On this page you will find a list of bills and motions coming up in the Legislative Council of particular interest to the Greens.
For more information or to provide feedback on any of these issues, click on the relevant link.
The full agenda of the Legislative Council is in the Notice Paper which can be found on the Parliamentary website.
Coming up in the Legislative Council: Tue 16, Wed 17, Thur 18 August 2011
Government bills (Tuesday to Thursday). Note the order of bills can alter from day to day
1. TRANSPORT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (PORT OF HASTINGS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY) BILL 2011 (Sue)
2* PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES AND SUPERANNUATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011 (Greg)
3* ACCIDENT TOWING SERVICES AMENDMENT BILL 2011 (Greg)
4* CONSUMER ACTS AMENDMENT BILL 2011 (Sue)
5. OMBUDSMAN’S REPORTS, 2011 — Motion to take note of the reports tabled by the Ombudsman in 2011 (Sue/Greg)
Non-government Business – Wed 17 August
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More details about bills can be found by reading the second reading speeches (and/or the full debate in the Legislative Assembly for government bills) in Hansard. Just go to 'Hansard' on the Parliament of Victoria website and search under the name of the bill. For the full text of non-government motions, go to the Legislative Council Notice paper.
Questions without Notice
The Greens are allocated 3 questions out of 40 in a 4 day rotation, so that means one question 3 days out of 4. In the upcoming sitting week there will be a question from the Greens at 2pm on Tuesday and 12pm on Wednesday and Thursday.
Members’ Statements
Each member of the Legislative Council is allocated one member's statement each week.
This means that one Greens member will make a member’s statement each day at approximately 3.10pm on Tuesday and 9.40am on Wednesday and Thursday.
