Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (13:36): I rise to acknowledge Uncle Paul Briggs, who was recognised as an Officer of the Order of Australia in this year’s Australia Day honours. A proud Yorta Yorta man, Uncle Paul founded the Rumbalara Football Netball Club in the 1980s, and today the club is known for its success and progression. Uncle…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (15:49): I rise to make a contribution on the Service Victoria Amendment Bill 2023. The bill will amend the principal act to provide for the Service Victoria CEO to make agreements with non-government entities for the delivery of functions and the performance of functions jointly, for or on behalf of one another or…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (15:03): (488) My question is to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the action I seek is: how is the minister going to improve road safety for Victorians in 2024? 299 lives were lost in 2023 as of 12 December. That is a 24 per cent increase on the previous year and the…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (17:57): I rise to speak and make a contribution on the bill before the house today, the Building Legislation Amendment (Domestic Building Insurance New Offences) Bill 2023. There have been great contributions across the chamber. What is apparent is the absolute need to progress this bill. However, we need to get it right.…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (09:54): In the house this week we have heard of many alarming incidents in regard to the ambulance response crisis, including the 20 lives that have been lost in Victoria this past 12 months, and my thoughts are with all of those families. Last week a number of alarming incidents were brought to my…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (11:48): Today I rise to speak on the Land (Revocation of Reservations) Bill 2023. The bill before the house is a bill for an act to provide for the revocation of certain permanent reservations of Crown land at 13 sites, to revoke related Crown grants and to re-reserve certain land and for other purposes. This…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (19:14): (467) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure, and the action I seek is that the minister meet with me and the Greater Shepparton City Council to discuss the future of the Shepparton bypass. This would be an opportunity for the minister to see the design of stage 1 of…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (12:25): I rise today to speak on the Corrections Amendment (Parole Reform) Bill 2023. This bill before the house is in order to ensure that Paul Denyer is never released from prison. As we know, Paul Denyer was convicted of the brutal and horrific murders of Natalie Russell, Elizabeth Stevens and Debbie Fream…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (09:59): I rise to acknowledge and congratulate my friend Yorta Yorta elder Aunty Pam Pedersen. Last Saturday Aunty Pam won the national Aboriginal sports award at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sports Awards 2023 held at the MCG. Aunty Pam is 80 years of age and runs every day, has entered…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (11:21): I rise this morning to speak on the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee’s report on the 2023–24 budget estimates. Right through the PAEC report it repeats a common theme of waste and mismanagement, especially in the areas of transport infrastructure and now in the abandoned and cancelled debacle of the Commonwealth…