House debates

Wednesday, 7 February 2007

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to provide the House with a very quick snapshot of the most comprehensive global scientific assessment report on climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
  • Hasluck Leadership Award (1 speech)
    The distance and the cost is a serious disadvantage for Western Australian school students travelling to our nation’s capital to see the Australian parliament in progress and to understand...
  • Coastal Policy (1 speech)
    Back in 2001, an election commitment—among a raft of election commitments—was made in relation to coastal policy. The government said at the time that a new national coastal policy...
  • Pornography; Family Law Education Program (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on three issues, time permitting. Firstly, I want to talk about the results of a recent study at the centre of the new book The Sex Lives of Australian Teenagers, by reputable...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    As did two of my colleagues previously, I rise to talk about climate change and global warming—and about the effects that it would have on the seat of Hindmarsh. We all know that our...
  • Corporate and Social Responsibility (2 speeches)
    I rise this evening to speak on an issue that is very close to my heart: the issue of corporate and social responsibility. When I addressed the House on this issue last year, I spoke particularly...