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Budget call to go beyond the Big Housing Build

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Community Housing Industry Association Victoria is urging the state government to scale up social housing investments in this year’s Budget as funds from the Big Housing Build dry up. In its pre-budget submission, CHIA Vic calls for the establishment of a Social Housing Investment Fund where $6 billion and interest earnings could deliver 20,000 social homes … Continued

Media Alert – Friends of the Earth and Saltwater People stand united in support for Bill to ban offshore oil and gas

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Friends of the Earth Melbourne and newly formed Saltwater People have today welcomed moves by The Australian Greens Victoria to ban offshore oil and gas exploration and production in and near Victorian waters. Currently anticipating approval for the world’s largest seismic blasting operation proposed for the Southern Ocean in the Otway Basin, Friends of the … Continued

WorkCover

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    The Victorian Chamber has been instrumental in the WorkCover negotiations and welcomes today’s developments.      To be attributed to Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chief Executive Paul Guerra:   “This is the best outcome that our business community could have expected, and we applaud all sides of politics for showing leadership … Continued

Media Alert

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11.00am What: Premier Jacinta Allan and Minister for Emergency Services Jaclyn Symes to doorstop.   State Control Centre, L4 8 Nicholson Street   Contact: Lily 0499 791 387

Master Plumbers welcomes consultation on mandatory Continuing Professional Development for plumbers.

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Master Plumbers has welcomed today’s release by the Victorian Government of the Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Plumbing (and building) Practitioners. Master Plumbers has consistently advocated for the implementation of a mandatory CPD program within the plumbing industry and argues that plumbing is a highly specialised field where CPD is … Continued

Vic Govt urged to embrace mandatory inclusionary zoning after providing ‘in principle’ support

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Community Housing Industry Association Victoria has urged the State Government to embrace mandatory inclusionary zoning, after it supported the measure in its long-awaited response to a parliamentary homelessness inquiry.   The government has provided ‘in principle’ support to the committee’s recommendation to investigate implementing mandatory inclusionary zoning, where a portion of new major housing developments … Continued

Victorian Government must fund important homelessness response

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Council to Homeless Persons (CHP) has called for the Victorian Government to fully fund all the recommendations it has accepted in its long-awaited response to a major homelessness report.   We welcome that the state government on Tuesday released its response to the parliamentary inquiry into homelessness, 899 days after it was due despite an … Continued