House debates
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
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I move: That the House do now adjourn. - Drugs (1 speech)
Today, for many for young people across Australia, illicit drug use is a deadly problem. While we are all well aware of the devastation that drugs can cause individuals, their families and our... - Australian National Academy of Music (1 speech)
The Australian National Academy of Music is located in Bank Street, South Melbourne, in my electorate. It is part of the arts precinct in Southbank and South Melbourne that employs many people... - Maranoa Electorate: Surat Coal Basin (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the Surat coal basin, which lies largely in my electorate of Maranoa and floats up into the edge of the electorate of Flynn. I want to talk about a forum that was held in my... - Norfolk Island and Tasmania (1 speech)
I am a member of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories, and the committee recently had a visit to Norfolk Island on a familiarisation trip and also to... - Salvation Army: Braver, Stronger, Wiser Program (1 speech)
I rise to speak in support of the Salvation Army’s Braver, Stronger, Wiser program that was launched throughout Australia on Thursday of last week to help deal with depression in rural... - 60th Anniversary of the Signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1 speech)
Next month on 10 December we will recognise the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This document was born from the horrors of the Second World War with... - Dandenong Ranges (2 speeches)
Tonight I wish to tell a story about sadness, about hope, about victory and about despair. The sadness relates to the Dandenong Ranges, and one of my favourite subjects, as the Speaker would...
