House debates

Thursday, 4 June 2009

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Petition: Youth Allowance (2 speeches)
    Today I present to the House 6,581 signatures collected from around Australia, from every state, reflecting the efforts of many people, who, as the rules of the House provide, must provide their...
  • Waltz-Sing Matildas (1 speech)
    I would like to share with the House tonight a very special evening my husband Lindsay and I spent last Saturday with the Mayor of Lake Macquarie and his wife, Greg and Lyn Piper and two...
  • Emergency Mobile Phone Calls (1 speech)
    Mobile phones are a very important and very popular device in our modern world. Everyone seems to have a mobile phone—whether one is a teenager or an adolescent, is in business or is...
  • Alcohol Abuse (1 speech)
    I speak today on behalf of Reverend Bill Crews and the Exodus Foundation and their campaign for the mandatory labelling of a health warning on alcohol products. On 12 May this year I, along with...
  • Father Nguyen Van Ly (1 speech)
    I would like to take this opportunity to again speak on the issue of human rights in Vietnam. In particular, I will speak on the circumstances of Father Nguyen Van Ly, the Roman Catholic priest...
  • Deakin Electorate: Schools (2 speeches)
    I rise today to speak about the wonderful opportunity extended to every primary and special school in my electorate of Deakin and right across Australia. The opportunity comes from the Building...