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27/04/2021 Parliament of Victoria Question: 14341 QUESTION ON NOTICE — Mr Bull (Gippsland East) to ask the Minister for Resources — With reference to the dispute between Hercules Mining Contractors Pty Ltd and the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (DEDJTR) concerning mining licence 5335 for a mine at Cassilis: Why has DEDJTR proceeded with the proposal for EL006726 rather than to process a variation to EL5518, in accordance with the Mining Warden's recommendation that the land covered by EL5518 and the land covered by the former mining licence 5335 should be consolidated into the same mining licence. Answer: The Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources (DEDJTR) has not granted Exploration Licence 006726. On 7 March 2018, DEDJTR received two exploration licence applications (for EL006726 and for EL006728) for a licence over the land formerly within mining licence 5335. Hercules Mining Contractors Pty Ltd separately lodged an application on 7 March 2018 to vary EL5518 to cover the same area of land. The two exploration licence applications will be ranked in accordance with the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (MRSDA) to determine the highest-ranking application. Once the highest-ranking application has been determined, a decision will be made as to whether a licence should be granted over the land or, whether EL5518 should be varied to incorporate the land. This decision will be made with consideration given to the purposes and objectives of the MRSDA. TIM PALLAS MP Minister for Resources Attachments: No Attachments Answer Published Date: 05/06/2018 Question: 14342 CONSTITUENCY QUESTION — Mr Hodgett to ask the Minister for Public Transport for the Minister for Small Business — The pressure is on, Speaker. My constituency question is to the Minister for Small Business. My constituents wish to know why this government chose to cease the Grow Your Business program in August 2017, what programs are in place to support the growth of small business in regional areas and specifically how much funding has been allocated to support these programs in Victoria. Answer: We continue to ensure that small businesses have the resources they need to grow and prosper. Grants under the Grow your Business program were fully allocated in late 2017. Our Boost Your Business Vouchers provides tangible support for small businesses to become more productive, employ more people, improve market access and in general, increase their scale, diversity and profitability. Round 2 of Boost Your Business will open Monday 4 June 2018. Regional small businesses are invaluable resources to their communities, and our government continues to invest to support them to reach their next milestone. Across the 2017-18 financial year, the Small Business Bus has made over 190 visits to regional areas, providing information and mentoring sessions to prospective, new and existing business owners. In addition, forty per cent of the Small Business Workshops led by the Small Business Commission were held in regional communities. Our government will continue to invest and support the future of Victorian small businesses. With our most recent investment of $13.5 million to support small businesses over two years as part of our State Budget, and the lowering of the regional payroll tax rate to 2.245 per cent, we are doing just that Hon Philip Dalidakis MP Minister for Small Business Attachments: No Attachments Answer Published Date: 19/06/2018 Question: 14343 CONSTITUENCY QUESTION — Ms Kilkenny to ask the Minister for Roads and Road Safety — My constituency question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. Families in the Skye area are welcoming the announcement that safety pedestrian lights will finally be installed at the school crossing outside Skye Primary School on Ballarto Road in Skye. Now that the funding for qon.parliament.vic.gov.au/PARLIAMENT/General/QoN/PROD/qonarchive.nsf/printAllQuestions.xsp 1/14 27/04/2021 Parliament of Victoria the new lights is available, my constituents would like to know when the project to install the pedestrian lights will start. Answer: VicRoads advises me that it has commenced planning activities for the project and expects work to begin on-site in October 2018 and switched on before school commences in 2019. Hon Luke Donnellan MP Minister for Roads and Road Safety Attachments: No Attachments Answer Published Date: 21/05/2018 Question: 14344 CONSTITUENCY QUESTION — Mr Walsh to ask the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change — My constituency question is to the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change. It is on behalf of Ian Boys and it concerns the matter of securing boat mooring sites on the Victorian side of the Murray River in Swan Hill. I wrote a detailed letter to the minister on 5 December 2016 seeking a resolution. In the minister's response of June 2017 she advised that new mooring zones for the Swan Hill area were being investigated by Roads and Maritime Services New South Wales and the Murray Shire Council in consultation with the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) as part of the process. The minister referred me to Peter Shadwick, senior statutory planner at DELWP, as the contact person. I have contacted Mr Shadwick on a number of occasions and have not had a response. Boat owners in my electorate are angry and out of patience. I ask: will the minister personally intervene to bring the matter of securing boat mooring sites on the Victorian side of the Murray River at Swan Hill to a satisfactory resolution? Answer: I understand that Mr Peter Shadwick from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has recently spoken to you and your constituent, Mr Ian Boys, about Swan Hill boat mooring sites and the process for establishing mooring zones in the Swan Hill area. Suitable mooring zones for the Swan Hill area are currently being identified by Parks Victoria and it is anticipated that selected sites will be open to public consultation by the end of September 2018. Following this, Mr Boys' application for a mooring site will be assessed in the context of the approved zones. Hon Lily D'Ambrosio MP Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Minister for Suburban Development Attachments: No Attachments Answer Published Date: 19/06/2018 Question: 14345 CONSTITUENCY QUESTION — Ms Williams to ask the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing for the Minister for Youth Affairs — My constituency question is to the Minister for Youth Affairs in the other place. I ask: what additional funding is there in the 2018–19 Victorian budget to assist local organisations to deliver culturally appropriate support programs to empower young people and families from culturally diverse backgrounds in my community of Dandenong? I ask this because Dandenong is the most culturally diverse electorate in Australia, with residents from over 157 different nationalities. There would be few, if any, places that provide a better example of a thriving and harmonious multicultural city. In Dandenong our diversity is our greatest strength, but it can also create some challenges in how we communicate with and engage local young people and families, some of whom have made the journey to Australia after experiencing significant trauma in their home countries. Much of the ongoing success of our multiculturalism is due to targeted government initiatives which encourage social cohesion by engaging our young people and families in the community - long may this continue. Answer: The Andrews Labor Government is supporting the delivery of a number of innovative programs that are tailored to better meet the needs of young people and families from diverse cultural backgrounds and strengthen social, community and economic opportunities in these communities. Komak, which has been operating in Dandenong since 2017, is a great example of one of these programs. Komak is a Community Support Group program that was co-designed with the Afghan community, state government departments and community organisations to increase the Afghan community's access to services, strengthen community inclusion and participation and provide support to young Afghan people. qon.parliament.vic.gov.au/PARLIAMENT/General/QoN/PROD/qonarchive.nsf/printAllQuestions.xsp 2/14 27/04/2021 Parliament of Victoria The program has been highly successful in engaging with the Afghan community and community leaders and in organising activities and events that increase social inclusion and community participation. Activities include youth leadership, women's programs, parenting programs for mothers and fathers, and community events. Komak also provides assistance to community members so they can connect with the services they need, such as enrolling in education and training and finding employment. As part of the $15 million in the 2018-19 state budget to support a whole of government package of initiatives to tackle youth offending there is $5.6 million for youth affairs activities that support young people with high needs to strengthen their connection to family and community and their engagement in education, employment and training. This includes funding further Community Support Groups that will work with diverse communities and bring together community leaders, government agencies, police and community agencies in Brimbank/Melton, Wyndham and Greater Dandenong. A further $8.6 million will respond to Victoria's first African Communities Action Plan, helping to build