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APPROPRIATION (2011/2012) BILL 2011 1722 COUNCIL Thursday, 2 June 2011 or failed to deliver after 11 years in power — are being delivered through this budget. There is funding for the Koo Wee Rup bypass, a $50 million project which will start in this term. This will take hundreds of cars and trucks out of the township of Koo Wee Rup, make access to South Gippsland easier and improve the amenity of that town. We have contributed $15 million to the Officer special school. The Officer special school has been the subject of debate both in the other place and in this place. Indeed Mr Scheffer raised an adjournment matter on the Officer special school, criticising the commitment of the opposition before the election and in effect questioning its ability to deliver. I say to Mr Scheffer that the government is delivering. In fact we are delivering more than we promised — an additional $5 million — because we want this to be an excellent school for people with special needs and a school that will service the growing Casey-Cardinia community. I am very pleased, and I thank the Minister for Education for that significant investment. Funding is being provided to upgrade the emergency department of Warragul hospital. There is $8 million towards the sealing of the Omeo Highway. The Emerald police station is being made a 24-hour-a-day station. There is $1 million to upgrade the Kokoda Track memorial walk in Upper Ferntree Gully, home to the 1000 steps. The unfair country fare for bus travel from Launching Place to Warburton East will be abolished. A new bus interchange in Mornington will be constructed. The ambulance stations in Belgrave, Emerald and Yarra Junction will be upgraded to 24 hours. Ferny Creek Recreation Reserve is being given funding to upgrade its facilities. There is $200 000 for 10 new bus shelters in the shire of Yarra Ranges. On a more micro level, the government is investing $601 million in Victorian road projects. As I said, a significant investment in particular is the Koo Wee Rup bypass. Some $403 million is being delivered to improve public transport statewide. I compare this with the previous government’s project delivery. What a farce! The Cardinia Road and Lynbrook railway stations were being constructed without sufficient power for trains to stop and take off. Under the former government’s plan trains could not stop at two brand-new stations that had been built. What an absolute joke! Has anyone heard of anything more incompetent in their lives? The Baillieu government is fixing that problem and working on that issue as we speak to ensure that — surprise, surprise — there will be power for trains to slow down, stop and take off again. Some $20 million will be spent over four years to improve access to public transport for Victorians with a disability, and the coalition has allocated $100 million over four years for ongoing rail maintenance and $222 million for the purchase of 7 new trains as part of a commitment to introduce 40 new trains. This budget has been delivered in challenging fiscal times and in a challenging fiscal environment. The government has had to deliver this budget after coming to government only in December. I congratulate the Treasurer, the Minister for Finance, the Assistant Treasurer, the cabinet and the Victorian public service for facilitating and assisting the government to deliver this budget which keeps faith with the Victorian public that elected this government. The budget delivers on the government’s election commitments. It is a prudent, responsible and measured budget, and I congratulate the government on it. I look forward to the commitments that have been made being implemented over the course of this term and over the next 12 months. Debate adjourned on motion of Mr LEANE (Eastern Metropolitan). Debate adjourned until Thursday, 9 June. APPROPRIATION (2011/2012) BILL 2011 Introduction and first reading Received from Assembly. Read first time on motion of Hon. G. K. RICH-PHILLIPS (Assistant Treasurer). Statement of compatibility Hon. G. K. RICH-PHILLIPS (Assistant Treasurer) tabled following statement in accordance with Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006: In accordance with section 28 of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities, I make this statement of compatibility with respect to the Appropriation (2011/2012) Bill 2011. In my opinion, the Appropriation (2011/2012) Bill 2011, as introduced to the Legislative Council, is compatible with the human rights protected by the charter. I base my opinion on the reasons outlined in this statement.
APPROPRIATION (2011/2012) BILL 2011 Thursday, 2 June 2011 COUNCIL 1723 Overview of bill The Appropriation (2011/2012) Bill 2011 will provide appropriation ‘authority’ for payments from the Consolidated Fund for the ordinary annual services of government for the 2011–12 financial year. The amounts contained in schedule 1 to the Appropriation (2011/2012) Bill 2011 provide for the ongoing operations of departments, including new output and asset investment funded through annual appropriation. Schedules 2 and 3 of the bill contain details concerning payments from advances pursuant to section 35 of the Financial Management Act 1994 and payments from the advance to Treasurer in 2009–10 respectively. Human rights issues 1. Human rights protected by the charter that are relevant to the bill The bill does not raise any human rights issues. 2. Consideration of reasonable limitations — section 7(2) As the bill does not raise any human rights issues, it does not limit any human rights and therefore it is not necessary to consider section 7(2) of the charter. Conclusion I consider that the bill is compatible with the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 because it does not raise a human rights issue. The Hon. Gordon Rich-Phillips, MLC Assistant Treasurer Second reading Ordered that second-reading speech be incorporated into Hansard on motion of Hon. G. K. RICH-PHILLIPS (Assistant Treasurer). Hon. G. K. RICH-PHILLIPS (Assistant Treasurer) — I move: That the bill be now read a second time. Incorporated speech as follows: President, five months ago the Baillieu coalition government was elected to office with a simple but fundamental promise — to fix the problems and build the future. That promise underlined what Victorians increasingly understood: that many of our state’s great qualities — its livability, its safe streets, its transport system, its affordable lifestyle — were steadily being eroded. The government’s first budget delivers on that promise. It is not a budget of quick fixes or easy answers. It is not a budget of spin. This is a budget which lays out the challenges with honesty and candour, and begins the hard work of addressing them. Victorians have high expectations of government. They expect governments to honour commitments and support them in their daily lives. Victorians want the cost of living eased. They want their state to grow and they want that growth to be managed, for services to keep pace with demand. They want new infrastructure to serve new communities, and for our streets and civic spaces to be vibrant and safe. They expect responsible government — focused and disciplined — but also a caring government. That is why the Baillieu government’s election commitments — delivered in this budget — focus on these basic, community needs. The government is making a record investment in community safety, centred on a significant rise in police presence. The government is delivering a $1.2 billion package of measures to ease cost of living pressures for Victorian families. It is taking the first steps towards achieving an additional 800 beds across our public hospital system. The budget will fund, in the coming year, one of the biggest infrastructure investments in Victoria’s history. The government is purchasing new trains, fixing level crossings, planning new investments to expand and rejuvenate the rail network, and investing in arterial roads. The budget will establish a $1 billion Regional Growth Fund, which will set its sights not just on regional centres, but on our country communities which have been neglected for too long. And there is a renewed focus on some of the most disadvantaged Victorians — those often forgotten over the past decade. The government will enhance disability services, expand child protection, deliver new mental health initiatives and fund a massive new upgrade to special and autistic schools across the state. These are the things that set this government apart. This budget will deliver responsible and caring government, in challenging times. Addressing financial and economic challenges I would like to elaborate on those challenges — in particular, the financial and economic hurdles facing the state. Last month, the Independent Review of State Finances released an interim report revealing that Victoria’s budget has been on an unsustainable path. Expenditure growth has outstripped revenue growth over the past decade, with spending growing by an average of 8 per cent a year, in contrast to revenue growth of 7.3 per cent. In recent years, the budget has relied on one-off commonwealth payments to boost revenue and the operating surplus.
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