House debates

Monday, 15 June 2009

  • (1 speech)
    Debate resumed from 1 June.
  • Area Consultative Committees (1 speech)
    Tonight I grieve not for the people involved but for the way they have been treated by this government. I talk about the area consultative committees, a network of regionally based economic and...
  • Broadband (1 speech)
    I want to speak on behalf of my constituents, who are aggrieved and concerned about their current access to broadband in Tasmania. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as of 30 June...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
    I would like to speak about the great concerns I have with the government’s Building the Education Revolution, which appears by the day to be running into more and more horror stories of...
  • National Rugby League (1 speech)
    This year has been a testing time for the game of rugby league. Many of the recent revelations regarding the behaviour of individuals associated with the game have been shocking and such conduct...
  • Queensland and New South Wales Floods (1 speech)
    Two weeks ago I brought to the attention of the House the injustice of the Rudd government’s decision to deny Coffs Coast and Clarence Valley residents affected by the March 31 floods...
  • Attacks on Indian Students (2 speeches)
    I rise tonight to respond to the violent attacks on Indian students in Sydney and Melbourne. Thankfully, I do not have to refer to anything that occurred in my electorate of Moreton in Brisbane....