House debates

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 8.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Petition: Queensland and New South Wales Floods (1 speech)
    I rise to present a petition on behalf of the residents of Coffs Coast, because there has been substantial inequity in the treatment of the victims of the storm event of 31 March. It is an issue...
  • Ballarat Electorate: Young Leaders Visit to Canberra (1 speech)
    It was once said that democracy ‘forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements’. We have seen...
  • Pollie Pedal 2009; Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, Sydney University (2 speeches)
    May I compliment the member for Ballarat on her initiative and her contribution to the House. I pay tribute tonight, in what I hope is a similar spirit, to all of the people who have been...
  • Norfolk Island (1 speech)
    Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and hear, hear to that. This evening I would like to take the opportunity to talk about Norfolk Island, an Australian external territory out in the Pacific Ocean....
  • Child Pornography (1 speech)
    Australia’s internet child pornography laws are far too lenient. I remind the House of the recent investigation by Queensland’s Taskforce Argos, with Interpol and the FBI, which...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    I certainly support the words of the member for Farrer. This evening I would like to inform the House about the importance of this year’s budget and highlight the obvious positive effects...
  • Gorton electorate: Roads (2 speeches)
    With very little time left I want to take this opportunity to thank my constituents in the electorate of Gorton for their hard work in campaigning for the Deer Park Bypass. The Deer Park Bypass...