House debates
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
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Order! It being 8.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn. - STEP ForWARD Project (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about an exciting and extremely important research project taking place on the Gold Coast. Bond University, in partnership with Griffith University, is investigating the... - Modra Family; Chisholm Electorate: Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
Tonight I want to record my appreciation and admiration for the Modra family, who shared their family’s story with us last night on Australian Story. Ellen and Mark Modra live in my... - Australian Student Prize (1 speech)
One of the great joys of being a federal member of the Australian parliament is, of course, the opportunity to meet so many different kinds of people in our electorates, from businesspeople to... - Paid Maternity Leave (1 speech)
I speak tonight on the very important issue of paid maternity leave. It is an issue which has been spoken about, debated, deferred and put into the too hard basket by all sides of politics in... - Farrer Electorate: Drought (1 speech)
Last weekend I attended the Hay Agricultural Show. Hay is a town in the Riverina in my electorate of Farrer, which has a total area of 200,000 square kilometres in New South Wales. I would never... - Throsby Eelctorate: Dental Health (2 speeches)
Dental health issues are of major concern to constituents in the electorate of Throsby. In the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region we currently have over 7,000 people languishing on public dental waiting...
