House debates
Monday, 16 March 2009
- Swan Electorate: Fiesta 2009 (1 speech)
Western Australia is perhaps best known for the fantastic lifestyle it offers its residents. My seat of Swan, in Perth, is a great example of this lifestyle. On a typical summer evening along the... - Coogee Surf Life Saving Club (1 speech)
The Coogee Surf Life Saving Club is a community organisation that is a true asset to the people of the Fremantle electorate. It was established in 2002 and is responsible for surf life saving and... - The Simpson Prize (1 speech)
Today the parliament hosted the 2009 Simpson Prize presentation ceremony. This is a competition managed by history teachers in Australia on behalf of the government. The theme was Gallipoli and... - Mavis Shelton (1 speech)
I wish to pay tribute to the late Mavis Shelton. Mavis, a wonderful woman and local identity in the Lindsay electorate, passed away on 25 January this year, aged 77. Not one for extravagance,... - RAAF Base Richmond (1 speech)
I rise tonight to express my concern at proposals out in the community to see the RAAF Base Richmond opened to more commercial traffic. We know, of course, that the federal Minister for Transport... - Ipswich Baptist Church (1 speech)
I rise tonight to congratulate Dr Les Sands, who has just written a book called The Continuing History of Ipswich Baptist. It builds on the work of Reverend John White, who wrote a history of... - Albury Base Hospital: Breast Cancer Screening (1 speech)
Breast cancer screenings and X-rays for undergoing screenings have been cut because the Albury Base Hospital cannot pay its bills. The Greater Southern Area Health Service owes the company that... - Low GI Sugar Cane (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about the Mossman Mill and low GI sugar cane. The launch today of a low GI cane was a world first. Low GI sugar that you can buy in a bag from Coles or Woolies across... - Gippsland Electorate: Medical Services (1 speech)
I rise to highlight concerns within the health sector in Gippsland in relation to the difficulty in attracting new doctors if the federal government goes ahead with recommendations to change the... - World's Greatest Shave (1 speech)
I rise tonight to congratulate one of my local constituents, a businesswoman, Teri Welsh from Forrestfield Photographics, for her brave and wonderful efforts at fundraising on Friday when she was... - Multiple Sclerosis Society of Australia (1 speech)
I would like an opportunity to remind honourable members that tomorrow morning there is a breakfast for multiple sclerosis—another of those debilitating physical diseases that we are not on... - Lindsay Electorate: Ulysses Club Annual General Meeting (1 speech)
I rise today to take note of a significant event that is occurring in my electorate over the coming week: the Ulysses Club 2009 annual general meeting. This event has brought some 4,000 bikes... - Gippsland Electorate: Road Funding (2 speeches)
I rise to raise concerns in relation to road funding and in particular the Princes Highway east of Bairnsdale. A tragic accident occurred near Lakes Entrance on Thursday evening where a...
