House debates

Thursday, 17 August 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Telecommunications (3 speeches)
    This speech is for the benefit of the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, in the hope that she and the rest of the government will snap out of their complacency and...
  • Charter of Victims Rights (1 speech)
    In an earlier statement to the House I spoke about the case of Nicole Robach, whose partner Michael Carey was murdered by Mr Rudzitis on 28 February 2005. Mr Rudzitis is presently incarcerated in...
  • Mr David Hicks (1 speech)
    I have spoken in the House on a number of occasions in relation to the plight of David Hicks and his incarceration in Guantanamo Bay. I put a notice of motion on the Notice Paper on 2 March 2006...
  • United Nations (1 speech)
    Today I want to speak in parliament on a meeting earlier this week that I had the great pleasure of attending, along with many of my colleagues from both the House and the Senate. I had the great...
  • Battle of Long Tan (1 speech)
    I rise on this day to take note of the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan. Firstly, I would like to make a general comment on the Vietnam War commemorations that will be occurring all...
  • Warnervale Community Centre; Central Coast: Coalmining; Parliamentarians’ Entitlements: Printing (1 speech)
    I have been pushing the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs for some time to include the Warnervale Community Centre in a pilot program. However, today in the Main...
  • Mr David Hicks (4 speeches)
    This morning I was very fortunate, along with over 30 parliamentary colleagues from both the House and the Senate, to be involved in a briefing by Major Michael Dante Mori, the very brave and...
  • Ministerial Reply (4 speeches)
    In the adjournment debate, the member for Dobell raised the issue of printing entitlements. It was also raised in the MPI earlier today and through comments by the member for Wills over the last...