House debates

Wednesday, 9 September 2009

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Calwell Electorate: Hume Global Learning Centre (1 speech)
    Tonight I want to speak about the government’s innovative social inclusion agenda and to inform the House of a remarkable example of social inclusion in action within my electorate of...
  • Maternity Services (1 speech)
    All politics is local, but rarely is it more personal than with the moves in the last couple of weeks to deny homebirthing in this country an equal status with midwifery. Just a fraction of...
  • Balibo Five (1 speech, 1 comment)
    Tonight I want to talk about Brian Raymond Peters, Gary James Cunningham, Malcolm Harvie Rennie, Gregory John Shackleton and Anthony John Stewart, all deceased and all known to us in Australia as...
  • Fadden Electorate: National Rental Affordability Scheme (1 speech)
    A few Sundays ago I organised a public meeting with the residents of Coombabah and specifically Hansford Road. There were over 200 people in attendance, all local residents concerned about the...
  • Blair Electorate: Dr Kamalakaran Harry Ratnam OAM (1 speech)
    On 11 June 2007 Queensland’s oldest provincial newspaper, the Queensland Times, wrote this: HAVE you heard the Irish joke about the Malaysian student who went to Dublin to study medicine...
  • Pornography and Children (3 speeches)
    On Tuesday we recognised White Balloon Day and the important work that Bravehearts do in preventing child sexual assault in remote, rural and regional areas. Our attention was similarly and...