TORQUAY is now home to the office of a state MP for the first time, with Member for Western Victoria Stuart Grimley officially opening his doors last week.<\/p>\n
The Derryn Hinch\u2019s Justice Party MP was joined by his party\u2019s leader for the opening of the electoral office at 1\/15 Pearl Street.<\/p>\n
Mr Grimley said he and his staff had been settling into their office for about two weeks before the opening.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we\u2019re not sitting in Parliament, we will be here in the electoral office, and when we\u2019re not in the electoral office, we\u2019ll be out travelling around, which we have been, to councils.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good advertising, it\u2019s good for people in Torquay \u2013 this is the first time Torquay has ever had a state or federal office, which the Surf Coast Shire are very excited about as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Hinch said he was very impressed with the facilities, and endorsed the \u201cout and about\u201d approach.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe one thing we\u2019ve done, all of us, from day one \u2013 and Stuart and I have been together since 2016 \u2013 is get out in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Grimley said he had not had many visitors yet, but encouraged people to drop by and let him know about the local issues.<\/p>\n
On the legislative front, Mr Grimley said the Derryn Hinch\u2019s Justice Party would introduce a motion regarding the child offenders sex registry in August.<\/p>\n
Mr Hinch said it was pleasing to see more than $30 million locked in towards measures against child sex offenders on a federal level, \u201cwhich is why the party was started, why Derryn Hinch\u2019s Justice Party ever got off the ground\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got two MPs in state Parliament, so we want to try to push to get Victoria to have a state (registry) first \u2013 and down the track, it\u2019ll be superseded, we hope, by a federal one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Grimley said he had received a positive response about the legislation from the Coalition, while a few of the crossbenches were \u201con the fence\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs for the government, I think they can be swayed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TORQUAY is now home to the office of a state MP for the first time, with Member for Western Victoria Stuart Grimley officially opening his doors last week. The Derryn Hinch\u2019s Justice Party MP was joined by his party\u2019s leader for the opening of the electoral office at 1\/15 Pearl Street. Mr Grimley said he […]<\/p>\n