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Williamstown and Altona Rail Passengers forgotten in PSO policy shambles

The Baillieu Government’s flagship policy to place Protective Service Officers (PSOs) at every suburban station after dark is in complete disarray.

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Local Secondary Schools carry VCAL program despite debt

Member for Williamstown, Wade Noonan MP, has lashed out at the Baillieu Government for cutting almost $100,000 per year for Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) Coordinators at two local secondary schools, saying that it had created debt for Bayside College and left Williamstown High School’s budget on a razor edge.

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Actions from Autism report must not be ignored in Melbourne’s west

Member for Williamstown, Wade Noonan MP, yesterday used the Victorian Parliament to call on the Minister for Education to implement a number of actions arising from an independent report into the future education needs of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Melbourne’s West.

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Baillieu Government gives green light to a new high rise tower in Williamstown

The Baillieu Government has today used their majority in the Parliament to approve a planning scheme amendment that will pave the way for a new high rise residential development at the Woollen Mills site in Williamstown says Member for Williamstown, Wade Noonan MP.

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Noonan elevated to new health posting as part of Labor’s reshuffle

Member for Williamstown, Wade Noonan MP, was today promoted to the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Health, as part of Labor’s reshuffle.

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Victorian Liberals break major election promise over Williamstown high rise

Labor will take the fight over the future development of the Woollen Mills site in Williamstown all the way to the Parliament this week amid claims by Member for Williamstown, Wade Noonan MP, that the Baillieu Government had broken a major election promise to oppose high rise developments in Williamstown.

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Boatbuilding Program may stay afloat with new home

Wade Noonan MP, Member for Williamstown, has cautiously welcomed news that Gordon TAFE in Geelong is considering taking over the previously doomed boatbuilding program from Victoria University in Newport.

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Labor moves on Woollen Mills site in Williamstown

Member for Williamstown, Wade Noonan MP, has today announced that Labor will move a disallowance motion in the Upper House of the Victorian Parliament next week in an attempt to block the Baillieu Government’s removal of mandatory height controls at the former Port Phillip Woollen Mills site in Williamstown.

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Ballieu Ignores Vital Truck Action Plan

The Baillieu Government has turned its back on families in Melbourne’s western suburbs and the freight industry by failing to make the Truck Action Plan a priority infrastructure project, Shadow Roads Minister, Jacinta Allan, said today.

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No response to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests on Truck Action Plan

The Baillieu Government’s pledge to be open and transparent is being severely tested after three relatively straightforward freedom of information (FOI) applications were not responded to within the 45 day timeframe, says Member for Williamstown, Wade Noonan MP.

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Noonan welcomes freight industry support for the Truck Action Plan

Public support from the powerful Victorian Freight and Logistics Council for the Truck Action Plan is both timely and important, says Member for Williamstown, Wade Noonan MP.

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Baillieu Government blocks access to EPA over Truck Action Plan

The Baillieu Government has taken another extraordinary step in their campaign to kill off the Truck Action Plan by denying the Labor Opposition a chance to meet with the EPA regarding a proposed diesel emission study in the inner-west says Wade Noonan MP.

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No New Beds for Williamstown Hospital

The Baillieu Government has failed to deliver extra hospital beds or services to Williamstown Hospital, Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews said today.

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Wade Noonan Autism Information Evening - Kim Hoy's Contacts

For more information on Autism and Asperger's, please contact the following organisations:

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