On advice from the Victorian Chief Health Officer, Professor Brett Sutton, local government elections will go ahead as scheduled for Saturday, 24 October 2020. The Minister for Local Government sought advice from the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office and Chief Health Officer as to how best to proceed while Victoria is in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Round 1 of this inquiry was on May 12th, 2020
Round 2 has started today (August 11th, 2020) and is streamed live on the Parliament website
COVID-19 public hearings are scheduled for 11, 12, 13 and 25, 26, 27 August 2020.
A three-month trial of state-of-the-art safety cameras that will capture distracted drivers on Victoria’s roads will start next week throughout the state.
The Age investigation into Labor Party branch stacking in Victoria continues in an Age report on July 16th, 2020 with further questionable governance behaviours from some involved being alleged and described.
As Victorians turn up their gas heaters during the winter chill, the search for new gas off the state’s south west coast will be stepping up with the awarding of two new gas exploration permits.
A Melbourne Mayor has accused the disgraced former Labour Minister for Local Government, Adem Somyurek, of attempting to “take over” local Councils. On the covertly recorded surveillance tapes from “60 minutes” Somyurek is heard to say (brag), “in between sacking Councils….”.
The Andrews Labor Government will continue to reduce the cost of sessional kindergarten for families and provide kinders with extra cleaning for all of Term 3 as part of a $45 million support package during the coronavirus pandemic.
Minister for Education James Merlino announced the funding will provide $230 per child for Term 3, which is expected to save parents approximately half the cost of average kindergarten fees. This will mean that on average families will only pay $23 a week for sessional kindergarten in Term 3.
The Justice Legislation Miscellaneous Amendments Act 2019 paves the way for class actions – including cases of silicosis and wage theft – by ensuring claimants don’t face the burden of legal costs if unsuccessful.
The State of Emergency in Victoria will be extended for another four weeks to continue the measures designed to slow the spread of coronavirus and keep Victorians safe.
The State of Emergency will be extended until 11.59pm on 19 July 2020, which allows the Victorian Government to continue to enforce physical distancing and isolation requirements, as well as other directions from the Chief Health Officer.
Marlene Kairouz has been named by the Age Investigation into branch stacking as complicit in the same operations that the disgraced Somyurek has been sacked over.
The Age newspaper quotes from secretly recorded tapes from the joint conference room she shares (shared) with Somyurek which shows her encouraging her staff to take part in the operation led by Somyurek.
Sunday Night on 60 minutes Accusations were made of the most serious nature about Minister for Local Government, the Honourable Minister Adem Somyurek.
Minister Somyurek has been surveilled in an undercover investigation launched 12 months ago around the time that he dismissed the South Gippsland Shire Council. BREAKING BREAKING NEWS-Somyurek has been sacked from Governmentv and will be expelled from the Labour Party.