House debates

Monday, 20 October 2008

  • (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 207, I present the following petitions:
  • Responses; Olympic Dam
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 4 September 2008 concerning a petition in relation to the proposed expansion of the Olympic Dam mine. As highlighted by my colleague the Hon Peter...
  • Responses; ABC Radio Service in Nannup
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter dated 4 September 2008 concerning a petition submitted for consideration to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Petitions concerning Nannup...
  • Responses; Immigration: Asylum Seekers
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 2 June 2008 concerning additional petitions recently submitted by the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne to the Standing Committee on Petitions...
  • Statements (3 speeches)
    I advised the House in September that I would be visiting the Scottish parliament, among other places, to witness firsthand the way that petitions are dealt with and what the new Standing...