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Injured Workers Protection
June 09, 2021
Mr BARTON (Eastern Metropolitan) (12:12): My question today is for Minister Stitt, the Minister for Workplace Safety. This past week on 1 June was Injured Workers Day. I heard the horrific stories of two workers, Graham...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMembers Statement - Financial Relief
June 08, 2021
Mr BARTON (Eastern Metropolitan) (13:28): Today I rise to express my relief that the taxi and hire car industry will be eligible for the $5000 business grants as part of the government’s business costs...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMedia Release - Taxi and hire cars now eligible for business support grant! This is a ‘massive win’ says Barton
June 04, 2021
The commercial passenger vehicle sector is now eligible for payments from the Victorian governments $460 million business support package. Since the onset of this lockdown, Rod Barton has been advocating for the taxi and hire car...
Read More 2 Reactions ShareMedia Release - Barton questions creditability of taxi disability service trial with Uber
May 28, 2021
On the 2nd of March 2021, Barton requested documents from Commerical Passenger Vehicle Victoria (CPVV) under the Freedom of Information (FOI) act. These documents were pertaining to the Multi-Purpose Taxi Program (MPTP) trial conducted...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareZero and Low Emission Vehicle Distance-based Charge Bill 2021
May 26, 2021
This week Rod rose in support of the Electric Vehicle (EV) road user charge. He believes that we should be providing incentives to encourage the uptake of EVs. That is why Rod and his...
Read More 1 Reaction ShareMedia Release - ‘Labor goes back to its roots’ says Rod Barton MP
May 21, 2021
Rod Barton believes the 2021 Victorian budget is a Labor budget with Labor values. This budget has focused on mental health, education and healthcare, with significant investment in the Eastern Metropolitan region. Barton is...
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