Private investment in Victoria’s manufacturing sector is continuing to plummet, with new figures released today highlighting why the Baillieu Government needs to release a plan to get the state back on track.
Nearly a thousand students and teachers in Geelong today sent a clear message to Premier Ted Baillieu that his funding cuts to TAFEs are hurting the region and will have serious consequences into the future.
Victorian families will be slugged with higher water bills under a secret tax hike by the Baillieu Government.
The Baillieu Government’s decision to halve the amount of car-parking spaces required for developments will clog up suburban streets and increase the time commuters spend in traffic.
The Baillieu Government must act urgently to protect jobs in the Geelong region.
Students and teachers in Wodonga today sent a clear message to Premier Ted Baillieu that his funding cuts to TAFEs are hurting the region and will have serious consequences into the future.
Students at Geelong’s Hamlyn Banks Primary School have been left with half finished classrooms after the project was ignored in the Baillieu Government’s second budget.
The Baillieu Government has failed to reduce the cost of living for Frankston families.
The Member for Bentleigh, Elizabeth Miller, is clearly living in a fantasy land over her claims the Baillieu Government has reduced the cost of living for families.
The Baillieu Government’s ‘tough on crime’ agenda is in tatters, with new statistics revealing overall crime has increased for the first time in more than 10 years.
Despite a booming population and record enrolments, the Baillieu Government continues to procrastinate in the face of calls for improved education facilities in Melbourne’s inner west.
Premier Ted Baillieu has today refused to rule out the closure of dozens of TAFE campuses across Victoria as a result of his $290 million cuts to the sector.
Victoria’s south west will miss out on vital bicycle safety infrastructure after the Baillieu Government slashed funding to a major bicycle infrastructure program.
Melbourne’s southern suburbs will miss out on vital bicycle safety infrastructure after the Baillieu Government slashed funding to a major bicycle infrastructure program.
Melbourne’s south east suburbs will miss out on vital bicycle safety infrastructure after the Baillieu Government slashed funding to a major bicycle infrastructure program.
Melbourne’s outer eastern suburbs will miss out on vital bicycle safety infrastructure after the Baillieu Government slashed funding to a major bicycle infrastructure program.
Melbourne’s inner west suburbs will miss out on vital bicycle safety infrastructure after the Baillieu Government slashed funding to a major bicycle infrastructure program.
Melbourne’s inner north suburbs will miss out on vital bicycle safety infrastructure after the Baillieu Government slashed funding to a major bicycle infrastructure program.
Melbourne’s inner eastern suburbs will miss out on vital bicycle safety infrastructure after the Baillieu Government slashed funding to a major bicycle infrastructure program.
Melbourne’s inner city suburbs will miss out on vital bicycle safety infrastructure after the Baillieu Government slashed funding to a major bicycle infrastructure program.
Melbourne’s western suburbs will miss out on vital bicycle safety infrastructure after the Baillieu Government slashed funding to a major bicycle infrastructure program.
The do-nothing Baillieu Government has betrayed workers at Qantas with hundreds of jobs axed at the company’s Tullamarine and Avalon heavy maintenance sites.
The Baillieu Government has broken a key election commitment to deliver a gross feed-in-tariff scheme for Victorian households that generate power from solar panels.
The future of one of Victoria’s largest TAFEs, Holmesglen, is in doubt following the Baillieu Government’s $290 million cuts to the sector.
Even more jobs are likely to go from regional communities, after the Baillieu Government confirmed funding cuts to community health services.
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.
The Baillieu Government is pushing through new laws to give developers free reign in suburban streets.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Paying lip service to manufacturing industries in Bendigo will do nothing to secure jobs and grow the sector.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Another 100 financial sector jobs will disappear from Victoria as new figures today reveal business confidence has plummeted across the state.
“Today I note the resignation of Bronwyn Pike, as Member for Melbourne, after 12 years of hard work and leadership.
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 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.
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.
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.
A thousand more regional Victorians are waiting for elective surgery since the Baillieu Government was elected, new figures released this week reveal.
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.
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.
Over 5500 more Victorians are waiting for elective surgery since the Baillieu Government was elected, new figures released today reveal.
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.
The Baillieu Government’s second State Budget will increase the cost of living for Victorian families.
Premier Ted Baillieu’s second state budget is a horror budget for families and children.
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.
No one can accuse Victorian Treasurer Kim Wells of reaching for the stars.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 a job.
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.
Today’s State Budget confirms the Baillieu Government has abandoned its promise to fix Victoria’s public transport.
Today’s State Budget is further evidence the Baillieu Government has abandoned its responsibilities to enhance and protect Victoria’s environment.
The Baillieu Government’s major infrastructure projects are not likely to be built for more than 10 years, if ever.
Victorian families hoping for the Baillieu Government to deliver a budget that would create jobs and provide much-needed support have been let down.
The Baillieu Government has cut a $205 million program to deliver farmers vital support and dressed it up as a boost.
Victoria’s farmers will be among those hardest hit by the Baillieu Government’s new Port Licence Fee tax.