A new research paper ‘The Promise of Social Procurement’ has been released by the Victorian Parliamentary Library.
Produced by Victorian Parliamentary Library Fellow Maria Mupanemunda, the paper argues that the Victorian government and business could help create more jobs for disadvantaged jobseekers through greater use of ‘social procurement’ policies
Students from Viewbank Primary, MacKillop Catholic Regional College and Scotch College have taken out the top honours in this year’s Parliament Prize.
It is awarded by the Victorian Parliament to students who recorded a 90-second ‘Member’s Statement’ on a topic of their choice.
Melbourne-born Dr Toby Ord from Oxford University has presented the Parliamentary Library’s second webinar.
Conducted in association with Victorian Parliamentarians for STEM, the webinar considered whether future pandemics could pose a threat to humanity’s entire future.
Professor Trent Munro from The University of Queensland has spoken about vaccines for COVID-19 at our Parliamentary Library’s first public webinar.
Held on 22 September 2020 and titled ‘Creating vaccines at pandemic speed for COVID-19’, the webinar was conducted in association with Victorian Parliamentarians for STEM.
The economic shock resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted Victoria’s reliance on narrow revenue drivers.
What are the trends of the state’s main sources of revenue since the introduction of GST, the last major reform to impact the state? How will the state’s revenue sources be impacted?
