Hansard debates

... David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (10:02): It is both football season and election season, so pretty soon I expect to see politicians wearing scarves and pledging our money to the AFL or most likely new facilities for AFLW. Let us put aside for the moment the murky issue of former Labor and CFMEU ...

... David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (10:47): I would also like to say a few words on the Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Bill 2026. Most of the amendments in this bill are rather technical in nature, but I have got some issues with this bill. One of these issues has been resolved ...

... David LIMBRICK: I would just like to ask one more question related to this data that the government may be able to force industry participants to provide. Some of this data would appear to be highly sensitive information, in particular like how much current stock is contracted out. That would be considered commercially sensitive, I ...

... David LIMBRICK: I thank the minister for clarifying that. Okay. So the confidentiality clauses are preventing people presumably within the public service disclosing information without authorisation, but who is actually entitled to receive and share this information internally within the government? ...

... David LIMBRICK: Petrochemical supply chains are very, very complex and require lots of expertise. What sort of expertise does the government have in actually analysing this data and making sense of it for planning purposes? ...

... David LIMBRICK: In my previous life I spent most of my career working in business analytics and analysing data, and one of the big problems with collecting and consolidating data is ensuring that we are actually comparing apples with apples. What sort of processes does the government envisage to standardise this data being collected from these companies,...

... David LIMBRICK: I would like to ask a question not related to the fuel monitoring. Clause 25 is about the EPA. Regarding clause 25, if the EPA or a relevant officer issues a notice to the occupier of a place to remove or dispose of waste that is reasonably believed to have been dumped by someone else, ...

... David LIMBRICK: It does seem like a miscarriage of justice though, doesn’t it? Basically it is rewarding criminals that are good at covering their tracks and is holding someone liable that did not actually commit an offence. I can only ask an opinion on that, which I am not going to ask, but it ...

... David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:18): (1303) My question today is for the Treasurer. Victorians have been hit hard by tax. In recent years we have had the windfall gains tax, the COVID debt levy, the mental health and wellbeing levy, the short-stay levy, the new congestion ...

... David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:21): I thank the Treasurer for that answer. My question was specifically, though, around sole traders and people operating businesses from home. Starting a small business or operating a consultancy from home can be one of the best things that someone can do, creating some ...