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2016 Victorian Labor State Conference — Premier’s Speech
November 12, 2016
I’ve been coming to State Conference for 23 years. 23 years of rules changes and urgency resolutions. And 23 years of coffee queues. The presentation of Lifetime Memberships at conference is the thing I enjoy most. It’s the half an hour we devote to the men and women who have devoted their lives to us: […]
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Jobs for Victoria — Premier’s Speech
August 25, 2016
I begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet, and pay my respects to their Elders past and present. I’m very proud to say that Victoria is taking the first steps towards self-determination. We do so, because if we are to see any genuine change, Aboriginal Victorians must have control […]
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State Apology to Those Convicted Under Unjust Laws Against Homosexual Acts — Premier’s Speech
May 24, 2016
Speaker – it’s never too late to put things right. It’s never too late to say sorry – and mean it. That’s what brings us all to the heart of our democracy here, in this Parliament where, over the course of decades, a powerful prejudice was written into law. A prejudice that ruined lives. A prejudice that […]
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Closing the Gap — Premier’s Speech
March 19, 2015
I acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land where we are meeting today, the people of the Kulin Nation, and pay my respects to their Elders past and present, and all other Elders here today. I make that acknowledgement not because I have to, but because I choose to. Because it’s the right thing to […]
