House debates

Wednesday, 8 February 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Werriwa Electorate (1 speech)
    Just over 12 months ago the suburb of Macquarie Fields experienced four nights of rioting. The scenes televised on the news each night were not pleasant, and the events of those nights have had a...
  • Ware Graves (1 speech)
    The Centennial Park Cemetery is a well-known part of my electorate. It was established in 1936, and most residents in my electorate would have relatives who are buried there and may also have...
  • Bushfires (2 speeches)
    On Australia Day, while many Victorians were with their families enjoying a barbecue and watching the cricket, thousands of Country Fire Authority firefighters and support staff were fighting in...
  • Religious Cartoons (1 speech)
    In the parliament today, I want to take the opportunity to place on record very strongly and unequivocally my personal condemnation of the recent acts of violence that appear to have engulfed...
  • Westralia Airports Corporation (1 speech)
    I rise to tell a story of this government’s complacency, ineptitude, arrogance and utter disdain for the welfare of the battling families and small businesses in the city of Belmont in my...
  • Howard Government (2 speeches)
    At the beginning of our parliamentary year in 2006, as we come up to the 10th year of the coalition government and the prime ministership of John Howard, it is worth while recalling some of the...