Mr BURGESS (Hastings) -- On 17 June I attended a dinner to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Somerville Tyabb Rotary Club. This organisation has made a phenomenal contribution to the local community over the past 25 years, and it was a great honour to be able to celebrate this important mileston... (30-Jun)
Mr BURGESS -- The Frankston-Mornington Peninsula Literacy Villages Partnership, which is a partnership between the City of Frankston, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and the Catholic Education Office was launched in Mornington on 8 June... (30-Jun)
Mr BURGESS -- On Saturday, 18 June, I had the great pleasure of attending the McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park 40th birthday celebration, the official opening of the Elisabeth Murdoch Walk and the announcement of the Frankston City People's Choice Award. It was a privilege to attend this celebr... (30-Jun)
Mr BURGESS (Hastings) -- After more than 10 years of hard work Somerville Netball Club has had a win that will make a lasting difference to its more than 30 teams and 300 young women players. I was pleased to have had the opportunity recently to announce that the Somerville Netball Club had been awa... (17-Jun)
Mr BURGESS -- On Saturday, 5 June, together with Hastings RSL representatives and members of my local community, I attended a commemorative service for Bomber Command at the Hastings cenotaph. Bomber Command was formed by the Royal Air Force and was a vital force in World War II. The command was mad... (17-Jun)
Mr BURGESS (Hastings) -- It is a great pleasure to speak on the Planning and Environment Amendment (Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution) Bill 2011.
I say it is a great pleasure because I saw the suffering in my local community when the previous government conducted investigations into... (17-Jun)
Mr BURGESS (Hastings) -- It is a great pleasure to rise to speak on the Transport Legislation Amendment (Port of Hastings Development Authority) Bill 2011. The purpose of the bill is to promote increased capacity and competition throughout the container port sector of the Victorian economy. To achie... (16-Jun)
Mr BURGESS (Hastings) -- What a great pleasure it is to rise to speak on the Baillieu government's first budget. What a stark contrast we have between this budget and those delivered by the Brumby and Bracks governments over the past 11 years.
Instead of bluff, bluster and spin, there is t... (03-Jun)
Mr BURGESS (Hastings) -- I wish to raise a matter for the attention of the Minister for Education. The action I seek is for the minister to meet with representatives of the Mornington Special Developmental School to secure the future of this very important school.
The Mornington SDS serves a signi... (02-Jun)
Mr BURGESS (Hastings) -- I would like to congratulate Balnarring Primary School on being one of the first schools in Victoria to receive the prestigious, 5-star sustainability certification through the Resource Smart Schools program. This is an outstanding achievement. It is the culmination of hard ... (01-Jun)