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Auditor-General exposes more incompetence from Lisa Neville
The Auditor-General today added another black mark to Lisa Neville’s shameful record of gross incompetence with a report identifying mismanagement, rorting and failures in Labor’s concessions system.
Neville's failures exposed again on supported accommodation
Despite a windfall of almost $25 million from the Federal Government, the Brumby Labor Government has not yet delivered a single additional supported accommodation place, according to "Breaking Point" on the ABC’s Four Corners program last night.
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.
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
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.
Lisa spins old budget announcement as yet another 'new plan'
Shadow Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge has slammed Lisa Neville’s ‘Super Nannies’ announcement as a stunt.
Baillieu Government to ban bongs
A Victorian Coalition Government will ban the sale of bongs to reduce the harm to Victorian families caused by cannabis and stop Victorians using dangerous drugs.
Vulnerable Victorian kids suffer from Child Protection IT Bungle
Victoria’s overworked child protection workers are being forced to spend more time in front of computers at the expense of abused and neglected children because of the Brumby Government’s incompetence, Shadow Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge said today.
Labor's CMA Plan Silences Local Voice
Victorian communities will have less of a say in local environmental management under the Brumby Government’s plan to merge Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs).
Brumby Protects Minister Instead of Vulnerable Children
After ten years of Labor it is clear that the Brumby Government cannot be trusted to protect our most vulnerable children, Shadow Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge said today.
Vic Coalition Supports Apology to Forgotten Australians
The Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition welcomes the Federal Parliament's apology today to former wards of the state and child migrants.
Mental Health Minister Operating in the Dark
Vulnerable Victorians are being neglected by a Minister who has no control over her chaotic Department and no idea about the magnitude of the problems in her crisis-driven mental health system, Shadow Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge said.
Another crisis in Mental Health under incompetent Minister
Victoria's incompetent Minister for Community Services has again failed to protect people with a mental illness in her care and an immediate and genuinely independent inquiry is desperately needed into the latest scandal in her portfolio, Shadow Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge said today.
Vulnerable Victorians Living in Fear
Frail older Victorians and other vulnerable people with a disability or mental illness are living in fear inside lousy facilities with inexperienced staff.
Stressed Child Protection Workers Walk out on Hopeless Minister
The safety of at-risk and abused children is being further compromised after alarming revelations of a decline in the number of child protection staff in Victoria, Shadow Minister for Community Services Mary Wooldridge said today
Incompetent Minister Knows Nothing and Does Less
The Minister for Community Services today again showed why she is not fit to remain the Minister responsible for protecting Victoria’s most vulnerable children.
Victorian Coalition To End Planning Exemption For Bottle Shops
The Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition will legislate to guarantee communities a say about packaged liquor sales in their local area by ending the exemption of bottle shops from the planning process.
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