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FINN IN THE HOUSE Speeches February to June 2016 Published by Bernie Finn MP Member for Western Metropolitan Region Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Melbourne’s West Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Autism Spectrum Disorder Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Electoral Integrity Suite 101, 19 Lacy Street, Braybrook Vic 3019 Telephone (03) 9317 5900 • Fax (03) 9317 5911 Email [email protected] Web www.berniefinn.com Authorised and printed by Bernie Finn MP, Suite 101, 19 Lacy Street, Braybrook. This material was funded from the Parliament Electorate Office & Communications Budget. FINN IN THE HOUSE Speeches February to June 2016 CONTENTS Sunbury municipality ................................................... 3 Abortion legislation .....................................................21 Australia Day .................................................................... 3 Point Cook secondary school facilities .................21 Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Melbourne Autism Expo ............................................21 Amendment Bill 2015 ................................................... 3 National Electricity (Victoria) Further Wyndham City Council ................................................. 4 Amendment Bill 2015 .................................................21 Asbestos at Footscray Primary School .................... 4 Footscray Hospital ........................................................22 Minister for Public Transport ...................................... 4 Abortion legislation .....................................................22 Sunbury Road duplication ......................................... 9 Western Distributor project ......................................22 Road Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 ................ 9 Country Fire Authority enterprise bargaining Wyndham schools .......................................................10 agreement ......................................................................23 Ombudsman jurisdiction .........................................11 Western Metropolitan Region constituent .........24 Ministers office accommodation ...........................11 Abortion legislation ....................................................24 Assisted Reproductive Treatment Deer Park rail level crossings ....................................24 Amendment Bill 2015 .................................................11 Avondale Heights public transport .......................24 Bulla-Diggers Rest Road ............................................12 Goonawarra Primary School ....................................25 Traffic congestion .........................................................12 Safe Schools program .................................................25 Independent Review of Climate Change Crimes Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 ...........25 Act 2010: report ...........................................................13 Serious Sex Offenders (Detention and Wyndham City Council ..............................................13 Supervision) Amendment (Community Western Metropolitan Region roads ....................13 Safety) Bill 2016 .............................................................26 Traffic gridlock ...............................................................14 Diggers Rest police resources ..................................27 Safe Schools program ................................................14 Taylors Road management .......................................27 Victoria University Sunbury site .............................14 Infant Viability Bill 2015 ..............................................27 City of Wyndham education resources ................14 School bullying .............................................................28 Upholding Australian Values (Protecting Abuse in disability services .......................................28 Our Flags) Bill 2015 .....................................................15 Deer Park rail level crossing ......................................29 Sunbury Road duplication .......................................15 Confiscation and Other Matters Truganina road safety .................................................16 Amendment Bill 2016 .................................................29 The Strand, Williamstown, toilet facilities ...........16 Hoppers Crossing CFA flag ........................................30 Public sector enterprise bargaining .....................16 Country Fire Authority enterprise bargaining Traffic congestion .........................................................16 agreement ......................................................................30 Safe Schools program ................................................16 Appropriation (2016-2017) Bill 2016 Youth workers ...............................................................17 and Budget Papers 2016-17 .....................................30 Production of documents .........................................17 Country Fire Authority enterprise bargaining Melbourne Regional Landfill ....................................17 agreement ......................................................................31 Sunbury university land .............................................18 Country Fire Authority enterprise bargaining Sky rail policy .................................................................18 agreement ......................................................................32 Victoria Police Amendment (Merit-based Sunbury police numbers ...........................................32 Transfer) Bill 2016 .........................................................18 Sunbury municipality .................................................33 Victoria University Sunbury site ..............................19 Larmenier school ..........................................................33 Abortion legislation .....................................................19 Country Fire Authority chief executive officer ...33 Possums ...........................................................................20 Australian Labor Party ................................................33 Battle of Long Tan commemoration ......................20 Point Cook police resources ....................................33 Vocational education and training .......................20 Melbourne Regional Landfill ...................................34 Traffic congestion .........................................................20 Infrastructure projects ...............................................34 Sex Offenders Registration Amendment Sky rail policy .................................................................34 Bill 2016 ............................................................................20 Bendigo Special Development School .................34 Point Cook schools .......................................................21 Suite 101, 19 Lacy Street, Braybrook Vic 3019 • Telephone (03) 9317 5900 • Fax (03) 9317 5911 Email [email protected] • Web www.berniefinn.com IN 2 FEBRUARY TO JUNE 2016 FINN THE HOUSE COUNCIL | Constituency questions COUNCIL | Second reading serious about protecting our children 9 February 2016 9 February 2016 from these criminals, from these vile, evil, horrid subhuman individuals, then we will go after them with a passion. We will catch them and we will say to them, Sunbury Drugs, Poisons through the court process, that they have forfeited their right to walk on the earth municipality and Controlled with us. Now I have to say to you that I do Mr FINN (Western Metropolitan) not think it would take too many before — My constituency question is to the the other kingpins realised that this just is Minister for Local Government. I refer to Substances not worth it. If some of these kingpins see the minister’s claim that she broke the a few of their mates going to the gallows ALP’s promise to the people of Sunbury Amendment Bill or to the gas chamber or wherever it that they would control their municipal might be, I think they would wake up very future. Nobody believes her claim 2015 quickly and realise that they just might be that this promise was broken after an Mr FINN (Western Metropolitan) — I next. independent audit review’s report was have listened with a great deal of interest Let us face it, these people at the top delivered. In fact most people believe to a number of speakers in this debate, of the tree are the ultimate in selfish her betrayal of Sunbury was a result of particularly to Ms Patten, and I have to individuals — anybody who has a an extensive campaign from within the say that I actually agree with some of Ms mansion, who has cars, who has women Labor Party and trade union movement Patten’s comments — particularly the and who has everything else that they may to undermine the democratic vote of the one where she said this bill is not going to have gained by selling drugs to kids, by people of Hume. I ask the minister: what solve anything. That is the truth: this bill selling misery and death on the streets. It role did the member for Broadmeadows will not solve anything. I have to disagree does not get much more selfish than that, in the Legislative Assembly, the Labor with her when she says that giving kids does it? I do not think it gets much more councillor for Sunbury, Cr Ann Potter, and drugs is helping them, because it is not. selfish than that. They are the ones that we the Australian Services Union play in the I do not care whether it is from their really have to go after.
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