Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (09:54): In the house this week we have heard of many alarming incidents in regard to the ambulance response crisis, including the 20 lives that have been lost in Victoria this past 12 months, and my thoughts are with all of those families. Last week a number of alarming incidents were brought to my…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (11:48): Today I rise to speak on the Land (Revocation of Reservations) Bill 2023. The bill before the house is a bill for an act to provide for the revocation of certain permanent reservations of Crown land at 13 sites, to revoke related Crown grants and to re-reserve certain land and for other purposes. This…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (19:14): (467) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure, and the action I seek is that the minister meet with me and the Greater Shepparton City Council to discuss the future of the Shepparton bypass. This would be an opportunity for the minister to see the design of stage 1 of…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (12:25): I rise today to speak on the Corrections Amendment (Parole Reform) Bill 2023. This bill before the house is in order to ensure that Paul Denyer is never released from prison. As we know, Paul Denyer was convicted of the brutal and horrific murders of Natalie Russell, Elizabeth Stevens and Debbie Fream…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (09:59): I rise to acknowledge and congratulate my friend Yorta Yorta elder Aunty Pam Pedersen. Last Saturday Aunty Pam won the national Aboriginal sports award at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sports Awards 2023 held at the MCG. Aunty Pam is 80 years of age and runs every day, has entered…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (11:21): I rise this morning to speak on the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee’s report on the 2023–24 budget estimates. Right through the PAEC report it repeats a common theme of waste and mismanagement, especially in the areas of transport infrastructure and now in the abandoned and cancelled debacle of the Commonwealth…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (14:46): (412) 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 14 years since a review was last carried out, and it is well overdue. The current services do not…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (15:59): I rise to speak on the State Taxation Acts and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2023. This bill includes the 51st and 52nd new or increased taxes since Labor were elected in 2014. Victorians are now paying the highest taxes per person in Australia. At a time when the cost of living is having…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (15:09): (352) My question is to the Minister for Housing in the other place, and the information I seek is: when will we see the rollout of the Victorian housing statement, which pledges to build 800,000 new homes over the next decade to boost housing supply and affordability in regional and rural Victoria?…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (16:13): I rise to speak on the Triple Zero Victoria Bill 2023. The Triple Zero Victoria Bill 2023 is a major component of the Victorian government’s reform to the state’s 000 service. Victoria’s ailing 000 call service will be rebranded and brought under government control and its broad disbandment after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed systematic…