Mr MORRIS (Mornington)—I am pleased to join the debate on this renewable energy bill. I might just comment in passing that in fact the abbreviation ‘NB’ does not refer to ‘note before’. It refers to ‘nota bene’ which, as you indicate Acting Speaker McGuire you appreciate, as do I, means ‘note well’, a translation from the Latin.  I think we should certainly note well the comments of the minister in the second-reading speech where she

MR MORRIS (Mornington) — The abuse of prescription drugs is of course not a new problem. Indeed it was one of the very first issues that I had to confront as a new member of Parliament, and I am sure it had been going on for decades, if not centuries, before that.  Too many people think that if a drug is prescribed, it is safe, and of course it is, if taken in an appropriate manner and

Record Taxes, Soaring Crime, Increased Congestion, Declining Educational Standards and Skyrocketing Public Sector Wages I am pleased to have this opportunity to makesome comments on the take-note motion on the Appropriation (2017–2018)Bill 2017. Indeed it is probably better late than never because it seems like avery long time ago that the Treasurer stood up in this place. It is ironic that theMinister for Finance, who of course has a significant role in the preparation ofthe

Earlier this month I was copied into an email to the Premier from a constituent. In the email the constituent wrote: I wish to make it known that I didn’t appreciate the flyer handed to me in my shopping in Main Street by career firefighters in full uniform whilst on the public payroll. It was union propaganda, you and your team must be aware of the many voters who are very wary of your management

It is a pleasure to rise this morning to again make some comments on the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee Report on the 2015–16 Financial and Performance Outcomes, which was tabled in May of this year, and indeed I had the opportunity to make some comments on this report in June. In those comments I referred particularly to what I view as an unacceptable practice which has developed under this government to either not respond