House debates
Monday, 17 September 2007
- Dental Health (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to address Australia’s dental health crisis and the great need to improve our dental health system. In the last fortnight, 2,419 people from my electorate of Batman... - Sri Lanka (1 speech)
I would like to bring to the attention of the House today the fact that a petition will be tabled after question time relating to the close links between Australia and Sri Lanka and drawing... - Prospect Electorate: Battle for Australia Commemorations (1 speech)
On 5 September I attended the commemoration at Smithfield RSL of the Battle for Australia day. Smithfield RSL was the first RSL club in Australia to commemorate this battle, as many now do across... - Dobell Electorate: Methadone Clinics (1 speech)
I would like to draw to the attention of the House Labor’s mismanagement of part of my electorate: the areas of Toukley, Noraville, Norah Head and Canton Beach. The state Labor government... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I present a petition from 9,538 petitioners which has been certified by the Clerk. I collected these petitions from a delegates meeting of the CFMEU at Lidcombe on Friday, 31 August and undertook... - Geelong Football Club; Corangamite Electorate: Geelong Ring-road (1 speech)
The year 2007 could be the year of the Geelong Cats. Next Friday we face Collingwood in the preliminary final, and the following week we hope to be in the grand final. I wish to put on the record... - Climate Change; Rights at Work (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, to curry favour with you—and also, because the people I represent in the northern suburbs are probably more likely to barrack for Collingwood than Geelong—I indicate that... - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (1 speech)
I wish to again draw to the attention of the House the disgraceful failure by the Howard government in relation to fixing aircraft noise associated with Sydney airport. I will be speaking in more... - Political Propaganda in Schools (1 speech)
I have received a number of complaints about teachers handing out political propaganda at the school gate and in some cases in the school grounds. This happens in every election but it is totally... - Sustainable Cities (1 speech)
One of the indicators of the lowering of standards of this government in the way it perceives parliament is the way in which responses to parliamentary committees have been delayed. In... - Local Government Funding (1 speech)
I rise today to raise the plight of local government and the lack of funds that they are having to cope with at the moment. Local governments have had an enormous amount of cost-shifting put upon... - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I again bring to the attention of the House the disgraceful failure of the government to meet its 17 per cent target of air traffic movements to the north of Sydney airport. I am very...
