House debates
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
- Petition: Disability Services (1 speech)
Today I present a petition on behalf of the Woodstock Parent Action Group, handed to me on 17 November 2008 in Albury. I would very much like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to this group... - Corio Electorate: Awards (1 speech)
In his 1961 inaugural address at a time of great upheaval across not only America but the world, the United States President John F Kennedy challenged his fellow countrymen and women to ask... - Dunkley Electorate: Autism Centre (1 speech)
A delicious opportunity exists to establish an integrated, one-stop peninsula autism centre. It would be a nationally significant initiative, servicing the greater Frankston-Mornington Peninsula... - Mr Ernest James King (1 speech)
In the Australian parliament, I pay tribute to a long-serving and hardworking member of the community of Logan City, Mr Ernest James King, known to us as ‘Jimmy’. Jimmy King passed... - Ryan Electorate: Kenmore-Moggill RSL Sub-Branch; Ryan Electorate: Jindalee Golf Club (1 speech)
In the last sitting week of the federal parliament for 2008, I want to extend my thanks to two local organisations in the Ryan electorate that very kindly invited me to their annual Christmas... - Mr Kevin Maher (1 speech)
My friend Kevin Maher recently announced that after 25 years he had decided to pull up stumps in his role as Secretary of the Newcastle and Northern Branch of the Australian Workers Union, a role... - Calare Electorate: Multiple Sslerosis Society (1 speech)
In my electorate there is a man who hopes to donate $100,000 to the MS Society. MS is a horrendous neurological disorder for which there is no cure. Later this month Tony and his wife, Selena,... - Petition: Political Asylum (1 speech)
I present two petitions that have been approved by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Petitions. The petitions concern an issue on which a number of petitions have already been... - Dickson Electorate: F1inSchools (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity today to recognise a group of up-and-coming young innovators from my Dickson electorate for their outstanding achievement. The group from Pine River State... - Eden-Monaro Electorate: Ms Ame Barnbrook (2 speeches)
In my electorate of Eden-Monaro there are many remarkable people, but none more so than Ame Barnbrook. She is a young lady who is a finalist for the National Disability Awards, which are taking...
