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Occupational Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
September 16, 2021
Today I supported the Occupational Health and Safety and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021. This bill will improve the health and safety of Victorian workplaces by ensuring contracted employees (labour-hire workers) receive the same...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMedia Release - Infrastructure Victoria Recommends Social Housing Growth Target
September 11, 2021
Recently, Infrastructure Victoria (IV) released an updated 30-year Infrastructure Strategy which the Victorian Government is now considering. IV have made 94 recommendations to the Government, one of which focuses on Victoria’s social housing strategy....
Read More 1 Reaction ShareTransurban Blowout
September 09, 2021
Mr BARTON (Eastern Metropolitan) (11:06): My question is to Minister Pulford, representing the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. The West Gate Tunnel Project managed by Transurban has had a budget blowout of $3.3 billion. Transurban put this proposal...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareSafety Audit on Uber!
September 09, 2021
Mr BARTON (Eastern Metropolitan) (13:37): (1470) My adjournment tonight is for Minister Carroll in the other place. Recently the New South Wales Point-to-Point Transport Commissioner’s audit found that Uber failed to inform the regulator of...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMedia Release- Drivers are the working poor... seems the CPVV want to keep it that way
September 02, 2021
A recently published report by Commercial Passenger Vehicles Victoria (CPVV) examines trends in fares for taxi and rideshare services to identify potential areas for misuse of market power. What is clear from this report...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareUber Fails to Report Sexual Assaults to NSW Authorities, what's happening here in Victoria?
August 31, 2021
Recently, the NSW Point to Point Transport Commission audit found that Uber failed to inform the regulator of more than 500 serious incidents over 18 months. These incidents included sexual assaults and crashes that...
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