House debates

Thursday, 16 February 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Oil for Food Program (1 speech)
    I rise to speak today in relation to the ‘wheat for weapons’ scandal. As the AWB scandal unfolds, despite the government’s best efforts to thwart this process, we are seeing...
  • Disability Services (1 speech)
    I rise today to talk about the gut-wrenching subject of young people with disabilities in nursing homes. I am constantly reminded of this subject by the people of Gilmore. It was refreshing and...
  • Howard Government: Accountablility (1 speech)
    I rise this afternoon to comment on the government’s trashing of very important principles in this place. It is clear by the actions of the government, indeed by the Prime Minister, that...
  • Trade: Single Desk Policy (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak on the one resolute feeling that I share with all my wheat growers in the Riverina, with the Deputy Prime Minister and The Nationals—that is, the continued operation...
  • Oil for Food Program (1 speech)
    The core of the Australian Wheat Board scandal, or the ‘wheat for weapons’ scandal, is really no longer a case of whether there were kickbacks or bribes, because we all know for a...
  • Hillsong Emerge (2 speeches)
    My attention has been drawn to press reports of Senate estimates committees and the Australian Labor Party’s effort to discredit Hillsong Emerge. Hillsong is a large church within my...