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REGISTER OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS SUMMARY OF PRIMARY RETURNS — JANUARY 2019 AND SUMMARY OF VARIATIONS NOTIFIED BETWEEN 24 SEPTEMBER 2018 AND 4 FEBRUARY 2019 Presented to both Houses of Parliament pursuant to section 7(4) of the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1978 (No. 9223) Ordered to be published REGISTER OF MEMBERS' INTERESTS SUMMARY OF PRIMARY RETURNS — JANUARY 2019 AND SUMMARY OF VARIATIONS NOTIFIED BETWEEN 24 SEPTEMBER 2018 AND 4 FEBRUARY 2019 Presented to both Houses of Parliament pursuant to section 7(4) of the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1978 (No. 9223) Ordered to be published PP 15, Session 2018–2019 INTRODUCTION Section 5(2) of the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Act 1978 (No. 9223) states: Every Member who was not a Member of either the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council in the Parliament then last past shall, upon taking and subscribing the oath or affirmation as a Member, within 30 days thereafter submit to the Clerk of the Parliaments a primary return. The primary return required by section 5(2) was prescribed by Schedule 1 to the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Regulations 2013 (Statutory Rule No. 4/2013). Those regulations require Members to register their interests by providing information under the following specific classifications: 1. Any income source* which you have, or expect to have, in the 12 months after the date of this return. 2. The name of any company or other body in which you hold an office as director or otherwise at the date of this return. 3. The name or description of any company, partnership, association or other body in which you hold a beneficial interest exceeding $500 in value. 4. The name of any political party, body or association or trade or professional organization of which you are a member at the date of this return. 5. A concise description of any trust in which you hold a beneficial interest. 6. A concise description of any trust of which you are trustee and in which a member of your family holds a beneficial interest. 7. The address or description of any land in which you hold a beneficial interest (other than by way of security for a debt). 8. Any other substantial interest (whether of a pecuniary nature or not) held by you or a member of your family of which you are aware and that you consider might appear to raise a material conflict with your public duty as a Member. * “income source” means — (a) any person or body of persons with whom a Member entered into a contract of service or held any paid office; or (b) any trade vocation or profession engaged in by a Member. - 1 - Parts A and B of the summary follows records interests registered by a Member, not having been a Member in the Parliament last past, who took and subscribed the oath or affirmation as a Member on 19 December 2018. Interests are shown under the following abbreviated headings: 1. Income source 2. Office held 3. Company beneficial interest 4. Party, body or association 5. Trust beneficial interest 6. Trusteeship 7. Land beneficial interest 8. Other substantial interest In addition to the requirement for new Members to submit a primary return, section 6(4) of the Act also allows for the notification of variations to the Register to be submitted at any time. Part C of the summary therefore reports variations notified by certain Members between 24 September 2018 and 4 February 2019 pursuant to section 6(4). The date of receipt of such advice is given in each case. Andrew Young Clerk of the Parliaments *The full text of the several classifications is to be found in the Schedules to the Members of Parliament (Register of Interests) Regulations 2013 (S R No 4/2013). - 2 - PART A ― Summary of interests registered by a Member, not having been a Member of the Parliament last past, who took and subscribed the oath or affirmation as a Member on 19 December 2018 Members of the Legislative Council BARTON, Rodney Brian (Eastern Metropolitan Region) Office held Barton Chauffeurs P/L Party, body or association Commercial Passenger Vehicle Association of Australia (CPVAA) – member only Transport Matters Party Other substantial interest Barton Chauffeurs – currently being transferred to Annette Barton (wife). Not completed at this stage. CUMMING, Catherine Rebecca (Western Metropolitan Region) Income source Bank interest Share dividends Rental income from properties Company beneficial interest Bendigo Bank Seddon Pty Ltd – me and my children Land beneficial interest Property, Footscray Property, Maidstone Property, Williamstown Property, Yarraville Property, Yarraville Property, Yarraville GRIMLEY, Stuart James (Western Victoria Region) Income source Bank interest Journal royalties Party, body or association Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party Land beneficial interest [PRIVATE ADDRESS], Armstrong Creek Other substantial interest 2.5% share in racehorse (Shishaq) - 3 - HAYES, Clifford Neville W (Southern Metropolitan Region) Income source Trans-Cine Films Pty Ltd Superannuation Fund Office held Trans-Cine Films Pty Ltd Company beneficial interest Trans-Cine Films Pty Ltd Party, body or association Australian Cinema Pioneers Australian Film Institute Australian Screen Editors Brighton Residents for Urban Protection Down to Earth Cooperative Melbourne International Film Festival Old Brighton Grammarians Society Palace Cinemas Gold Club Planning Backlash Royal Brighton Yacht Club Sustainable Australia Party Land beneficial interest [PRIVATE ADDRESS], Brighton KIEU, Tien (South Eastern Metropolitan Region) Income source Dividends from some shares listed on the ASX Party, body or association Australian Institute of Company Directors Australian Institute of Physics – Fellow Australian Labor Party Australian Workers’ Union Swinburne University – Adjunct Professor Land beneficial interest [PRIVATE ADDRESS], Canterbury - 4 - LIMBRICK, David Boyd (South Eastern Metropolitan Region) Income source Bank interest Share dividends Company beneficial interest BHP IOOF Origin Energy Woodside Petroleum Worley Parsons Party, body or association Electronic Frontiers Australia Liberal Democratic Party Mensa Australia Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Trust beneficial interest IOOF Super Account UniSuper Account VicSuper Account MAXWELL, Tania Maree (Northern Victoria Region) Party, body or association Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party South Wangaratta CFA Land beneficial interest [PRIVATE ADDRESS], Wangandary Occupy 96 acres of land where family home is situated MCARTHUR, Beverley (Western Victoria Region) Income source Bank interest Share income Party, body or association Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) Liberal Party of Australia – Victorian Division Trust beneficial interest Joint trustee with Fergus Stewart McArthur of our deceased son, Andrew Fergus McArthur’s estate, Estate of Andrew Fergus McArthur Trust Fund Trusteeship Estate of Andrew Fergus McArthur Trust Fund Land beneficial interest [PRIVATE ADDRESS], Bookaar [PRIVATE PROPERTY], Geelong Other substantial interest Bookaar Solar Farms Pty Ltd Meningoort Pty Ltd - 5 - MEDDICK, Andrew Martin (Andy) (Western Victoria Region) Income source Interest on savings accounts Interest on superannuation Payment of long service leave Tax return Party, body or association Animal Justice Party CFMEU Land beneficial interest [PRIVATE ADDRESS], Torquay QUILTY, Tim (Northern Victoria Region) Income source Dividend interest – ADFS Ltd Rental property, Kooringal Office held Darlow Creek Pty Ltd ATF Westwood Pastoral Superannuation Fund Company beneficial interest Adelong & District Financial Services Ltd – Bendigo Bank Franchisee Party, body or association Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand Liberal Democratic Party Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Sporting Shooters' Association of Australia Trust beneficial interest Commonwealth Super PSSAP Fund Westwood Pastoral Superannuation Fund Land beneficial interest [PRIVATE ADDRESS], West Wodonga House, Kooringal STITT, Ingrid (Western Metropolitan Region) Party, body or association Australian Labor Party Australian Services Union – Victorian Private Sector Branch Emily’s List Land beneficial interest [PRIVATE ADDRESS], Albion (mortgaged) [PRIVATE PROPERTY] in Tawonga South owned by my mother. I am the sole beneficiary of that property in the event of her death. - 6 - TAYLOR, Nina (Southern Metropolitan Region) Party, body or association Australian Labor Party – member CPSU – member TERPSTRA, Sonja (Eastern Metropolitan Region) Income source Interest from bank account savings Party, body or association Australian Labor Party Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union Australian Services Union Law Society of Victoria Land beneficial interest [PRIVATE ADDRESS], Heidelberg, Victoria VAGHELA, Kaushaliya (Western Metropolitan Region) Party, body or association Finance Sector Union (FSU) Foster St. Traders Association (Little India FSTA) South Asian Public Affairs Council (SAPAC) Subcontinent Friends of Labor (SCFOL) Trust beneficial interest I am one of the beneficiaries of the Chauhan Family Trust. This trust belongs to my husband, Dineshkumar Chauhan. My daughter is also a beneficiary of this trust. Other substantial interest I have previously advocated publicly for the development of the Little India Cultural Precinct in Dandenong and for the benefits of the traders. My husband continues to be a trader in that precinct and is also a member of the Foster St. Traders Association (Little India FSTA) and Little India Taskforce. - 7 - - 8 - PART B ― Summary of interests registered by a Member,