Entries by Giuseppe Ardica

Federal package great news for Victorians

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in
Thursday, October 16. 2008

Premier John Brumby has welcomed today’s Federal Government’s $10.4 billion economic security strategy, saying it would assist new and first home buyers as well as stimulate job creation, investment and economic activity. “I proposed to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd a plan to not only fast-track infrastructure spending but also to give some relief to new and first home buyers and stimulate the housing market,” he said.

Mr Brumby said the $1.5 billion plan to assist new and first home buyers was a decisive move that would help stimulate the housing market. “What this means is that with the Federal Government’s new assistance, Victorians who enter into a newly constructed home contract from 14 October 2008 to 30 June 2009 will now get cash grants of up to $29,000 for regional areas or $26,000 for metropolitan areas, which is a significant contribution towards the cost,” he said.

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Blueprint makes Victoria Education revolution ready

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Education
Friday, September 5. 2008

Victoria is at the forefront of the education revolution, with a bold, five-year education reform agenda designed to deliver excellence in schools across the State and give young Victorians every opportunity to achieve their full potential.

Better leadership throughout schools, better support for parents to involve them in their child’s learning and a restructure of school networks statewide will be the drivers for future excellence in education in Victoria.

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Passenger Numbers continue to grow on Melbourne's Public Transport

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Transport
Friday, August 22. 2008

Patronage on Melbourne’s public transport network has hit a record high with 450.8 million passenger trips made in the past financial year a record high driven by growth of 12.7 per cent with trams and buses achieving 158.3 million trips and 91.3 million trips respectively.

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Victorian Budget Delivers for Growth

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Climate Change, Education, Health, Housing, Jobs & Economy, Press Releases, Sport, Transport
Thursday, May 8. 2008

Babies and young families, home buyers and services are the big winners in the 2008-09 State Budget, Carlo Carli, Member for Brunswick said today.

“New figures released today show we are in the middle of a baby boom,” Mr. Carli said.

“Over 73,700 births recorded last year – the highest since 1971 and we are rolling out initiatives to make sure families have the services they need for their children.”

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Tougher penalties to ensure safer, higher quality childcare.

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Education
Thursday, April 24. 2008

Childcare operators who fail to supervise children, protect them from harm or subject them to unreasonable discipline will have their penalties doubled under new measures announced by Premier John Brumby.

The Children’s Legislation Amendment Bill, introduced to Parliament last week, meant Victorian parents would be the first in Australia to be able to check the compliance records of all children’s services online.

The new laws would also increase penalties for not providing proper learning and development programs for children, strengthening the Brumby Government’s commitment to improving the quality of education provided in childcare centres.

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Relationships Register a landmark success

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Press Releases
Friday, April 11. 2008

Unmarried heterosexual and same-sex couples will be able to register their relationships for the first time in Victoria under landmark reforms passed in Parliament today.

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Victoria to remove ATMs from gaming venues

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in
Thursday, March 13. 2008

Carlo Carli welcomed the news that today the Premier John Brumby announced: Victoria will remove ATMs from gaming venues by 2012, as part of the Victorian Government’s ongoing efforts to tackle problem gaming.

Mr Brumby said the restriction of ATMs from gaming venues would be part of the operations of the gaming industry post-2012.

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"Early Bird" to be rolled out across metro trains

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Transport
Friday, March 7. 2008

Carlo Carli MP has welcomed the announcement that all Melbourne metropolitan train passengers will get free early morning travel from the end of this month following a trial of the ‘Early Bird’ ticket.

The Early Bird Metcard, which provides free travel for passengers scheduled to arrive at their destination by 7am, would be expanded across all 15 lines on the metropolitan train network.

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Opening date for new Women's Hospital now set in stone

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Health
Thursday, February 28. 2008

The new world-class $250 million Royal Women’s Hospital is on schedule to open in June – and the date is now set in stone.

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BRUNSWICK GETS NEW YEAR ROAD SAFETY BOOST

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Transport
Thursday, February 21. 2008

Road safety will be improved in Moreland as part of a new round of road safety spending, Member for Brunswick Carlo Carli, announced today.

Mr Carli said the $95.000 project involved roads safety improvements around Brunswick.

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Bikes Allowed On Connex And V/Line Services From Today

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Transport
Friday, February 15. 2008

Carlo Carli welcomes the sensible decision announced today by the Minister for Public Transport Lynne Kosky: bicycles will again be allowed on all Connex and V/Line services from today in a push to address the needs of both cyclists and other passengers.

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Schools to have children centres under $38M plan

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Education, Press Releases
Thursday, December 20. 2007

Applications have been called for the Government’s $38.56 million boost to the state’s early childhood services, which will include refurbishments for childcare centres and kindergartens and new ‘one-stop shop’ children centres at schools.
Victoria is experiencing the biggest baby boom in 35 years – which is why investment in quality early childhood services and infrastructure is so important.

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Carlo Carli congratulates Brunswick rockers

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Press Releases
Friday, December 14. 2007

The Member for Brunswick, Carlo Carli MP, congratulates local recipients of Arts Victoria’s Victoria Rocks program.

“I am trilled to see Labor’s commitment to the new Victoria Rocks program come to fruition,” he said.

“Labor is committed to helping to support musicians and artists involved in Melbourne’s thriving live music scene get ahead.”

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2007 Legislative Achievements in Victoria

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Democracy, Energy, Parliament, Press Releases
Thursday, December 13. 2007

More than 90 bills were considered in Parliament this year and 74 bills were passed, as the Victorian Government got to work on implementing its election promises and continued to set the agenda for the future on important issues like the environment.

Parliament has passed a number of key bills in 2007, ensuring that Victoria continued to lead Australia in a number of areas. These include:

The Victorian Energy Efficiency Bill, which will introduce energy efficiency targets for energy retailers to meet and will provide incentives for homeowners to save energy;
The Infertility Treatment Bill – keeping Victoria at the forefront of medical research by allowing scientists to carry out stem cell research and to continue to pioneer new medical treatments for diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s;
Increasing the assistance for Victims of crime and increasing sentences for a number of offences, including possessing a prohibited or controlled weapon;
Strengthening the laws on DNA and enabling use of a national database;

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Reforms make FOI Access Cheaper and Easier

Posted by Giuseppe Ardica in Parliament, Press Releases
Thursday, December 6. 2007

The State Government has introduced reforms to make public access to information easier as the number of Freedom of Information requests in Victoria reaches record levels.

FoI applications will be free to lodge under reforms introduced in State Parliament by the Government last month.

The reforms will also increase information provided on the Internet about Government functions.

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