The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe has called on the Treasurer, Jaclyn Symes to urgently address the cost-of-living pressures that are significantly impacting on people in the community. Speaking in Parliament, Ms O’Keeffe raised with the Treasurer, a lived experience of a constituent who cannot afford to pay their rent and is desperately…
New data from the Council to Homeless Persons’ highlights Victoria’s housing crisis has worsened in almost every key measure, revealing surging rents, social housing waitlist and thousands of people forced into homelessness and housing stress. The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton, Kim O’Keeffe has described the latest data “not surprising”, and the Allan Labor Government has…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (17:12): (1322) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Housing and Building, and the action I seek is that the minister provides the number of public houses that are currently sitting empty in the Shepparton electorate. I have been made aware that there are many houses that are awaiting repairs or…
The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe has called on the Minister for Housing, Harriet Shing, in Parliament to address the region’s rising rate of homelessness and to do an audit on the number of public social housing that are currently empty in the Shepparton District, a region that is facing a deepening housing…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (16:24): I am pleased to finally get to speak to the budget. The state budget highlights the reality and disadvantage that regional communities face due to this government’s financial mismanagement. It has simply become so hard for so many just to make ends meet, and this government has a lot to answer for.…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (17:18): I rise to make a contribution on the Domestic Building Contracts Amendment Bill 2025. The bill is for an act to amend the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995, the Building Act 1993, the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 and the Building Legislation Amendment (Buyer Protections) Act 2025 and for other purposes. Primarily the bill…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (17:18): I rise to make a contribution on the Domestic Building Contracts Amendment Bill 2025. The bill is for an act to amend the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995, the Building Act 1993, the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 and the Building Legislation Amendment (Buyer Protections) Act 2025 and for other purposes. Primarily the…
Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (12:50): Last week was Homelessness Week and a grim reminder of the desperate need for housing. I attended a number of events run by the Salvation Army, and the message was the same: homelessness statistics are rising and we simply do not have enough housing. We are in a housing and homelessness…
The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, has said that Homelessness Week is incredibly important to shine a spotlight on the urgent need for safe, secure housing and bringing communities together to raise awareness and to think about what it means to be homeless. “We know that every day of the year, people are…
The Nationals’ Member for Shepparton District, Kim O’Keeffe, has said the recent approval of the new Shepparton South East Precinct Structure Plan (PSP) again highlights the desperate need for better transport services and support of the Shepparton bus review she has been long calling for. The latest approval by the Minister for Planning, Sonya Kilkenny,…