House debates

Thursday, 25 May 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Public Hospitals; Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (3 speeches)
    Yesterday and today in question time, the Minister for Health and Ageing answered questions in relation to what he called a ‘Bible ban’ in hospitals in Queensland and in Victoria. He...
  • Wakefield Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
    I rise to address the issue of cooperation between the Australian government and local government. People in Wakefield have told me frequently that they are fed up with cost shifting and blame...
  • Mr John Marsden (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to acknowledge the contribution of one of my constituents who made a difference to civil liberties, freedom from discrimination and access to justice. This evening I would...
  • Hasluck Electorate: Brickworks (1 speech)
    I wish to speak on the proposal to build a brickworks at the Perth Airport. Along with many thousands of Hasluck constituents and residents of surrounding areas, I am fundamentally opposed to...
  • Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
    The Work Choices legislation will deliver no choice to many Australian workers. Today we have heard about Annette Harris, who will receive $90 a week less if she signs the Spotlight AWA. And we...
  • Australian Technical Colleges (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak about the Australian Technical Colleges and the establishment of a campus at Burnie, on the north-west coast of Tasmania. Earlier this month I had the privilege of...
  • Workplace Relations (1 speech)
    I sought the call earlier in the MPI debate dealing with Spotlight. There is a Spotlight store in Campbelltown in a very prominent location, and my wife regularly shops there. It has been a...