House debates

Tuesday, 18 March 2008

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 8.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Forrest Electorate: Regional Partnerships Program (1 speech)
    I am particularly concerned for the various sporting and community groups and regional shires within my electorate of Forrest. These groups and organisations have made application under the...
  • Major Capital Facilities Program (1 speech)
    As some may know, I have a great deal of personal experience of the incompetence of the previous government on security issues, but the extent of their mismanagement and incompetence has only...
  • Private Health Insurance (1 speech)
    I rise to bring to the attention of the House a matter of concern regarding the announcement of increases to fees charged by private health funds. On 6 March this year, the Minister for Health...
  • Defence Procurement (1 speech)
    As members of the House would be aware, a number of defence procurement projects have received extensive media coverage in recent months. In my role as Parliamentary Secretary for Defence...
  • Cowan Electorate: Education Funding (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak on the circumstances of the Hawker Park Primary School in the electorate of Cowan and the effects of the state government’s influence on the Investing in Our Schools...
  • Parramatta Electorate: Parramatta Park (1 speech)
    On 18 March 1857, 150 years ago, an act to provide for the disposal of the Parramatta domain obtained royal assent, with a parcel of 200 acres to be set aside for a park promoting the health and...
  • Free-to-Air Television (2 speeches)
    I rise to convey some concerns that my friends and parliamentary colleagues the member for Cowan, Luke Simpkins, and South Australian Senator Cory Bernardi have raised with me. In essence, their...