House debates
Thursday, 14 February 2008
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn. - Mr Paddy McGuinness (1 speech)
This week the parliament has eulogised Bernie Banton, Matt Price, Sir Charles Court and Sir Edmund Hillary, and I rise this afternoon to praise a man equally worthy of parliamentary tribute,... - Threatened and Extinct Species (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, I congratulate you on your election to high office. It is very well deserved indeed. I consider it a grotesque piece of arrogance on our part as a human race that we think we have the... - Banka Island Massacre (1 speech)
I rise to ask that we remember the 21 Australian service nurses who were killed 66 years ago in an event that would become known as the Banka Island massacre. This Saturday, 16 February, will... - Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples (1 speech)
Yesterday was a great day to be a member of parliament, a day that will be remembered by many and talked about for years to come. It was, of course, the day that the Prime Minister of the country... - 2020 Summit (1 speech)
I wish to raise a matter of serious concern to many of my constituents and to many other Australians. On 3 February the Prime Minister announced that he would hold a summit of 1,000 of what he... - Australian Police medal (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Superintendent Stuart Wilkins, who was awarded the Australian Police Medal in the Australia Day honours this year. Superintendent Wilkins is a proud member of the New South...
