Thursday, 15 May 2025
Members statements
Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund
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Table of contents
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Motions
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Equality
- Mary-Anne THOMAS
- Steve DIMOPOULOS
- Vicki WARD
- Nick STAIKOS
- Paul EDBROOKE
- Michaela SETTLE
- Nina TAYLOR
- Nathan LAMBERT
- Luba GRIGOROVITCH
- John LISTER
- Paul MERCURIO
- Jordan CRUGNALE
- Gary MAAS
- Juliana ADDISON
- Melissa HORNE
- Ben CARROLL
- Daniela DE MARTINO
- Kat THEOPHANOUS
- Kathleen MATTHEWS-WARD
- Tim RICHARDSON
- John MULLAHY
- Bronwyn HALFPENNY
- Matt FREGON
- Josh BULL
- Anthony CIANFLONE
- Eden FOSTER
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Motions
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Equality
- Mary-Anne THOMAS
- Steve DIMOPOULOS
- Vicki WARD
- Nick STAIKOS
- Paul EDBROOKE
- Michaela SETTLE
- Nina TAYLOR
- Nathan LAMBERT
- Luba GRIGOROVITCH
- John LISTER
- Paul MERCURIO
- Jordan CRUGNALE
- Gary MAAS
- Juliana ADDISON
- Melissa HORNE
- Ben CARROLL
- Daniela DE MARTINO
- Kat THEOPHANOUS
- Kathleen MATTHEWS-WARD
- Tim RICHARDSON
- John MULLAHY
- Bronwyn HALFPENNY
- Matt FREGON
- Josh BULL
- Anthony CIANFLONE
- Eden FOSTER
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Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund
Chris CREWTHER (Mornington) (09:58): As well, earlier this week I joined so many people to support our CFA and farmers and others regarding Labor’s proposed increased tax, on which they plan to sit potentially until very late tonight to ensure that farmers will have to pay potentially 189 per cent more in taxes. This is when they are facing drought across Victoria. I went to my grandfather’s funeral on Monday this week, and at that funeral they talked about the fact that he was a farmer in 1967 and had to struggle through that drought. Imagine his situation if he had to pay all these taxes that have to be paid by farmers now. We have to stop these taxes. Labor need to manage the budget better and not – (Time expired)