House debates

Tuesday, 10 October 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 9 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Parliamentary Standards (1 speech)
    On a day on which the Minister for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the government and in a very patronising and neocolonial way, lectured some of the countries in the Pacific Islands about their...
  • Mrs Madeline Halpin (1 speech)
    I rise to make the House aware of the sad passing of a remarkable member of the community in the town of Bellingen in my electorate. Mrs Madeline Halpin passed away recently at the age of 96...
  • Mr RW ‘Johnny’ Apple (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to honour the memory of a citizen of the United States of America: Johnny Apple. He was a senior journalist of the New York Times, a legend of American journalism, a legend in...
  • Jack Young Centre (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to draw the attention of this House to the very good work done by the Jack Young Centre supporting members of our retired community in Wakefield. There has been a lot of talk...
  • Food Allergies (1 speech)
    Last week a coronial inquest into the death of four-year-old Alex Baptist commenced. Alex died at kinder from an anaphylactic attack—an issue that could have easily been resolved had the...
  • North Korea (2 speeches)
    As chairman of the Australia-Korea Parliamentary Group I want to join the Prime Minister, the foreign minister and other members of this parliament in expressing my outrage at yesterday’s...