House debates

Wednesday, 18 October 2006

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Drought (1 speech)
    For much of the past decade regional Australia has been gripped by drought. The drought has crippled regional communities across Australia not just this week or this month or this year; we have...
  • World Poverty (1 speech)
    This is Anti-Poverty Week and I have been privileged to have the opportunity to speak with a range of people this week—from World Vision, from Micah, from Make Poverty History and from...
  • Liberal Party: New South Wales Division (1 speech)
    On the weekend the state member for Hawkesbury, Stephen Pringle, was another victim of the extreme right-wing takeover of the New South Wales division of the Liberal Party—a member in his...
  • Carindale Brook and Carindale Court Innovative Care Centres (1 speech)
    Carindale Brook and Carindale Court innovative care centres are two aged care facilities within Bonner that constitute Queensland Rehabilitation Services. The centres provide an outstanding level...
  • Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools (1 speech)
    I want to start by congratulating one of the teachers in a school in my constituency for a very special, significant award won this week. Ms Marjorie Colvill from Perth Primary School won the...
  • Tarkine Development Plan (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to speak about a unique part of Australia in my electorate of Braddon. Covering a vast area of Tasmania’s north-west hinterland, the area known as the Tarkine is...