Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Questions without notice and ministers statements
Member conduct
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Commencement
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Condolences
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Türkiye and Syria earthquakes
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Petitions
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Castlemaine Primary School
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Joint select committee
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Peter Parry
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Camelot Castle
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Sir Andrew Grimwade CBE
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Türkiye and Syria earthquakes
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Rural and regional roads
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science
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Oakleigh Primary School and Kindergarten
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Victorian Heart Hospital
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Heyfield Timber Festival
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Türkiye and Syria earthquakes
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Nepean electorate schools
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Ashwood electorate schools
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Russia–Ukraine war
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Bayswater electorate schools
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Denise Budge
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JW Manson Reserve, Wantirna
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Duck hunting
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Ash Wednesday commemoration
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Mildura electorate schools
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Rural and regional roads
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Pascoe Vale electorate
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Ringwood electorate schools
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Kororoit electorate distribution centre
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Starward Distillery
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Ripon electorate community groups
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Greenhills Primary School
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St Helena Secondary College and Glen Katherine Primary School
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Statements on parliamentary committee reports
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Integrity and Oversight Committee
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Performance of the Victorian Integrity Agencies 2020/21: Focus on Witness Welfare
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Integrity and Oversight Committee
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Performance of the Victorian Integrity Agencies 2020/21: Focus on Witness Welfare
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Integrity and Oversight Committee
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Performance of the Victorian Integrity Agencies 2020/21: Focus on Witness Welfare
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Integrity and Oversight Committee
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Performance of the Victorian Integrity Agencies 2020/21: Focus on Witness Welfare
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Integrity and Oversight Committee
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Performance of the Victorian Integrity Agencies 2020/21: Focus on Witness Welfare
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Integrity and Oversight Committee
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The Independent Performance Audits of the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission and the Victorian Inspectorate
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Bills
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Heritage Amendment Bill 2023
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Statement of compatibility
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Second reading
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Children and Health Legislation Amendment (Statement of Recognition, Aboriginal Self-determination and Other Matters) Bill 2023
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Statement of compatibility
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Second reading
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Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023
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Questions without notice and ministers statements
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Member conduct
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Ministers statements: Victorian Heart Hospital
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Member conduct
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Ministers statements: mental health services
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Operation Clara
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Ministers statements: Big Housing Build
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Member conduct
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Ministers statements: education funding
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Member conduct
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Ministers statements: West Gate Tunnel
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Constituency questions
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Caulfield electorate
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Northcote electorate
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Eltham electorate
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Berwick electorate
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Sunbury electorate
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Kew electorate
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Bills
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Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023
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Grievance debate
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Government integrity
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Opposition performance
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Government integrity
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Opposition performance
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Housing affordability
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Opposition performance
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Government integrity
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State Electricity Commission
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Bills
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Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023
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Second reading
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Address to Parliament
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Governor’s speech
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Address-in-reply
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Adjournment
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Canterbury Primary School
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Delacombe development
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Clegg Road–Wellington Road intersection, Wandin North
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Thornhill Park, Rockbank
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Mallacoota abalone industry
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Melbourne Water pipe reserve
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Dromana Secondary College
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Education policy
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Kilmore bypass
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Epping Road duplication
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Responses
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Questions without notice and ministers statements
Member conduct
John PESUTTO (Hawthorn – Leader of the Opposition) (14:02): My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. Was the Assistant Treasurer or his office ever present at or aware of discussions related to the Andrews government’s approval for Beach Energy to turn a testing well running under the Twelve Apostles into a production well?
Danny PEARSON (Essendon – Minister for Government Services, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC, Minister for Consumer Affairs) (14:02): I certainly was not aware of that – I am not the responsible minister – and I am not aware that my office would have been either.
John PESUTTO (Hawthorn – Leader of the Opposition) (14:02): Beach Energy’s share price rose around 50 per cent as a consequence of the Andrews government’s approval of the new production well. How can the Assistant Treasurer claim that it is not a breach of the ministerial code of conduct for him to have profited from being privy to this inside information?
Mary-Anne Thomas: On a point of order, Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition has made a giant leap in his questioning. The Assistant Treasurer has been very precise in his answer, and I ask that you rule the question out of order on the basis that it has already been answered and indeed that the minister has been very clear that he has had no responsibility in relation to this matter.
Peter Walsh: On the point of order, Speaker, the point of order that has been taken is the minister needs to answer the question because this –
Members interjecting.
Peter Walsh: I am putting a counterargument to the manager of government business. This is a clear question to the Assistant Treasurer about a breach of the code of conduct and the fact that he has profited –
Members interjecting.
The SPEAKER: Order!
Peter Walsh: a clear breach of the code of conduct that the Assistant Treasurer has profited from by an increase in share price around a government decision that he sat around the table for and would have either been aware of or been part of.
Members interjecting.
The SPEAKER: Order! I will not rule the question out of order. The minister did refer to the response in his first answer, but I invite the minister to respond.
Danny PEARSON (Essendon – Minister for Government Services, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for WorkSafe and the TAC, Minister for Consumer Affairs) (14:04): I was not the responsible minister. I have always behaved appropriately at all times, and I have declared all my interests.