House debates

Monday, 13 October 2008

  • (1 speech)
    Debate resumed from 22 September.
  • Economy (1 speech)
    I rise to draw the attention of the chamber to what is happening to local business across the nation. The global economic crisis is having an impact, but the bigger impact is a crisis of...
  • Peacekeeping Memorials (1 speech)
    Tonight I want to speak a little about a concern that I have. I am probably not so much aggrieved by specifics other than my concern and frustration for the memory of veterans in our community....
  • Apprenticeships; Identity Fraud (1 speech)
    Tonight during the grievance debate I would like to talk about two issues. One is relevant to my electorate of Farrer, and that concerns apprentices and apprenticeships. The other is related to...
  • Mental Health Week (1 speech)
    Last week I was afforded the honour of opening Participate 08, a health and wellbeing expo in Launceston which was part of Mental Health Week. The expo focused on mental health promotion,...
  • Mallee Electorate: Drought (1 speech)
    The grievance debate provides an opportunity for a member of the House of Representatives to advise the House of the state of their division. Grievance debate is an appropriate name because there...
  • Bali Nine (1 speech)
    This evening I would like to talk about an issue which I have been involved with now for some time. Earlier this year I met two people at a party in the Northern Territory—Christine and Lee...
  • Mallee Electorate: Woomelang (2 speeches)
    by leave—I would like to continue my previous remarks by finishing with a positive story about Woomelang, a small township on the Sunraysia Highway in the eastern Mallee that lost their...