House debates

Monday, 25 May 2009

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Mr John Howard (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to comment on a recently released book covering the final term of the Howard government, the rise to the leadership of the Labor Party of the current Prime Minister and the success...
  • Queensland and New South Wales Floods (1 speech)
    I would like to give the House an update on the major flooding that has had a devastating impact on the cities, towns and rural areas across my electorate of Page this week and, indeed, in the...
  • Kokoda Mateship Trek (3 speeches)
    ’Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free.’ Those words have never meant more to me than when I walked the Kokoda Trail with my good mate the member for Blaxland and...
  • Petition: Murray-Darling River System (1 speech)
    I present a petition that has been found to be in order by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Petitions. Fifty families live on the east side of the eastern main channel in...
  • International Students (1 speech)
    I wish to draw attention to the importance and worth of international students studying in Australia and to raise some concerns about their experiences while they are here. I think we in this...