Liberal Party of Australia - Victorian Division
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State
Council
Program
Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 March 2015
Meeting at Melbourne Convention Centre
SATURDAY, 28 MARCH 2015
Registration
8.30 – 9.30am
9.30 – 9.45am
9.45 – 10.15am
State President’s Report
Treasurer’s Report
10.15 – 11.00am
Prime Minister of Australia
5.30 – 7.30pm
At: The Common Man, 39 Dukes Walk, South Wharf
(near the Melbourne Convention Centre)
Registration
POLICY FORUM MEETINGS
11.00 – 11.30am
Appointment of Returning Officer
Elections – President, Vice Presidents, Treasurer
11.30 – 1.00pm
8.30 – 10.00am
(See program overleaf)
ENGAGEMENT WITH WOMEN
10.10 – 10.40am
Motions 10.40 – 12.30pm
Report of the Review of
Engagement with Women
The Hon Kay Patterson, Caroline Elliott
(Voting for Administrative Committee and Agenda
Committee is from 12.30pm to 3.00pm in room 210)
Lunch
1.00 – 2.00pm
Motions
2.00 – 2.15pm
Open Space Motions (if any)
8.00 – 8.30am
(Voting for State Assembly delegates is from
8.00am to 12.00pm in room 210)
Federal Motions (No’s. 1 – 17)
The Hon Dr David Kemp, Chairman
4.30 – 6.00pm
SUNDAY, 29 MARCH 2015
FEDERAL ADDRESS The Hon Tony Abbott MP
STATE ELECTION REVIEW
Interim Report
POLICY FORUM MEETINGS
State Council Cocktail Party
Reports
Motions 3.15 – 4.20pm
(See program overleaf)
The National Anthem
State Council Welcome
Agenda Committee Report
Elections Federal Motions (No’s. 1– 17 cont’d.)
Organisational Motions (No’s. 47 - 56)
(New Delegates Briefing is from 8.45am to 9.15am
in room 214 - see program overleaf)
Opening
Motions 2.15 – 3.15pm
Voting Systems Motions (No’s. 18 – 23)
State Motions (No’s. 24 - 46)
STATE ADDRESS The Hon Matthew Guy MP
12.30 – 1.30pm
Leader of the Opposition
Close of Council 1.30pm
POLICE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES POLICY FORUM
Forums
Emergency Services – Is restructure
warranted or wasteful?
Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 March 2015
4.30 – 6.00pm | Room 209
Speaker: Brad Battin MP, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services, Shadow Minister for
Environment (Convenor: Myles King)
TRANSPORT POLICY FORUM
The East West Link - Just Build it 4.30 – 6.00pm | Room 208
Speakers: Michael Sukkar MP, Federal Member for Deakin; Jason Wood MP,
Federal Member for La Trobe (Convenor: Don Gibson)
SATURDAY, 28 MARCH 2015
NEW DELEGATES BRIEFING
TREASURY AND FINANCE POLICY FORUM
Introduction to State Council, Writing and
Presenting Motions, Policy Forums
The Case for Budget Repair
8.45 – 9.15am | Room 214
4.30 – 6.00pm | Room 210
Speaker: The Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, Assistant Treasurer (Convenor: Nicholas Tragas)
Speakers: Caroline Elliott, Chairman State Council Agenda Committee; Damien Tangey,
Chairman Policy Forums Committee.
NEW MEMBERS ENGAGEMENT FORUM
Becoming a new Member, FEC and SEC Structures, State Council
and State Assembly Structures and Role of Delegates,
Administrative Committee and Policy Forums
3.30 – 4.30pm | Room 211
Speakers: Fiona Ogilvy-O’Donnell, Chairman Membership Development Standing
Committee; Damien Tangey, Chairman Policy Forums Committee.
SUNDAY, 29 MARCH 2015
ATTORNEY – GENERAL AND INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS POLICY FORUM
Separation of Powers – Parliament and the Courts
8.30 – 10.00am | Room 205
COMMUNICATIONS, BROADBAND AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY FORUM
Speaker: John Pesutto MP, Shadow Attorney-General (Convenor: Robert Cameron)
Unbridling Innovation: the policies that choke real jobs
creation and enterprise development
4.30 – 6.00pm | Room 211
ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND
CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY FORUM
Speakers: Dr Bill Petreski, Leading expert in technology and innovation sectors;
The Hon Gordon Rich-Phillips MP, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative
Council, Shadow Special Minister of State, Shadow Assistant Treasurer (Convenor:
Wayne Singleton)
Innovating the energy sector: tackling escalating energy prices and building
a business case for more renewables
8.30 – 10.00am | Room 207
EDUCATION, YOUTH, SKILLS AND TRAINING POLICY FORUM
HEALTH AND AGED CARE; COMMUNITY SERVICES,
FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND HOUSING POLICY FORUMS
Higher Education Reform – The Challenges Ahead
4.30 – 6.00pm | Room 214
Speakers: Senator the Hon Scott Ryan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
Education and Training; The Hon Nick Wakeling MP, Shadow Minister for Education
(Convenor: Andrew Trnacek )
Speaker: David Southwick MP, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Shadow Minister for
Energy and Resources, Shadow Minister for Renewables (Convenor: Keith Kendall)
Compassionate Healthcare – A Liberal Legacy
8.30 – 10.00am | Room 208
Foreign Investment – Have we missed the fast train? 4.30 – 6.00pm | Room 216
Speakers: The Hon Mary Wooldridge MP, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative
Council, Shadow Minister for Health; Georgie Crozier MP, Shadow Minister for Families
and Children, Shadow Minister for Prevention of Family Violence, Shadow Minister for
Women, Shadow Cabinet Secretary (Convenors: Ben Goodfellow - Health and Aged
Care; Leonie Dixon - Community Services, Families, Children and Housing)
Speaker: Robin Chambers AO, Australian Trade and Investment Advisory Council
(Convenor: Bruce Nicholls)
IMMIGRATION, MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS AND
CITIZENSHIP POLICY FORUM
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND VETERANS POLICY FORUM
The Future of Victorian Multiculturalism
Path to a Stronger Australia – the future of the
Australian Defence Forces Speaker: Inga Peulich MP, Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Shadow Minister
for Scrutiny of Government (Convenor: Sean Armistead)
EMPLOYMENT AND TRADE POLICY FORUM
4.30 – 6.00pm | Room 207
Speaker: A.J. (Jim) Molan AO DSC, Major General (Retired) (Convenor: Simon Olsen)
INDUSTRY, MANUFACTURING AND MAJOR PROJECTS;
SMALL BUSINESS AND TOURISM POLICY FORUMS
8.30 – 10.00am | Room 216
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, REGIONAL AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT AND WATER POLICY FORUM
Free Trade and the Future of Farming
8.30 – 10.00am | Room 211
The Future of Manufacturing and Small Business:
What will it look like in ten years?
4.30 – 6.00pm | Melbourne Room
Speakers: Dan Tehan MP, Federal Member for Wannon; Cindy McLeish MP, State
Member for Eildon (Convenor: Peter Wiseman)
Speakers: Craig Ondarchie MP, Shadow Minister for Investment and Jobs, Shadow
Minister for Trade; Marcus Barber, Strategic Futurist and Value Systems Specialist
(Convenors: Peter Angelico - Industry, Manufacturing and Major Projects; Geoff Gledhill
- Business and Tourism)
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT
PLANNING & LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY FORUM
Is Local Government Reform getting it right?
4.30 – 6.00pm | Room 205
Speaker: The Hon David Davis MP, Shadow Minister for Planning, Shadow Minister for
Local Government, Shadow Minister for Equality (Convenor: Damien Tangey)
Engaging with Young People
8.30 – 10.00am | Room 209
Speakers: Amanda Millar, Member State Election Review Panel; Jane Hume, Chair
Training Committee; Jess Wilson, President Young Liberal Movement (Convenor:
Jennifer Cromarty)