Hansard debates

*** DAILY HANSARD PROOF ONLY - DO NOT QUOTE *** ... Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:16): (1473) My question is to the Minister for Mental Health. This government identifies gender issues as affecting children’s mental health, including increased risks of anxiety, depression and suicide. My FOI to the Royal Children’s Hospital sought documents concerning the legality of affirming a ...

*** DAILY HANSARD PROOF ONLY - DO NOT QUOTE *** ... Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:19): Thank you for that answer. Minister, my previous FOIs to the Department of Education found a very different approach to mental health when a child wants to socially transition at school. Schools can decide that a child is mature enough to consent for themselves and allow ...

*** DAILY HANSARD PROOF ONLY - DO NOT QUOTE *** ... Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (17:35): I rise to oppose Labor’s so-called stronger communities bill because this bill does not make communities stronger; it makes the state government stronger and everyone else weaker, which is absolutely typical of most laws that come through here. Yet again we have got this concentration of ...

*** DAILY HANSARD PROOF ONLY - DO NOT QUOTE *** ... Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (19:01): (2794) My adjournment matter is for the Attorney-General, and the action that I seek is that the Attorney-General publish the average time from a mother’s first contact with Adoption Victoria to an adoption order and table a plan to cut that process down to months rather ...

*** DAILY HANSARD PROOF ONLY - DO NOT QUOTE *** ... Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (20:34): I rise to oppose the Education and Training Reform Amendment (Apprenticeships, Traineeships, Schools and Other Matters) Bill 2026. This bill is supposedly about making sure tradie-apprentices are not exploited and making sure that schools are safe for students and staff and teachers, but it ...

... Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (11:49): I rise to oppose the Energy and Resources Legislation Amendment (VEET Strategic Review and Other Matters) Bill 2026. The main reason for this is that I cannot stop thinking about all the people who are really paying for all of this: the families and small businesses ...

... Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:10): (1447) My question is for the minister representing the Minister for Education. After failures in Victorian child care, the government’s own Rapid Child Safety Review said parents have a right to know, that parents often detect risk first and that they must understand the ...

... Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:11): My supplementary question is: will the government extend its own principle of the parent’s right to know to Victorian schools by guaranteeing parents timely access to records concerning any injury, medical incident, psychological condition, alleged abuse or other serious safety incident involving their own children?...

... Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:47): (2561) My constituency question is for the Minister for Public Transport. My constituent asks: what measurable impact is West Tarneit train station projected to have on overcrowding, and what are the medium-term plans to reduce dependence on a single corridor for one of Melbourne’s ...

... Moira DEEMING (Western Metropolitan) (16:33): I rise to speak against this bill for two simple reasons: I believe that everyone should be treated equally before the law, and I believe that the resources of this state that this government takes in should be distributed fairly and according to need. Our political ...