House debates

Tuesday, 7 February 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 9 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Work Choices Legislation (1 speech)
    I rise to comment upon Labor’s industrial relations task force that has been established. I know that some in the gallery and, indeed, in this chamber think that somehow the effects of the...
  • Rt Hon. Helen Clark; Child Care (3 speeches)
    I would like to start by welcoming the New Zealand Prime Minister, the Right Hon. Helen Clark, to Canberra.
  • Oxley Electorate: Education City Project (1 speech)
    I want to talk about Education City, a very important development taking place right in the heart of the fastest growing electorate in the country—namely, my electorate of Oxley. Education...
  • Cook Electorate: Cronulla Riots (1 speech)
    On Sunday, 11 December 2005 a significant and disappointing event took place in my electorate. Now known as the Cronulla riots the news of this disturbance flashed around the globe, casting my...
  • Australian Sports Commission: Grants (1 speech)
    Progressively during the years of the Howard government we have seen decisions that are breathtaking in the way in which they are inconsistent and the way in which they show a degree of the...
  • Hon. Sir Reginald William Colin Swartz KBE, ED (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to associate myself with the comments made by the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the honourable member for Cowan concerning the...
  • Trade (2 speeches)
    With regard to trade, the global orthodoxy is to free trade. I make yet another plea tonight that, in assessing trade policy, we take it from the view of fair trade—that we look at the way...