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Move-on laws repeal – open season for militant unions

25 February 20157 May 2015 Tom Pretty 2255 Views

Today I spoke in Parliament opposing Labor’s legislation to repeal Victoria’s move-on laws and give open season to militant unions and extremist protesters. This is what I said.

Time limits to be removed for child abuse claims

Civil Law Ideas and Solutions

Coalition’s reforms to remove child abuse limitation periods to proceed

25 February 201521 May 2015 Tom Pretty 2739 Views

It is pleasing that the Andrews Government is proceeding with legislation drafted by the Napthine Government to remove all limitation

Parliament

Labor’s question time “reform” turns to farce

24 February 201512 March 2015 Tom Pretty 1814 Views

State Parliament resumes today with another promise broken by Daniel Andrews. Before the election Mr Andrews promised that he would

Anzac 100 新闻

Remembering WWI service of Chinese Australians

19 February 201516 May 2015 Tom Pretty 3227 Views

Today, as we celebrate Chinese New Year, it’s fitting to also remember the service of Chinese Australians in World War

Other Other IR Public Sector

“Double-up” Easter Sunday holiday will mean less work and fewer jobs

18 February 20153 May 2015 Tom Pretty 2140 Views

Daniel Andrews’ unfair decision to double-up on Easter public holidays will simply add to costs and force many businesses to

Airport line axed under Labor's inferior plan

Other

Airport line axed under Labor’s inferior rail plan

17 February 201528 March 2015 Tom Pretty 1769 Views

Labor’s inferior rail plan announced yesterday has axed the airport rail link that was to be built as part of

Box Hill Chinese New Year Festival 2015 SBS

Box Hill Electorate 新闻

Box Hill celebrates the Year of the Sheep

16 February 201516 May 2015 Tom Pretty 2790 Views

On Saturday, 14 February, Box Hill celebrated the coming of the Year of the Sheep, with an enjoyable and successful

Magna Carta

King John confronted in Temple Church

15 February 20157 June 2015 Tom Pretty 2739 Views

Temple Church, London, was the scene of one of the key events leading to the granting of Magna Carta, 800

Victorians to pay more for infrastructure

Other

Labor’s recklessness to add to infrastructure costs

13 February 201528 March 2015 Tom Pretty 1754 Views

Daniel Andrews’ reckless and irresponsible attempt to tear up the East West Link contract is damaging Victoria’s reputation around the

Parliament

Parliament and the Executive: traditions of the first day’s sitting

12 February 201510 April 2015 Tom Pretty 2403 Views

Today I spoke in Parliament about a Bill that raises interesting issues about the traditions of Westminster Parliaments on their first day of sitting.

Construction Industry Criminal Law Other IR Public Sector

Labor moves to repeal move-on laws – another payoff for CFMEU

11 February 20157 May 2015 Tom Pretty 2296 Views

Today’s Herald-Sun editorial has rightly condemned Daniel Andrews’ move to repeal move-on laws that allow police to take action to

Magna Carta

Australia joins Magna Carta 800th anniversary celebrations

8 February 201528 March 2015 Tom Pretty 2231 Views

Australia is taking our part in the celebrations of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, as we should, since Magna

Stuck in traffic, stuck with Labor, stuck with the bill

Box Hill Electorate Other

East West Link: Labor leaves Victorians stuck in traffic and stuck with the bill

4 February 201516 May 2015 Tom Pretty 2058 Views

Before the election, Daniel Andrews promised voters he could tear up the East West Link contract without having to pay

No more excuses - Daniel Andrews must cut CFMEU ties

新闻

工黨政府取消建築行業的毒品和酒精測試

3 February 20154 February 2015 Tom Pretty 3200 Views

丹尼爾 – 安德魯 (Daniel Andrews) 工黨政府已經宣布，它正取消工人在建築工地的毒品和酒精測試。毒品和酒精監測最初由Napthine自由黨聯盟政府推動並要求所有政府建案的員工都需進行檢查，此測試目的在防止有組織犯罪集團把冰毒和其他毒品推銷到建築工地，檢測可減少工人因受藥物或酒精影響而受傷或發生意外的風險。即使已經有詳細的研究報告指出, 許多工人在來上班前都有飲酒或使用毒品的習慣. 然而建築工會(CFMEU) 還是反對繼續這項測試。此舉令我感到非常的遺憾，因為安德魯先生在CFMEU 工會影響下把工會的意識看得比多數維州建築工人的安全還重要。

新闻

受到威脅的Point Nepean 項目

3 February 20154 February 2015 Tom Pretty 3288 Views

維州的另一個重要項目目前正面臨被丹尼爾·安德魯 (Daniel Andrews) 工黨政府廢棄的危機。去年，Napthine自由黨聯盟政府給了50年的租約，讓遊客中心及住宿可以在Nepean國家公園建立。該項目將吸引更多的遊客前往該地區，而營運商也將負責修復和維護該區的歷史建築物-檢疫站，這可幫納稅人節省下約四千萬澳幣的維修支出。然而，安德魯政府現在表示，它正試圖結束租約，並中止該企劃案。這又是工黨政府另一次魯莽和不負責任的決議，這將損害維州政府在投資者眼中的聲譽。維州也將錯過這能刺激旅遊業發展又可同時保護歷史文物和當地環境的項目。

Construction Industry Finance

Labor puts safety of building workers at risk

1 February 201516 May 2015 Tom Pretty 3584 Views

It is disgraceful that Daniel Andrews is prepared to put the wishes of his CFMEU mates ahead of the safety

Other

Premier Daniel Andrews’ $180m West Gate blowout revealed

29 January 201528 March 2015 Tom Pretty 1816 Views

Daniel Andrews’ so-called “shovel-ready” Westgate Distributor project is already facing a $180 million cost blowout, according to today’s Herald Sun.

Churchill

“All the greatest things are simple…”

24 January 201524 May 2015 Tom Pretty 2763 Views

“All the greatest things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy,

Construction Industry Finance

Labor abolishes building industry watchdog

23 January 20153 May 2015 Tom Pretty 2847 Views

Today’s Herald-Sun editorial has rightly condemned Daniel Andrews’ sneaky abolition of Victoria’s building industry watchdog – revealed in the final

Anzac 100

3rd Light Horse Brigade marching in Melbourne, 20 January 1915

20 January 201530 March 2015 Tom Pretty 3196 Views

One hundred years ago today, the 3rd Light Horse Brigade paraded through the streets of Melbourne. Unique archival footage from

Magna Carta

Magna Carta helps show what good government requires

17 January 201528 March 2015 Tom Pretty 2315 Views

King John, who placed his seal on Magna Carta 800 years ago this June, is generally considered to have been

Finance Public Sector

Labor’s expensive deal with paramedics

9 January 201520 May 2015 Tom Pretty 2439 Views

The deal done by Daniel Andrews with the paramedics union looks set to become an expensive benchmark for taxpayers, with

Metro industrial action - the start of more to come

Other IR Public Sector

Rail dispute – a sign of more to come?

7 January 20153 May 2015 Tom Pretty 0 Views

It’s good news that today’s threatened industrial action to disrupt Melbourne’s trains has been called off. However, Victorians are entitled

Magna Carta

800th anniversary of Magna Carta

4 January 201529 March 2015 Tom Pretty 2177 Views

2015 is the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta. It is a document central to the Westminster system

Quotes of the Day

“…he trespasses against his duty who sleeps over his watch…”

2 January 201529 March 2015 Tom Pretty 2376 Views

“Public life is a situation of power and energy; he trespasses against his duty who sleeps over his watch…” An

Robert Clark

6 years ago

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pac-man!!!

I thought Gladys was the first Member of the Chinese Communist Party to be elected in Australia. Funny, all those groups she was listed as belonging too that she, "didn't know I was a member of them".

God bless you sir

How are you

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No wonder Victoria is broke.

Now there's an MP that should be investigated, fully.

How

Me too, bit surprising and disappointing to see this post on Robert Clarke’s page. But, Impressed that all the negative comments are still here for us to see!

Here’s a good summary of how your pal Tdim Wvilson votes against the vulnerable and the poor theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/goldstein/tim_wilson/divisions/2017-05-11/2

Someone is using your name and scamming people on market place I would recommend you change your profile password

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Robert Clark

7 years ago

Today's independent report shows that regular CityLink motorists will be slugged thousands of dollars each in extra tolls to pay for the West Gate Tunnel.

Premier Andrews rushed into the West Gate Tunnel project because he was desperate to sign up for something else after scrapping East West Link. Transurban have taken him to the cleaners, and CityLink motorists are paying the price. To read the full report, see bit.ly/2Y8bAfY. ... See MoreSee Less

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VICTORIANS VOTED FOR THIS DONKEY FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS WITH A MAJORITY THEY WHERE WARNED BEFORE THE ELECTION BUT NO ONE LISTENED WHAT DOES IT SAY , ONLY 3 MONTHS IN HE HAS DOUBLED LAND TAX , LOCKED US INTO THIS CRAP WITH TRANSURBAN, PUT UP WATER ,GANG VOILENCE, LAW AND ORDER STILL OUT OF CONTROL RED SHIRTS NOTHING TO ANSWER TOO THAT IS ONLY THE BEGINING

Hmmm. Anyone remember the Kennet government shutting down a number of suburban streets so that motorists were virtually forced to use city link? They are all the same.

Yes...U have to ask who these dodgy pollies really work for...??????....WHERE'S TELMO GONE...??????

Today's 50/50 column in the Herald Sun Melbourne. Daniel Andrews is trying to get mobile phones out of the classroom but it will cost 12 million dollars to purchase lockers to put the mobile phones in for all schools. What happened to teachers instructing students to leave their mobile phone in their general locker and if parents need to contact a student they can phone the school office. Cost to each school zero. If every child Leaves their phone in the locker with the rest of their stuff. The 12 million dollars saved could go to the farmers.

Too many incentives for both sides of politics to make terrible decisions.. they all end up on boards with great packages after there political careers end

Stop immigration our roads can't cope, SIMPLE

Mr Dodgy hasn't changed his spots

I've been saying this for ages no one listened

That’s ok Victorians like being poor, we even vote for it.

Do they donate to labor?

Well, I didn’t vote him in. Rome is burning while Nero(Andrews) is playing the fiddle.

This tunnel is desperately needed.

www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/more-than-a-year-on-has-sky-rail-turned-suburbs-into-ghettos-... Turns out you were wrong wrong wrong. Maybe you should apologise?

Seems like we in the country have more sense than city people ,they are the ones that voted him back in .maybe they like people that do shonky deals and get away with things others would be in court for .

Like to check Andrews investment portfolio after this.

The sheeple who voted for labor now will have to pay for their lack of judgement

Question, how many former senior Labor politicians are currently employed by, or lobbying for, Transurban?

What do you expect from a socialist government that is more 5han willing to sell our souls.

Hello, I'm glad to meet someone like you, and I'm also happy to make new friends. Seeing that your interests are very similar to mine, why don't we keep in touch and get to know each other better. Feel free to send me a private message at any time!

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Comrade Dan yet again proving that he has no regard for Victorians, just his beloved UN agenda

What has Jeff Kennets' deal with Transurban cost us?

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What's new. Slug us for their election promises

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Robert Clark

7 years ago

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Don’t close them use them for the ‘African gangs’ that don’t exist. 😜😡

The LNP need to state clearly their policy on immigration, work visas, refugees. Unless you are stark staring mad it is clearly evident that Australia has passed it's population capacity already and further growth will be detrimental! The selling off of our land and utilities to foreign ownership is also clearly to the DISADVANTAGE of Australia going forward. So what are their policies on that????

Trying to find a suitable place, close to south pole.

How many have come by plane?

Let the homeless use it

The LNP havent stopped the boats they have just stopped reporting it. Operational matters

And if they’d been housed with decent infrastructure in their own towns where nobody else wants to live you would have had a happy community of grateful people and an asset to Australia in a few years instead of traumatised difficult problems to deal with.The pirates could have gone down with their boats -no one would care.And don’t mention money you greedy grabbing twats.You always find enough for what YOU want whether the Australian people want it or not.You’ve exacerbated every problem Australia has ever had with your money grubbing policies-saving it for who and what exactly-not the people-cheapskating everything you do to enrich your elite mob of bandit buddies You don’t know the meaning of a fair go.You are not Australian!

EVERY night in Australia, 47'000 women sleep HOMELESS. That's JUST women. They wait UP TO 15 years for housing atm, BUT... imagine the waiting list once this HAPPENS... and it will! WITHIN the VERY FIRST MONTH of the🤔🤔 ShortenGreencfmeu government being elected, I'll BET RIGHT NOW that the FIRST BOAT will be picked up! After that, it WILL BE 4-5 EVERY month. How CAN'T ALPGreen voters see the writing on the wall??? But THAT'S OKAY, It's the rest of us who'll PAY FOR IT, that's why we pay tax😉😡😠

Open these centers for the homeless people in our country

If Australians haven’t woken up to both sides of our political system we are in trouble , neither party will act in the best interest of the Aussie people because they are being dictated too by the Communist corrupt U N . Thanks Rudd .

our government IS an enima, they give EVERYONE the SHITS

Send em back and don't let anymore in.

They are still coming in

Would not trust the word of one Politician let alone a Canberra Circus full of🤡🤡🤡🤡🤑🤥🙈🙉🙊 Circus🧠deads

R.I.P. Australia

Sll our politicians are only out to feather their own nests 🤮

Only difference is now they fly in under the LNP. Similar numbers though

A bit hard to implement in opposition

Well done labor

All except the ones that count, apparently.

We dont need detention centers, just put them on a plane and ship the out.

When you truly have nothing, resort to lies and play the race card. 😡

Anyrhing for votes

I agree!

I don’t think so mister iffy you are not thinking with your head or anything else for that matter you all big note yourselves when it comes to the crunch you do nothing and mean nothing

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