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The Coalition's Annual Families Statement Launch

During the first Parliamentary sitting week of February, the Coalition, led by Ted Baillieu, launched our first annual Families Statement. The report updates the Parliament about how Victorian families are faring. It provides a snapshot of the financial and social challenges facing Victorians and it provides a benchmarking of key issues for all Victorian families, a base on which to measure improvements in the future.

To read a copy of the report, please click here and click here to read a copy of my speech.

Labor's New Super Nannies a super farce
The Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition today exposed the Brumby Labor Government’s Super Nannies announcement as a sham that duplicates an existing program which was introduced 15 years ago under the previous Coalition Government, Shadow Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge said today.

Vulnerable and neglected children worse off under Brumby
Today’s Productivity Commission Report on Government Services paints a damning picture of child protection services under the Brumby Government and reveals how Victoria’s most vulnerable children have been exposed to repeat traumatisation and neglect, Shadow Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge said today.

Mental health care crisis continues under Brumby
Another year and another poor report card for Victoria’s crisis-ridden mental health system under the Brumby Labor Government, Shadow Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge said today.

Report condemns years of Labor's supported accommodation inaction
A new report shows Victorians with a mental illness or disability, their families and carers have been trapped in a ‘perpetual nightmare’ under Labor’s poorly resourced and crisis-driven supported accommodation system, Shadow Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge said today.

Victorians with a mental illness waiting longer to access care
Victorians with a mental illness face bed shortages and long waits for access to care, Shadow Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge said today.

John Brumby fails Victoria on Murray Darling Water
John Brumby and his Environment Minister Gavin Jennings should hang their heads in shame for failing Victoria’s environment by not obtaining any additional water from the flood waters in the Murray-Darling Basin, Shadow Minister for the Environment Mary Wooldridge said today