Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (19:04): (713) My adjournment matter is to the Treasurer, and the action I seek is for the Treasurer to provide the information as to why the land tax threshold went from $300,000 to $50,000. My office has been inundated with constituents right across my electorate that have been severely financially impacted by…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (14:49): (692) My question is to the Minister for Health. The minister has stated there will be a decrease in the funding that will be paid in relation to future health service budgets. Given GV Health is already millions in deficit, the information I seek is what health services will be cut…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (15:33): I wish to acknowledge Gina Sozzi, a proud business owner of Bicaro’s restaurant in Shepparton, who reached out to me recently to raise her concerns about the increasing crime rate in my electorate. Gina and her husband Sam’s restaurant has been broken into three times in the space of a month,…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (11:48): Today I rise to make a contribution on the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation Repeal and Advisory Councils Bill 2024. In May last year I was appointed to be a director on the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, joining the member for Malvern, and I take this opportunity to thank the member for Malvern…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (19:13): (687) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Housing in the other place, and the action I seek is that the minister comes to Shepparton and meets with the local housing agencies to hear firsthand about the housing crisis in my electorate of Shepparton district. My office has been inundated…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (14:44): (662) My question is to the Minister for Public and Active Transport, and the information I seek is: when will the minister undertake an extensive bus service review for Shepparton? It has been 15 years since a review was last carried out, and it is well overdue. The current services do not…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (10:17): I rise today to speak on the final report on the inquiry into the impact of road safety behaviours on vulnerable road users undertaken by the Legislative Assembly Economy and Infrastructure Committee, of which I am the deputy chair. The committee received 302 submissions – 230 of these from individuals. The committee investigated…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (15:26): Today I rise to stand and make a contribution on the Local Government Amendment (Governance and Integrity) Bill 2024. The bill before the house is a bill for an act to amend the Local Government Act 2020 to provide for ongoing mandatory training for councillors and mayors, improve the councillor code of conduct…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (13:04): I rise today to acknowledge an amazing and strong young woman from my electorate. Twenty-eight-year-old Lutfiye Kavci is a domestic violence survivor. Just weeks after the birth of her son, Lutfiye left her abusive husband and returned to live with her family, knowing she was unsafe and could not raise a…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (14:51): (618) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the information I seek is: what is being done to address road safety in the Shepparton electorate? My electorate has had a run of horrific fatal road accidents in the past few months, and my thoughts are with…