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State Budget Reply Speech from Shadow Treasurer Tim Pallas

May 9, 2013

The 2013-14 Budget Reply delivered in the Victorian Parliament on 9 May 2013.

You Can’t Trust the Liberals

May 7, 2013

Find out what the 2013-14 Victorian Budget means for your family.

CFA Cut Again

April 30, 2013

You'd think cutting fire services once would be enough. But the Victorian Coalition have done it again.

Where Are The Beds?

April 29, 2013

The Victorian Coalition promised to deliver 800 news hospital beds. Where are they?

Plan to Secure Local Jobs for Local Workers

April 20, 2013

Find out more about Victorian Labor's Plan to Secure Local Jobs for Local Workers.

State Conference Speech 2013

April 20, 2013

Daniel Andrews' speech to Victorian Labor's State Conference at Moonee Valley Racecourse on Saturday 21 April 2013.

Blown Away

April 15, 2013

The Napthine Government's windfarms policy is putting 50,000 jobs at risk.

Too Little, Too Late on TAFE

March 22, 2013

The Liberal National Government’s decision to rip $290 million a year – almost $1.2 billion in total – out of TAFE was a terrible choice.

Share Your Story

March 12, 2013

If you've been affected by the growing health crisis in Victoria, share your story today.

Victorian Labor’s Plan for Jobs and Growth

November 22, 2012

Victorian Labor’s Plan for Jobs and Growth will return Victoria to an economic powerhouse by creating jobs for Victorian families, investing in skills and training and providing an infrastructure pipeline.

Speech: Apology for past adoption practices

October 25, 2012

For decades, cruelty lived in our homes and in our hospitals. For decades, it was sanctioned by successive Governments. It was methodical and it was inhumane. It was performed by trusted members of our community. And it remains our shame.

Speech: Referral to Privileges Committee

October 24, 2012

Daniel Andrews' contribution to the debate referring the Member for Frankston to the Privileges Committee.

Strathdale Quilters

October 21, 2012

On a recent visit to Bendigo, Daniel met the Strathdale Quilters who have made a special quilt to raise money for charity.

Melbourne Press Club Address

October 16, 2012

As we approach the half way mark of the Baillieu Government’s term in office I want to give you some thoughts on their achievements and more importantly detail some of my priorities for the next two years and beyond.

Labor To Abolish Utility Exit Fees

October 16, 2012

Premier Baillieu was elected on the promise that his government would reduce the cost of living for Victorian families, but after nearly two years in government he has yet to deliver on this commitment.

Our Hospitals: Going Backwards

October 3, 2012

Massive funding cuts to health in Victoria have caused elective surgery performance to fall to levels not seen for nearly a decade.

Eleventh Anniversary of September 11

September 11, 2012

We're here tonight to remember the horror and terror, the brutality and the cowardice of the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Today, our teachers deserve our support

September 5, 2012

Today, thousands of teachers and principals from every part of Victoria will jump in cars, catch buses and board trains into the heart of Melbourne to march on Parliament House against Ted Baillieu. They are seeking from the Premier not a dollar more or a dollar less than they were promised.

Mr Baillieu, Make Victoria Count

July 26, 2012

Ted Baillieu's refusal to sign up to the trial of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is yet another example of the Premier either doing nothing or getting it completely wrong.

I don’t abuse the Greens but I did expose their fraud

July 26, 2012

Much has been said about the implications of Labor's hard-earned victory in the Melbourne by-election last weekend.

Help Students Fight TAFE Cuts

June 18, 2012

When Ted Baillieu made the decision to cut $290 million from the TAFE sector, he either didn’t understand or didn’t care how it would impact on Victorians.

Whooping Cough Policy Announcement

June 4, 2012

The Baillieu Government’s decision to cut free Whooping Cough vaccinations for the parents is about topping up the State coffers by putting newborns at risk.

Victorian Labor State Conference Speech

May 19, 2012

Address by Daniel Andrews to the Victorian Labor State Conference.

Budget Reply Speech

May 3, 2012

The 2012-13 Budget Reply speech delivered by Shadow Treasurer Tim Holding.

Backwards Under Baillieu

May 1, 2012

The Baillieu Government’s second budget is a horror budget for Victorian families who were hoping for a government with a plan to save jobs. Ted Baillieu has failed the test of leadership. This is a Budget of excuses and no solutions.

Labor’s Jobs Plan: Have Your Say

April 11, 2012

Victorian Labor has announced the first stage of its plan to keep Victorians in work and is asking the community and business groups to have their say.

Time To Get Victoria Working

March 17, 2012

Nothing is more important than a job. It's how families pay their mortgage, how they pay their grocery bills and how they support their children.

Premier, Act Now On Road Safety

March 15, 2012

In Victoria, road safety has always received bipartisan support. But Labor won't stand by while the Baillieu Government does nothing to make our roads safer.

Labor Still Shoulder To Shoulder With Nurses and Midwives

March 7, 2012

I am proud to have supported nurses and midwives at hospitals in Melbourne and throughout regional Victoria in calling for the protection of nurse to patient ratios.

Scrap the Plan to Scrap Ratios

March 6, 2012

Ted Baillieu has surely underestimated the community’s support of nurses.

If we haven’t been personally cared for by a nurse, we know a loved one who has.

The Premier may not respect the work of nurses, but Victorians do.