House debates
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
- Cowan Electorate: Koondoola (1 speech)
Koondoola is a small suburb in the south of my electorate of Cowan that has its share of challenges. While Koondoola is doing it tough, when I look around Koondoola I see great potential. I spend... - Port Adelaide Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to rise today to discuss another environmental success story in my electorate of Port Adelaide that will have tremendous environmental and economic flow-on effects for... - Mitchell Electorate: Property Development Issues (1 speech)
I rise this morning to note a number of developments in a long-running electorate issue of mine involving property tax, land taxes and property development issues. This week the New South Wales... - Budget (1 speech)
Good morning, colleagues. I would like to take this opportunity to clarify a couple of points which seem to have caused a bit of confusion in my electorate since the federal budget was handed... - Farrer Electorate: Area Consultative Committees (1 speech)
I am pleased to speak today on the area consultative committees and the important role they played under the previous government in my electorate of Farrer. I am terribly disappointed to see that... - Moreton Electorate: Tarragindi Bikeway (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge the 17th anniversary of the Mabo decision, the traditional owners of the land, and thank them for their continuing stewardship. I refer to a new bikeway that is under... - Fisher Electorate: Conondale Valley Association (1 speech)
I was absolutely amazed when the Conondale Valley Association in the Sunshine Coast hinterland came to me and pointed out to me that in 2009 they were unable to obtain free-to-air television... - Page Electorate: Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
While Maclean District Hospital sits just outside my electorate of Page in Cowper, thousands of my constituents in the Lower Clarence rely on it. Many constituents hold real fears about the... - Higher Education: Youth Allowance (1 speech)
It would have been light entertainment in Bendigo’s central mall last Saturday, about midday, if the mock wedding did not in fact refer to an intergenerational tragedy now emerging in rural... - Bonner Electorate: Moreton Island Oil Spill (2 speeches)
Last week I had the opportunity to speak in the adjournment debate on a most significant and tragic event that occurred in my electorate—that is, the oil spill on Moreton Island on 11...
