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     <title><![CDATA[Lazy Baillieu costs Qantas jobs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The do-nothing Baillieu Government has betrayed workers at Qantas with hundreds of jobs axed at the company’s Tullamarine and Avalon heavy maintenance sites, Leader of the Opposition Daniel Andrews said today. 
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     <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 13:45:53 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Holmesglen struggles as sector reels from cuts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The future of one of Victoria’s largest TAFEs, Holmesglen, is in doubt following the Baillieu Government’s $290 million cuts to the sector Shadow Minister for Skills and Apprenticeships Steven Herbert said today. 
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     <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:15:36 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[More Regional jobs at risk as mental health funds cut]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Even more jobs are likely to go from regional communities, after the Baillieu Government confirmed funding cuts to community health services, the Opposition Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Wade Noonan, said today. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 09:58:11 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Baillieu-Ryan idle as 16,4000 regional jobs are lost]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Baillieu-Ryan Government must act now to stop regional unemployment spiralling out of control after the latest statistics show more than 16,400 full-time jobs were lost in April, Shadow Employment Minister Tim Pallas said today. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:03:56 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[New planning laws a threat to home values and amenity]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Baillieu Government is pushing through new laws to give developers free reign in suburban streets, the Shadow Minister for Planning, Brian Tee, said today. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:36:20 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Baillieu loses major athletics sporting events]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Sports Minister has been left red faced after losing two major athletics events to interstate rivals just a day after gloating about the construction of a new athletics track, Shadow Minister for Sports and Recreation John Eren said today.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:31:15 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Bendigo Schools feeling pressure from budget cuts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[School students across Bendigo will be hit hard by the Baillieu Government’s savage funding cuts to the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and other school programs, Shadow Education Minister James Merlino said today. 
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     <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:17:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Suburban commuters wait longer for promised PSOs]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Suburban commuters will be waiting much longer for Protective Service Officers to patrol their local station with just 18 graduating recruits to be rolled out this week, Acting Shadow Minister for Police James Merlino said today. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:18:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Local sporting clubs to miss out on funding]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Local sporting clubs could be forced to go without proper training facilities with the Baillieu Government removing $46 million of funding for grants from the Community Support Fund, Shadow Minister for Sport and Recreation John Eren said today. 
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     <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 09:54:20 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Regional TAFE campuses facing closure]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Regional TAFE campuses could be forced to close after the Baillieu Government’s decision to rip millions of dollars from the sector, it was revealed today. 
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     <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:59:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Paying lip service to manufacturing industries in Bendigo will do nothing to secure jobs and grow the sector. 

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     <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:58:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Will Peter Walsh fight against Ted Baillieu's TAFE cuts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[National Member for Swan Hill Peter Walsh needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to the Sunraysia Institute of TAFE in Swan Hill, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. 
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     <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:50:38 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Will Jeanette Powell fight against Ted Baillieu's TAFE cuts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[National Member for Shepparton Jeanette Powell needs to stand up against her Liberal Party colleagues and fight against her own Government’s savage cuts to Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:46:25 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Will Peter Crisp fight against Ted Baillieu's TAFE cuts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[National Member for Mildura Peter Crisp needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to the Sunraysia Institute of TAFE in Mildura, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:44:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Will Bill Sykes fight against Ted Baillieu's TAFE cuts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[National Member for Benalla Bill Sykes needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to the Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. 
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     <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:40:30 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Will Hugh Delahunty fight against Ted Baillieu's TAFE cuts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[National Member for Lowan Hugh Delahunty needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to South West TAFE, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:38:59 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Will Russell Northe fight against Ted Baillieu's TAFE cuts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[National Member for Morwell Russell Northe needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to GippsTAFE in Morwell, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:34:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Will Peter Ryan fight against Ted Baillieu's TAFE cuts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[National Member for Gippsland South Peter Ryan needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to GippsTAFE in Leongatha, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Will Tim Bull fight against Ted Baillieu's TAFE cuts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[National Member for Gippsland East Tim Bull needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to Advance TAFE in Bairnsdale, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:25:50 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Will Tim McCurdy fight against Ted Baillieu's TAFE cuts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[National Member for Murray Valley Tim McCurdy needs to stand up against his Liberal Party colleagues and fight against his own Government’s savage cuts to the Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, Shadow Minister for Higher Education and Skills Steve Herbert said today. 
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     <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:19:45 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Families hit by job losses at Murray Goulburn]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The announcement by Murray Goulburn that 300 rural and regional employees are to be sacked is further evidence of the Baillieu’s Government continued failure to protect jobs in country Victoria, Labor spokeswomen for Rural and Regional Victoria Jaala Pulford said today.   ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:42:42 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Liberal Government's $268,000 dunnies]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Labor Spokesperson for Public Transport Fiona Richardson has revealed that the Liberal Government will spend over $17 million, or $268,000 per train station, installing toilets for the exclusive use of Protective Services Officers. 
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     <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:34:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Listen to the TAFE sector, Mr Baillieu]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Angry TAFE workers worried about the future of the sector following the Baillieu Government’s savage funding cuts have rallied outside the Premier’s office to send a message to Ted Baillieu. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:33:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Volunteers Week a great chance for Geelong community to lend a hand]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Shadow Minister for Volunteers John Eren today called on the Geelong residents to roll up their sleeves and volunteer with charity and community organisations as part of National Volunteers Week. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:07:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Baillieu reduces road incident response units]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Road incident response units designed to improve safety on busy arterial roads have been significantly reduced as part of the Baillieu Government’s savage funding cuts, Shadow Minister for Roads and Road Safety Luke Donnellan said today. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:05:53 GMT</pubDate>
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