House debates
Thursday, 29 May 2008
- Greenway Electorate: Education (1 speech)
I wish to talk about the University of Western Sydney. A campus in my electorate, Nirimba campus, is an education precinct. It has two high schools and a TAFE, and of course the university has... - Parramatta Electorate: Carlingford West Public School (1 speech)
I rise today to update the House regarding a school in my community, Carlingford West Public School, which has recently suffered badly from fire damage. On Sunday night at around 11.45, fires... - Paterson Electorate (1 speech)
Today I rise to talk about two issues, and I am glad the member for Shortland is here because one of those issues surrounds her. With the budgets of recent times under the Howard government,... - Franklin Electorate: Gagebrook Primary School (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to an incredible program that I had the opportunity to see firsthand in my electorate last week. It is in Gagebrook, a suburb in the north of Hobart that was settled... - Fair Trade Chocolate (1 speech)
It is a great pleasure to be speaking in the Main Committee today on the issue of Fair Trade chocolate. I wrote to the Prime Minister on 10 April about an issue that is burning in my electorate... - Australia Post (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the residents who live in and around Elmhurst and Bungalook Roads in Bayswater North, in my electorate, for helping me save their local postbox. It was one of my... - Telecommunications (1 speech)
The Rudd Labor government’s Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has been caught out not only misleading Senate estimates but also using... - Libraries (1 speech)
I want to speak up for libraries, having been asked by local constituents to do so. Libraries are a rich community resource for learning, for communications and for information. We all love to... - Regional Partnerships (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Labor government’s latest backflip—this time on Regional Partnerships. I understand that the government will now give 86 not-for-profit and local government... - Ms Mia Ristovska; Shortland Electorate: Caravan Park Project (2 speeches)
Mia Ristovska is a third-year Bachelor of Social Work student, and she is currently on placement in my office. The words that I will read now have been written by her. She has been a fine student...
