Mr GEPP: On another matter, I was delighted to join with Echuca Regional Health to officially and virtually launch the Echuca Cancer and Wellness Centre project to the community. Expected to be completed in 2022, the centre is significant for residents and families living in the Echuca-Moama region. There will be 10 treatment chairs along…
Mr GEPP (Northern Victoria) (15:11): My name is Mark, and I once inhaled! I am a former smoker. Funnily enough, Mr Finn and I were having a bit of a chinwag out the back earlier today and we talked about the time frames in which we have given up. I think between us we have…
Mr GEPP (Northern Victoria) (09:48): The weather was wild in Leitchville last week, but that did not dampen the spirits during a visit to the local CFA crew to share the good news with Captain Darren Jenkins and Second Lieutenant Jim Parsons that Leitchville CFA will be getting a new station. And at the very…
GEPP (Northern Victoria) (17:23): I too rise to speak on the Appropriation (Parliament 2020–2021) Bill 2020. I was wondering where my colleague Ms Shing was going when she completed her contribution with a reference to antiques in the Parliament. I looked straight at Mr Finn, and I thought: how did he get into this conversation? But he manages…
Mr GEPP (Northern Victoria) (11:26): I rise to make a contribution on the Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2020. I will take a little bit of time in the first instance. As Mr Davis has said, whilst the matters contained in the bill are not overly complex, there is actually quite some considerable change that is…
Mr GEPP (Northern Victoria) (10:53): I rise to congratulate the schools in my electorate of Northern Victoria that have been honoured as some of the state’s top educators in this year’s Victorian Education Excellence Awards in an online ceremony last Friday. Cobram Primary School received the Outstanding School Improvement Award. I commend the team, Matthew…
Mr GEPP (Northern Victoria) (14:55): I feel as if I should start this contribution with a hard hat on, because clearly the sky is falling in. The sky is falling in. With all these Chicken Little contributions we have had today, clearly the sky is falling in. And here we are—deja vu, deja vu. We…
GEPP (Northern Victoria) (10:05): Yet another Andrews Labor government budget has been delivered and yet another groundbreaking, nation-leading announcement made on a topic known only too well to many in the rural and regional communities of Northern Victoria Region: insecure work. Regrettably, COVID-19 has exposed the insidious nature of insecure work: people having to choose…
GEPP (Northern Victoria) (19:46): What a surprise that I am called first, but I will gladly take the slot. My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Small Business, and the action I seek is for her to ask the commissioner for small business to meet with the Shire of Nillumbik and small businesses in…
Mr GEPP (Northern Victoria) (10:26): This week is NAIDOC Week, as has been acknowledged by a number of other speakers, giving our country the opportunity to celebrate our First Nations people, the oldest living culture on this planet, dating back some 65 000 years. But unfortunately that spirit of celebration was diminished somewhat this week…