House debates

Wednesday, 6 September 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Skilled Migration (1 speech)
    The Prime Minister is on the record as saying he wants immigrants to adopt Australian values and learn to speak English, but as usual the reality of his actions illustrates the opposite. His...
  • Lebanese Community (1 speech)
    Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight, Mr Deputy Speaker, and I thank my colleagues also for their assistance tonight. I wish to inform the House of recent developments in strengthening...
  • Skilled Migration (1 speech)
    You really have to go out of your way to come up with a policy which disadvantages foreign workers and disadvantages Australian workers, but this government has found a way to do it. The 457 visa...
  • Northern Territory: Law and Order (7 speeches)
    I rise tonight to advise the House that on Wednesday, 30 August I convened a community crime forum for residents of Malak and Karama in Darwin’s northern suburbs at O’Loughlin...
  • Skilled Migration (1 speech)
    I want to make some comments tonight about the government’s use of 457 visas, and I want to make it clear from the outset that Labor not only supports the 457 visa class as an instrument to...
  • Germaine Greer (2 speeches)
    I am sure that almost all Australians have taken offence at the latest outrage from one of Australia’s least favourite exports, Germaine Greer. She has published a tasteless diatribe...