Denis Napthine’s first State Budget shows that despite changing leaders, Victorians still can’t trust the Liberal Government to invest in better services for our youngest Victorians, Shadow Minister for Children and Young Adults Jenny Mikakos said today.
hildren with disabilities in the Western Suburbs have lost access to early intervention services before starting primary school, Shadow Children’s Minister Jenny Mikakos said today.
The Baillieu Government has ignored dozens of crucial recommendations from a report on the needs of senior Victorians, Shadow Ageing Minister Jenny Mikakos said today.
Nearly 200 aged care beds have closed and the first privatisation of an aged care facility in Victoria’s history has happened since the Baillieu Government took office two years ago, Shadow Ageing Minister Jenny Mikakos said today.
The Baillieu Government must announce a review into juveniles held in adult prisons, Shadow Minister for Corrections Jill Hennessy and Shadow Minister for
Youth Justice Jenny Mikakos said today.
The Baillieu Government has cut back on the number of interpreting appointments being made for patients at the Northern Hospital as part of cost-saving measures implemented three weeks ago.
A Werribee-based childcare centre which has operated for nearly 40 years is set to close because of Baillieu Government cuts to occasional care, Shadow Minister for Children and Young Adults Jenny Mikakos said today.
The Baillieu Government has reduced funding for Home and Community Care (HACC) services across Victoria, which will see waiting lists grow and more families move relatives into permanent care earlier.
McKinnon Occasional Care centre, which lost more
than $3000 in Take-a-Break funding from the Baillieu Government, is now struggling to find a further $3800 for public liability insurance, Shadow Minister for Children and Young Adults Jenny Mikakos said today.
Three-year-old children in Jan Juc will have less access to kinder thanks to the Baillieu Government’s lack of investment in kindergartens, Shadow Minister for Children and Young Adults Jenny Mikakos said today
