs disappear from the port this year, Shadow Minister for Ports Tim Pallas said today. Mr Pallas today met Maritime Union &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-super-port-set-to-become-a-ghost-port/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-super-port-set-to-become-a-ghost-port/</link>
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		<title>No Ideas And No Plan From A Weak Premier</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Labor Opposition won’t back down from pressuring the Premier to deliver a jobs plan, no matter how hard the Baillieu Government tries to hide from scrutiny, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. “The Baillieu Government doesn’t care &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/no-ideas-and-no-plan-from-a-weak-premier/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/no-ideas-and-no-plan-from-a-weak-premier/</link>
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		<title>Walsh Caught Out On False Claims Over Job Losses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government should stop trying to blame others for job losses and start outlining what it will do to protect jobs in regional Victoria, Labor spokesman for Regional and Rural Development, John Lenders, said today. Following reports the Murray &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/walsh-caught-out-on-false-claims-over-job-losses/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/walsh-caught-out-on-false-claims-over-job-losses/</link>
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		<title>Unemployment Rises As Baillieu Government Does Nothing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Premier needs to outline when he will deliver on his promise to create 55,000 jobs a year with new figures showing Victoria’s unemployment has increased, Shadow Minister for Employment Tim Pallas said today. Today’s Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/unemployment-rises-as-baillieu-government-does-nothing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/unemployment-rises-as-baillieu-government-does-nothing/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Government Fails Victorian Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has been given an ‘F’ for its neglect of Victorian women by the Labor Opposition on International Women’s Day. Shadow Minister for Women Danielle Green released the International Women’s Day Report Card, which graded the Baillieu Government’s &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-government-fails-victorian-women/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-government-fails-victorian-women/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu’s Timetable Tinkering Fails Commuters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has let down commuters after it was revealed changes to the MetroTrain timetable will slow down trains and won’t fix the peak hour crush, Shadow Transport Minister Fiona Richardson said today. Ms Richardson said Transport Minister Terry &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-timetable-tinkering-fails-commuters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-timetable-tinkering-fails-commuters/</link>
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		<title>Bendigo Commuters Forgotten In PSO Policy Shambles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Commuters in Bendigo will be waiting years before Protective Service Officers (PSOs) start patrolling regional stations, Acting Shadow Police Minister James Merlino said today. Visiting Kangaroo Flat Railway Station with Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards Mr Merlino said the &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/bendigo-commuters-forgotten-in-pso-policy-shambles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/bendigo-commuters-forgotten-in-pso-policy-shambles/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Government Missing As Jobs Lost In Ballarat And Rochester</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The loss of another 100 jobs across regional Victoria has again highlighted the need for the Baillieu Government to deliver a jobs plan, Shadow Minister for Employment Tim Pallas said today. Mr Pallas said today’s announcements of 38 job losses &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-government-missing-as-jobs-lost-in-ballarat-and-rochester/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-government-missing-as-jobs-lost-in-ballarat-and-rochester/</link>
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		<title>Ballarat Commuters Forgotten In PSO Policy Shambles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Commuters in Ballarat will be waiting years before Protective Service Officers (PSOs) start patrolling regional stations, Acting Shadow Police Minister James Merlino said today. Visiting Wendouree Station with Member for Ballarat West Sharon Knight, Mr Merlino said the Baillieu-Ryan Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/ballarat-commuters-forgotten-in-pso-policy-shambles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/ballarat-commuters-forgotten-in-pso-policy-shambles/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Act On Container Industry Concerns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government must stop dithering and resolve capacity issues at the Port of Melbourne, Shadow Minister for Ports, Major Projects and Infrastructure Tim Pallas said today. Mr Pallas said the Baillieu Government’s inaction was threatening the Port of Melbourne’s &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-act-on-container-industry-concerns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-act-on-container-industry-concerns/</link>
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		<title>Sit Down And Talk With Nurses, Mr Baillieu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government needs to stop attacking nurses and start negotiating with them to end the enterprise bargaining dispute, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today. Mr Andrews and Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards today visited Bendigo Hospital to meet &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/sit-down-and-talk-with-nurses-mr-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/sit-down-and-talk-with-nurses-mr-baillieu/</link>
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		<title>Dixon Silent On Bullying Of School Principal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an outrageous abuse of parliamentary process, Liberal Member for Western Metropolitan Region Bernie Finn has called for the Minister for Education to sack a highly regarded principal, Shadow Minister for Education James Merlino said today. Last night in Parliament &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/dixon-silent-on-bullying-of-school-principal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/dixon-silent-on-bullying-of-school-principal/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Fails Public Transport Commuters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today’s release of the Victorian Auditor General’s report into Public Transport Performance has slammed the Baillieu Liberal National Government for failing to invest in public transport, Shadow Minister for Public Transport Fiona Richardson said. Ms Richardson said the report noted &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-fails-public-transport-commuters/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-fails-public-transport-commuters/</link>
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		<title>Cutting Back Local Content Will Hurt Industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reports that the Baillieu Government is set to further slash support for industry will send a shiver down the spine of all Victorians who depend on a strong manufacturing sector for jobs and security, Shadow Minister for Industry Tim Holding &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/cutting-back-local-content-will-hurt-industry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/cutting-back-local-content-will-hurt-industry/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Government To Waste Taxpayers Money On Ludicrous Court Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government will waste hundreds of thousands of dollars on a Federal Court challenge to turn a nationally significant national park into a cow paddock, Shadow Minister for Environment and Climate Change Lisa Neville said today. Ms Neville said &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-government-to-waste-taxpayers-money-on-ludicrous-court-challenge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-government-to-waste-taxpayers-money-on-ludicrous-court-challenge/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Set To Abandon Geelong Port For Car Trade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It appears the Baillieu Government has all but abandoned plans to relocate the export and import of cars from Webb Dock to the Port of Geelong after a massive lobbying effort from Victoria’s beleaguered car and shipping industry to block &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-set-to-abandon-geelong-port-for-car-trade/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-set-to-abandon-geelong-port-for-car-trade/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Match Rhetoric With Support For Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government must match its rhetoric and promise additional funding in the 2012 State Budget to strengthen Victoria’s child protection system, Shadow Minister for Child Safety Danielle Green said today. Ms Green said Premier Ted Baillieu must act swiftly &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-match-rhetoric-with-support-for-children/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-match-rhetoric-with-support-for-children/</link>
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		<title>When Will The Gippsland Education Plan Be Rolled Out?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government needs to outline how it will implement the recommendations of the Gippsland Tertiary Education Plan, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. The plan, authored by the taskforce chair Professor Kwong Lee Dow, &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/when-will-the-gippsland-education-plan-be-rolled-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/when-will-the-gippsland-education-plan-be-rolled-out/</link>
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		<title>Labor Calls For Sunset On Baillieu’s Port Tax Grab</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has no choice but to support Opposition amendments and legislate an end date for a planned $75 million annual tax grab on the Port of Melbourne Corporation, Shadow Minister for Ports Tim Pallas said today. Mr Pallas &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/labor-calls-for-sunset-on-baillieu%e2%80%99s-port-tax-grab/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/labor-calls-for-sunset-on-baillieu%e2%80%99s-port-tax-grab/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Abandons Girgarre Manufacturing Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu-Ryan Government must accept responsibility for the failed attempt by a local co-op to purchase a Heinz factory near Shepparton and save local jobs, the Shadow Minister for Employment, Tim Pallas, said today. Mr Pallas said Premier Baillieu and &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-abandons-girgarre-manufacturing-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-abandons-girgarre-manufacturing-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Future Of Geelong Jobs Uncertain Under Baillieu’s Cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of families in Geelong are still facing an uncertain future as the Baillieu Government refuses to detail exactly which areas and positions will be impacted by its decision to cut 3600 public sector jobs. It’s been revealed that 500 &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/future-of-geelong-jobs-uncertain-under-baillieu%e2%80%99s-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/future-of-geelong-jobs-uncertain-under-baillieu%e2%80%99s-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Future Of Ballarat Jobs Uncertain Under Baillieu’s Cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of families in Ballarat are still facing an uncertain future as the Baillieu Government refuses to detail exactly which areas and positions will be impacted by its decision to cut 3600 public sector jobs. It’s been revealed that 500 &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/future-of-ballarat-jobs-uncertain-under-baillieu%e2%80%99s-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/future-of-ballarat-jobs-uncertain-under-baillieu%e2%80%99s-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Bendigo Senior Secondary Struggles To Keep VCAL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s cuts to the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning have had a significant impact on Bendigo Senior Secondary College’s ability to offer a range of courses, Shadow Minister for Education James Merlino said today. Visiting the college with &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/bendigo-senior-secondary-struggles-to-keep-vcal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/bendigo-senior-secondary-struggles-to-keep-vcal/</link>
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		<title>Suburban Stations Forgotten In PSO Policy Shambles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first group of Protective Service Officers (PSOs) being rolled out this week are being deployed to stations where there are toilet facilities rather than where they are actually needed, Acting Shadow Police Minister James Merlino said today. Visiting the &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/suburban-stations-forgotten-in-pso-policy-shambles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/suburban-stations-forgotten-in-pso-policy-shambles/</link>
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		<title>Statement From The Shadow Minister For Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shadow Minister for Education James Merlino today welcomed the Gonski review, saying it was the first step by the Federal Government in reforming the way education is funded. “We wholeheartedly support the Federal Government&#8217;s aim to make education funding fairer &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/statement-from-the-shadow-minister-for-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/statement-from-the-shadow-minister-for-education/</link>
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		<title>Constitutional Challenge Threat Against Port Tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Tasmanian Government has threatened a constitutional challenge against the Baillieu Government’s new Port of Melbourne tax as industry anger about the charge grows. Tasmanian Infrastructure Minister David O’Byrne has written to Ports Minister Denis Napthine raising concerns that the &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/constitutional-challenge-threat-against-port-tax/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/constitutional-challenge-threat-against-port-tax/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Needs A Plan As More Jobs Are Lost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Premier has no choice but to deliver a jobs plan after Qantas today announced it would sack hundreds of workers and Victoria lost thousands of full-time jobs last month, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. Today’s Australian &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-needs-a-plan-as-more-jobs-are-lost/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-needs-a-plan-as-more-jobs-are-lost/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Ignores Regional Victoria In Jobs Roundtable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu-Ryan Government must explain why regional Victoria was not represented at the Baillieu Government’s business jobs roundtable meeting, Acting Spokesman for Rural and Regional Development John Lenders said today. Mr Lenders said the exclusion of regional community and business &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-ignores-regional-victoria-in-jobs-roundtable/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-ignores-regional-victoria-in-jobs-roundtable/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Puts Politics Ahead Of Safety In St Albans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government is ignoring calls to fund a level crossing upgrade for St Albans despite the crossing being ranked number three on an independent priority list and the scene of two recent fatalities, the Leader of the Opposition, Daniel &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-puts-politics-ahead-of-safety-in-st-albans/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-puts-politics-ahead-of-safety-in-st-albans/</link>
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		<title>Families Call On Baillieu To Fix Somerton Road Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s continuing failure to fix one of Victoria’s most dangerous roads was putting at risk the lives of local motorists and residents in Melbourne’s north-west, the Leader of the Opposition, Daniel Andrews, said today. Mr Andrews today joined &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/families-call-on-baillieu-to-fix-somerton-road-now/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/families-call-on-baillieu-to-fix-somerton-road-now/</link>
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		<title>Statement From The Leader Of The Opposition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews today announced that acting arrangements are now in place to cover key Shadow Ministry portfolios while Labor MP Jacinta Allan is on maternity leave. “Jacinta Allan has now commenced her maternity leave and I’d like to &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/statement-from-the-leader-of-the-opposition-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/statement-from-the-leader-of-the-opposition-4/</link>
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		<title>Dixon All Smiles But Delivers No Money For Ballarat Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Education Minister Martin Dixon’s visit to Ballarat today may be his last for a while with the Baillieu Government failing to invest a single dollar in any Ballarat school during its first 14 months in office. Mr Dixon today visited &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/dixon-all-smiles-but-delivers-no-money-for-ballarat-schools/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/dixon-all-smiles-but-delivers-no-money-for-ballarat-schools/</link>
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		<title>Walsh Finds His Inner Bo Peep In Mystery Lost Sheep</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taxpayers are footing a hefty bill because the Baillieu Government failed to properly secure livestock on land owned by a water authority in Wangaratta and Benalla, Shadow Minister for Water John Lenders said today. Mr Lenders said documents obtained by &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/walsh-finds-his-inner-bo-peep-in-mystery-lost-sheep/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/walsh-finds-his-inner-bo-peep-in-mystery-lost-sheep/</link>
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		<title>Ryan Rejects Call For Emergency Alert Investigation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bailleu-Ryan Government must immediately investigate the performance of Victoria’s Emergency Alert Service, the Shadow Minister for Bushfire Response, Jacinta Allan, said today. Ms Allan said Victorians deserved to know why a workable system was not activated to alert residents &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/ryan-rejects-call-for-emergency-alert-investigation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/ryan-rejects-call-for-emergency-alert-investigation/</link>
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		<title>Ignorance Is Bliss For The Minister For Youth Affairs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s Minister for Youth Affairs has conceded he doesn’t know how many young Victorians are out of work. In an extraordinary performance in parliament today, Ryan Smith had no idea what the youth unemployment rate was. Shadow Minister &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/ignorance-is-bliss-for-the-minister-for-youth-affairs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/ignorance-is-bliss-for-the-minister-for-youth-affairs/</link>
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		<title>More Bad News For Victorian Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government must act now to protect the jobs of 600 Alcoa workers following today’s news that Alcoa’s Point Henry smelter was under review, the Leader of the Opposition, Daniel Andrews, said today. Mr Andrews said Alcoa’s announcement was &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/more-bad-news-for-victorian-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/more-bad-news-for-victorian-jobs/</link>
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		<title>West Gate Safety Under Threat By Baillieu Inaction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government must immediately clarify what it is doing to protect the structural integrity of the West Gate Bridge to cope with unprecedented traffic loads and dire warnings the bridge will soon reach its limit, the Shadow Minister for &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/west-gate-safety-under-threat-by-baillieu-inaction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/west-gate-safety-under-threat-by-baillieu-inaction/</link>
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		<title>Who Is On Your Hit List, Mr Baillieu?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Premier needs to detail exactly which areas and positions will be impacted by his Government’s decision to slash thousands of jobs from the public sector, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. In Parliament today, senior Baillieu Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/who-is-on-your-hit-list-mr-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/who-is-on-your-hit-list-mr-baillieu/</link>
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		<title>Too Little Too Late On Family Violence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government’s announcement of additional resources to fight family violence is too little too late for many family violence victims, Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention Jill Hennessy said today. “The Baillieu Government has been slow to react to a &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/too-little-too-late-on-family-violence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/too-little-too-late-on-family-violence/</link>
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		<title>More People Waiting For Housing In Victoria’s North</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New figures have revealed that more people in Victoria’s north are waiting for public housing than months ago. Shadow Housing Minister Richard Wynne said the Minister for Housing, Wendy Lovell, needed to explain why 20 more people were waiting for &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/more-people-waiting-for-housing-in-victoria%e2%80%99s-north/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/more-people-waiting-for-housing-in-victoria%e2%80%99s-north/</link>
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		<title>More People Waiting For Housing In The Grampians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New figures have revealed that more people in the Grampians region are waiting for public housing than three months ago. Shadow Housing Minister Richard Wynne said the Minister for Housing, Wendy Lovell, needed to explain why 28 more people were &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/more-people-waiting-for-housing-in-the-grampians/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/more-people-waiting-for-housing-in-the-grampians/</link>
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		<title>More People Waiting For Housing In The North West</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New figures have revealed that more people in Victoria’s north west are waiting for public housing than three months ago. Shadow Housing Minister Richard Wynne said the Minister for Housing, Wendy Lovell, needed to explain why 35 more people were &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/more-people-waiting-for-housing-in-the-north-west/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/more-people-waiting-for-housing-in-the-north-west/</link>
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		<title>Young Farmers Left High And Dry By Baillieu And Wells</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has failed to fulfil its election commitment to cut stamp duty for young farmers, after it was revealed that the reforms will not apply to the majority of farmers, Shadow Minister for Agriculture John Lenders said today. &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/young-farmers-left-high-and-dry-by-baillieu-and-wells/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/young-farmers-left-high-and-dry-by-baillieu-and-wells/</link>
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		<title>New Labor Shadow Cabinet Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews has today announced minor changes to Labor’s Shadow Ministry. As part of the changes, Deputy Leader James Merlino has been appointed the new Shadow Minister for Education, while the newest member of the Shadow Cabinet, &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/new-labor-shadow-cabinet-announced/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/new-labor-shadow-cabinet-announced/</link>
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		<title>Another Lucky Lovell Friday Special</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Housing Minister Wendy Lovell has again released the public housing waiting list data late on a Friday afternoon in a sneaky attempt to avoid scrutiny, Shadow Minister for Housing Richard Wynne said. “Since taking over the housing portfolio, Ms Lovell &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/another-lucky-lovell-friday-special/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/another-lucky-lovell-friday-special/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Stand Up To Abbott On Disability Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu must stand up to Tony Abbott after the federal Liberal leader announced that if he was elected Prime Minister, he would scrap plans for a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). By dropping his support for the &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-stand-up-to-abbott-on-disability-reform/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-stand-up-to-abbott-on-disability-reform/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu’s Public Housing Rent Hike Hurts Seniors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has hit some of the poorest members of the community by pocketing more of their pension at a time when the cost of living is rising. Shadow Housing Minister Richard Wynne said the Baillieu Government had hiked &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-public-housing-rent-hike-hurts-seniors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-public-housing-rent-hike-hurts-seniors/</link>
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		<title>Back To School But Going Backwards Under Baillieu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[State Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews today welcomed students at the start of the new school year but warned 2012 will be a tough time for schools and families thanks to Baillieu Government funding cuts. “I’d like to wish the thousands &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/back-to-school-but-going-backwards-under-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/back-to-school-but-going-backwards-under-baillieu/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Fully Fund Equal Pay For Low-Paid Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Premier Ted Baillieu must deliver on his promise and immediately commit to fully fund today’s historic order by Fair Work Australia that gives equal pay to tens of thousands of Victoria’s lowest paid women, the Leader of the Opposition, Daniel &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-fully-fund-equal-pay-for-low-paid-women/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-fully-fund-equal-pay-for-low-paid-women/</link>
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		<title>Labor Welcomes New Deputy Leader And Shadow Minister</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Member for Monbulk James Merlino has today been elected Deputy Leader for the Victorian Labor Party, while Member for Lara John Eren has been elected to the Shadow Cabinet. Mr Merlino and Mr Eren were elected unopposed to fill the &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/labor-welcomes-new-deputy-leader-and-shadow-minister/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/labor-welcomes-new-deputy-leader-and-shadow-minister/</link>
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		<title>Labor Goes Alcohol Free This February</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Shadow Minister for Health Promotion Danielle Green is ‘sending grog on a holiday’ this February by taking part in ‘FebFast 2012’. Ms Green says FebFast is a national event where people give up alcohol for a month to raise &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/labor-goes-alcohol-free-this-february/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/labor-goes-alcohol-free-this-february/</link>
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		<title>When Will Baillieu Deliver A Jobs Plan For Geelong?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Premier needs to tell families in Geelong and the region exactly what date he will deliver a plan to create and retain jobs, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today. Mr Andrews, with Member for Geelong Ian Trezise, met with &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/when-will-baillieu-deliver-a-jobs-plan-for-geelong/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/when-will-baillieu-deliver-a-jobs-plan-for-geelong/</link>
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		<title>When Will Baillieu Deliver A Jobs Plan For Ballarat?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Premier needs to tell families in Ballarat and the region exactly what date he will deliver a plan to create and retain jobs, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today. Mr Andrews, with Member for Ballarat West Sharon Knight and &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/when-will-baillieu-deliver-a-jobs-plan-for-ballarat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/when-will-baillieu-deliver-a-jobs-plan-for-ballarat/</link>
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		<title>Statement From The Opposition Leader, Daniel Andrews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorian Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews today paid tribute to his good friend and colleague Rob Hulls for 16 years of distinguished service to the Victorian parliament, Victorian community and the Victorian Labor Party. “Rob Hulls has made a difficult but &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/statement-from-the-opposition-leader-daniel-andrews-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/statement-from-the-opposition-leader-daniel-andrews-2/</link>
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		<title>Hulls Resigns From Parliament</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Deputy Premier and Attorney General Rob Hulls announced today that he was leaving State Parliament after almost 16 years as the Member for Niddrie. Mr Hulls, who is Deputy Leader of the Opposition, said that it had been an &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/hulls-resigns-from-parliament/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/hulls-resigns-from-parliament/</link>
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		<title>Edenhope Families Left High and Dry by Baillieu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu-Ryan Government has let down the community of Edenhope, with residents told to reduce water use or risk not having enough to fight potential bushfires, Shadow Water Minister John Lenders said today. A report this week reveals Grampians Wimmera &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/edenhope-families-left-high-and-dry-by-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/edenhope-families-left-high-and-dry-by-baillieu/</link>
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		<title>Statement From The Opposition Leader, Daniel Andrews</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Australia Day is an important day for all of us. It gives us an opportunity to celebrate who we are and pause to reflect on how we have become a great nation. “Australia has achieved wealth and a lifestyle that &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/statement-from-the-opposition-leader-daniel-andrews/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/statement-from-the-opposition-leader-daniel-andrews/</link>
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		<title>When Will You Deliver Your Jobs Plan, Mr Baillieu?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Premier needs to tell Victorians exactly what date he will deliver a plan to create and retain jobs, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today. Mr Andrews met with workers at Toyota in Altona following Monday’s announcement that 350 jobs &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/when-will-you-deliver-your-jobs-plan-mr-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/when-will-you-deliver-your-jobs-plan-mr-baillieu/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Fails To Alert Families On Power Outages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has failed to notify many Victorians who could be hit with extended power outages under new changes introduced on Monday. From Monday, 23 January, power distribution companies are now required to disable the auto-reclose function on SWER &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-fails-to-alert-families-on-power-outages/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-fails-to-alert-families-on-power-outages/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Bungles Backburning In Bendigo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has let down Victorians living in fire-prone areas after a report revealed that fire authorities were struggling to meet prescribed burn targets, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Danielle Green said today. “It is clear the Baillieu Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-bendigo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-bendigo/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Bungles Backburning In Macedon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has let down Victorians living in fire-prone areas after a report revealed that fire authorities were struggling to meet prescribed burn targets, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Danielle Green said today. “It is clear the Baillieu Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-macedon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-macedon/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Bungles Backburning In Ballarat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has let down Victorians living in fire-prone areas after a report revealed that fire authorities were struggling to meet prescribed burn targets, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Danielle Green said today. “It is clear the Baillieu Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-ballarat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-ballarat/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Bungles Backburning In Wimmera And The Grampians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has let down Victorians living in fire-prone areas after a report revealed that fire authorities were struggling to meet prescribed burn targets, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Danielle Green said today. “It is clear the Baillieu Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-wimmera-and-the-grampians/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-wimmera-and-the-grampians/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Bungles Backburning In Geelong And Otways</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has let down Victorians living in fire-prone areas after a report revealed that fire authorities were struggling to meet prescribed burn targets, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Danielle Green said today. “It is clear the Baillieu Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-geelong-and-otways/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-geelong-and-otways/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Bungles Backburning In Gippsland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has let down Victorians living in fire-prone areas after a report revealed that fire authorities were struggling to meet prescribed burn targets, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Danielle Green said today. “It is clear the Baillieu Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-gippsland/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-gippsland/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Bungles Backburning In North East Victoria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has let down Victorians living in fire-prone areas after a report revealed that fire authorities were struggling to meet prescribed burn targets, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Danielle Green said today. “It is clear the Baillieu Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-north-east-victoria/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-north-east-victoria/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Bungles Backburning On The Peninsula And Western Port</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has let down Victorians living in fire-prone areas after a report revealed that fire authorities were struggling to meet prescribed burn targets, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Danielle Green said today. “It is clear the Baillieu Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-on-the-peninsula-and-western-port/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-on-the-peninsula-and-western-port/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Bungles Backburning In South West Victoria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has let down Victorians living in fire-prone areas after a report revealed that fire authorities were struggling to meet prescribed burn targets, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Danielle Green said today. “It is clear the Baillieu Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-south-west-victoria/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-south-west-victoria/</link>
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		<title>350 Jobs To Go At Toyota – But Where Is Baillieu?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The announcement today that 350 workers at Toyota in Altona will lose their jobs is another reason why the Baillieu Government must develop a plan to create jobs and boost the Victorian economy, the Shadow Industry Minister Tim Holding said &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/350-jobs-to-go-at-toyota-%e2%80%93-but-where-is-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/350-jobs-to-go-at-toyota-%e2%80%93-but-where-is-baillieu/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Bungles Backburning In The Yarra Ranges And The Dandenongs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has let down Victorians living in fire-prone areas after a report revealed that fire authorities were struggling to meet prescribed burning targets, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Danielle Green said today. “It is clear the Baillieu Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-the-yarra-ranges-and-the-dandenongs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-the-yarra-ranges-and-the-dandenongs/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Bungles Backburning In The North</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has let down Victorians living in fire-prone areas after a report revealed that fire authorities were struggling to meet prescribed burning targets, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Danielle Green said today. “It is clear the Baillieu Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-the-north/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-bungles-backburning-in-the-north/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu’s Power Changes To Start Tomorrow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has failed to announce which communities could have their  electricity turned off for extended periods of time during high fire danger periods despite the new scheme beginning tomorrow. From  tomorrow,  power distribution companies will disable the auto-reclose &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-power-changes-to-start-tomorrow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu%e2%80%99s-power-changes-to-start-tomorrow/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Government Spins Out Of Control On Transparency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has again shown that its claim to be open and transparent is nothing more than spin after refusing to brief Labor MPs on its pseudo independent Freedom of Information Commissioner legislation, the spokesman for Scrutiny of Government, &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-government-spins-out-of-control-on-transparency/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-government-spins-out-of-control-on-transparency/</link>
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		<title>Government’s Support Of Report Smacks Of Hypocrisy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government has hypocritically abandoned a vital occasional childcare program despite its significant and obvious benefits, Shadow Minister assisting the Leader of the Opposition on Children and Young Adults Jenny Mikakos said today. The Government has today released a &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/government%e2%80%99s-support-of-report-smacks-of-hypocrisy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/government%e2%80%99s-support-of-report-smacks-of-hypocrisy/</link>
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		<title>Victorian Full-Time Jobs Fall Under Baillieu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government needs to urgently deliver a jobs plan to resuscitate a stalled economy after the release of new job figures showing a massive fall in the number of full-time jobs in Victoria, the Shadow Minister for Employment Tim &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/victorian-full-time-jobs-fall-under-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/victorian-full-time-jobs-fall-under-baillieu/</link>
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		<title>Car Sales Drop As Baillieu Increases Registration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New figures released today show the Baillieu Government’s decision to increase car registration and stamp duty was short-sighted, Shadow Treasurer Tim Holding said. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show that in December – the same month the Baillieu Government announced &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/car-sales-drop-as-baillieu-increases-registration/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/car-sales-drop-as-baillieu-increases-registration/</link>
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		<title>Communities In The Dark On Baillieu’s Power Outages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victorians are still unaware whether their electricity could be turned off for extended periods of time during high fire danger periods despite a new document revealing the Baillieu Government knows what areas will be impacted under its scheme. From Monday, &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/communities-in-the-dark-on-baillieu%e2%80%99s-power-outages/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/communities-in-the-dark-on-baillieu%e2%80%99s-power-outages/</link>
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		<title>Job Advertisements Drop Under Baillieu Government</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government needs to outline how it will grow Victoria’s economy, with new data revealing the number of jobs advertised in the state has plummeted. Seasonally adjusted data released by the ANZ shows Victoria has experienced a 23.8 per &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/job-advertisements-drop-under-baillieu-government/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/job-advertisements-drop-under-baillieu-government/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu A ‘No Show’ In Negotiations For Girgarre Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The  Baillieu-Ryan  Government  needs  to  outline  how it will support the Goulburn  Valley  Food  Action  Committee during negotiations with Heinz to secure  regional  jobs  at Girgarre, Shadow Minister for Regional and Rural Development Jacinta Allan said today. Ms Allan said &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-a-%e2%80%98no-show%e2%80%99-in-negotiations-for-girgarre-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-a-%e2%80%98no-show%e2%80%99-in-negotiations-for-girgarre-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Asleep At The Wheel On Road Safety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Baillieu Government inaction on road safety could further increase the risk of more road deaths, particularly amongst young inexperienced drivers, Shadow Minister for Roads Jacinta Allan said today. Ms Allan said the Baillieu Government has been prepared to slug motorists &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-asleep-at-the-wheel-on-road-safety/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-asleep-at-the-wheel-on-road-safety/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must End Liberal Attacks On Car Industry Jobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Premier Baillieu must immediately confirm his Government’s support for the car industry or put at risk sensitive negotiations currently underway to secure Holden’s future in Victoria, Shadow Manufacturing Minister Adem Somyurek said today. Mr Somyurek’s call follows damning comments by &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-end-liberal-attacks-on-car-industry-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-end-liberal-attacks-on-car-industry-jobs/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Delivers More Bad News On Jobs For Victorians</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Victoria has suffered the biggest drop in job vacancies of any State, the Shadow Minister for Employment, Tim Pallas, said today. Mr Pallas said figures released today, show there were almost 10 per cent less job vacancies in the three &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-delivers-more-bad-news-on-jobs-for-victorians/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-delivers-more-bad-news-on-jobs-for-victorians/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Must Develop A Jobs Plan To Save Car Industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government must develop a car industry plan to protect 35,000 Victorian jobs, after it was revealed Holden may close its Australian operations, the Shadow Minister for Employment, Tim Pallas, said today. With concerns about Holden’s future in Australia &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-develop-a-jobs-plan-to-save-car-industry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-must-develop-a-jobs-plan-to-save-car-industry/</link>
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		<title>Minister Ryan Caught Out Pork-Barreling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Baillieu-Ryan Government has been caught out using the depleted Regional Growth Fund to pork-barrel Liberal and National Party seats, Shadow Minister for Rural and Regional Development Jacinta Allan said today. Ms Allan said more councils in electorates held by Liberal &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/minister-ryan-caught-out-pork-barreling/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/minister-ryan-caught-out-pork-barreling/</link>
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		<title>Baillieu Health Cuts Force More Sick Children To Wait</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sick children are the latest victims of Premier Baillieu’s savage health budget cuts, with the latest data showing growth funding shortfalls will force hospitals to perform 8000 less elective surgeries this financial year, the Leader of the Opposition, Daniel Andrews, &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-health-cuts-force-more-sick-children-to-wait/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/baillieu-health-cuts-force-more-sick-children-to-wait/</link>
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		<title>Elective Surgery Waiting List Blowout In Geelong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of patients from across the Geelong region are the latest victims of Premier Baillieu’s savage health budget cuts, with the latest data showing growth funding shortfalls will force hospitals across Victoria to perform 8000 less elective surgeries this financial &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/elective-surgery-waiting-list-blowout-in-geelong/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/elective-surgery-waiting-list-blowout-in-geelong/</link>
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		<title>Bailleu Fails To Explain Bushfire Region Power Cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There will be added confusion this summer for both homeowners and businesses in bushfire prone areas over the Baillieu Government’s action to cut power to bushfire affected regions, Shadow Minister for Energy, Lily D’Ambrosio said today. “The Baillieu Government’s response &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/bailleu-fails-to-explain-bushfire-region-power-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/bailleu-fails-to-explain-bushfire-region-power-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Workers Returning To Work Slugged Under Baillieu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Regional commuters heading back to work this week will be slugged an 8.6 per cent fare increase with no improvements to services, Shadow Minister for Rural and Regional Development Jacinta Allan said today. Ms Allan said the price hike across &#8230; <a href="http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/workers-returning-to-work-slugged-under-baillieu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.danielandrews.com.au/media/releases/workers-returning-to-work-slugged-under-baillieu/</link>
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