Aug 19, 2009 | Supporting Regional Students
August 19, 2009 Victorian regional Labor MPs have been accused of failing to stand up for country students after voting to gag debate on Youth Allowance in Federal Parliament. Federal Labor MPs in Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong today voted with the government to avoid...
Aug 18, 2009 | In Parliament - 2009
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE – GAP YEAR STUDENTSAugust 18, 2009Mr CHESTER (3.43 pm) — My question is to the Minister for Education. I refer the minister to the parentalincome test that prevents a student from the average Australian farming family from receiving...
Aug 18, 2009 | Supporting Regional Students
August 18, 2009 Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard couldn’t even bring herself to say ‘gap year’ in Parliament yesterday when she was asked to justify her decision to change the rules on students who have already deferred their university studies for one year....
Aug 18, 2009 | In Parliament - 2009
PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – POLIO MOTIONAugust 17, 2009Mr CHESTER (Gippsland) (7.30 pm) — In rising to speak on this important motion before the House, I congratulatethe member for Ballarat for raising the issue and her personal insights particularly in...
Aug 17, 2009 | 2009 Blogs
GOVERNMENT FAILS TO BACK PRACTICAL WORK August 17, 2009 The Labor Party makes a lot of claims about its ‘green’ credentials but when it comes to practical environmental works in regional areas, the action doesn’t match the rhetoric. In Gippsland, we have seen dramatic...
