House debates

Wednesday, 21 June 2006

  • Mr Greg Combet (1 speech)
    In the Australian parliament today I wish to pay tribute to Greg Combet. On 12 June 2006 Greg Combet was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia, or an AM. It was a richly deserved award for a...
  • La Trobe Electorate: Timbarra Estate (1 speech)
    I rise today to inform the House about Timbarra Estate in Berwick in my electorate of La Trobe. The Victorian state government has indicated that it intends to sell off a large tract of vacant...
  • Internet Pornography (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak to a petition, which I am now tabling, of some 4,936 signatures requesting that urgent action be taken to protect our children from accessing internet pornography in public...
  • Forde Electorate (1 speech)
    In 1996, just after I was first elected to parliament, I established the Forde community contribution awards as a way of saying thank you to those special people who dedicate so much of their...
  • Iraq (3 speeches)
    Last night, I checked the Iraq update page of the Prime Minister’s website in search of details about the latest decision to move the 450 Australian troops now stationed in Al Muthanna...
  • Fisher Electorate: Health; Queensland Election (1 speech)
    All of us have been very interested in the disastrous headlines for the Queensland Labor government on the health crisis engulfing that state, but I would like to bring to the attention of the...
  • Soccer: Television Broadcasting Rights (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on an issue that will have a major significance to patriotic Australians and sporting fans over the coming seven years: TV broadcasting rights to Socceroos matches. Like 1.87...
  • Weakleys Drive (1 speech)
    Today I make an announcement I thought I would never be making, and that is the commencement of works for Weakleys Drive interchange. Weakleys Drive interchange is at the start of the F3 freeway....
  • Budget 2006-07 (1 speech)
    I would like to take this opportunity today to expand briefly on several issues of the federal budget that I did not get an opportunity to speak about during the speeches on the appropriations...
  • Gilmore Electorate: Blueprint Shoalhaven (2 speeches)
    Today I would like to talk about Blueprint Shoalhaven, a project in the Gilmore electorate which is jointly funded by local, state and federal government. The background of Blueprint Shoalhaven...