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Protecting our Forests

20 February 2020 | ,
Mr MORRIS (Mornington) (12:47): I am pleased to rise to open the second-reading debate on the Forests Legislation Amendment (Compliance and Enforcement) Bill 2019. This is not a terribly complicated piece of legislation. As I think
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Our bus system is overstretched and inadequate

19 February 2020 | , ,
Mr MORRIS (Mornington) (09:43): I rise this morning to again call for action to fix the overstretched and inadequate bus system that attempts to serve the Mornington Peninsula.
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Speedy Planning Action Needed to Protect Green Wedge

19 February 2020 | , , ,
Mr MORRIS (Mornington) (19:10): (1892) I raise a matter this evening for the Minister for Planning, and I am delighted to see the minister at the table. The matter I raise is amendment C270 to the
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Labor refuses to rule out bin tax increase

18 February 2020 | ,
In Question Time in Parliament today, Labor’s Environment Minister, Lily D’Ambrosio refused to rule out increasing Victoria’s bin tax to pay for Labor’s budget black hole.
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Great Ocean Road Reforms Need More Work

18 February 2020 | ,
Mr MORRIS (Mornington) (14:13): I am pleased to rise to open the debate this afternoon on the Great Ocean Road and Environs Protection Bill 2019. The Great Ocean Road has of course been the subject
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Gender Equity Bill – No Opportunity to consider in detail

16 February 2020 |
Mr MORRIS (Mornington) (15:06): I could not go past the opportunity to make some comment, particularly on the contribution of the member for Essendon. I do not intend working into the detail of the bill,
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Liberal Nationals announce Cash for Containers scheme

9 February 2020 |
Sporting and community groups across Victoria will be able to cash-in on the introduction of a Michael O’Brien-led Liberal Nationals government Cash for Containers scheme. The Cash for Containers scheme would give cash for cans,
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Victorian Bushfires – This is no time for ‘business as usual’

5 February 2020 | ,
MR MORRIS (Mornington) (14:05): I rise to support the motion of the Premier expressing the condolences of the house to those individuals and communities that have been affected by the recent fires, rightly recognising the
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Labor must come clean on koala crisis

3 February 2020 | ,
Reports of dozens of dead, injured and dying koalas at a harvested blue gum plantation at Cape Bridgewater are extremely distressing. Animal cruelty is never acceptable, and whoever is responsible for this atrocity must be
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Highway School Zone Needed for Mount Martha

26 November 2019 | ,
Mr MORRIS (Mornington) I rise this afternoon to again express my concern at the lack of a school zone speed limit outside Balcombe Grammar School on the Nepean Highway at Mount Martha. We all know
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Mornington Community Safe Link

14 November 2019 | ,
Mr MORRIS (Mornington) (17:16:55): (1483) Some weeks ago I raised an issue for the Treasurer. Knowing that a particular project that I was seeking funding for perhaps had several ministers who may have had an
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Remembrance Day 2019

13 November 2019 | ,
Mr MORRIS (Mornington) (09:49:49): On Monday, like many in this house, I had the privilege of participating in my local Remembrance Day service. This year, of course, was the 101st anniversary of the signing of
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