14 September 2016 Legislative Council vacancy Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I rise to speak on the amendment of the manager of opposition business that this motion be dealt with immediately. We have had this debate a number of times in this place now and I am surprised that those on the other side of the house…
DetailsTuesday 13 September 2016 Second Reading – Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I rise to make my contribution on the Births Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment Bill 2016. I suppose in starting off I should say that I was very disappointed in the minister’s tone at the start of his contribution. These sorts of debates are best…
Details31st August 2016 Legislative Council vacancy Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I move: That the words ‘later this day’ be omitted with the view of inserting in their place the word ‘immediately’. The amendment is quite self-explanatory. It is almost Groundhog Day today: we had this debate two weeks ago almost to the minute. The fact that…
Details30th August 2016 Council’s amendments Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I will make a small contribution on the upper house amendments to the Primary Industries Legislation Amendment Bill 2016. The coalition will be supporting both those sets of amendments. After listening to the previous speaker I note that I do not believe the amendments should be split…
Details30 August 2016 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – I rise to make a contribution on the Freedom of Information Amendment (Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner) Bill 2016. As the member for Malvern has already articulated in his contribution the Liberal-Nationals coalition will not be supporting this bill in its current format and I believe it will…
Details17 August 2016 Mr WALSH (Murray Plains) – On 29 and 30 July this year the National Party held its centenary conference. In September 1916 the National Party was formed here in Victoria with a meeting at the State Library. On the Saturday night of our conference we actually had the function at the State Library and what…
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