House debates

Thursday, 10 September 2009

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Farrer Electorate: Dairy Industry (1 speech)
    I would like to report to the House today on the dire circumstances facing the dairy industry in my electorate of Farrer. Spring has, unfortunately, crashed in the New South Wales Murray region,...
  • Economy (1 speech)
    We are in the midst of the worst global recession in 75 years following on from the global financial crisis last year. Despite that, Australia has been weathering the storm better than other...
  • Royal Flying Doctor Service (1 speech)
    I rise to talk about a matter of the utmost significance in western New South Wales. The story of the Royal Flying Doctor Service is the story of outback Australia. The flying doctor was born out...
  • Sri Lanka (1 speech)
    Today I speak again about the horrific humanitarian disaster in the north of Sri Lanka. The hundreds of thousands of innocent Tamils displaced by the military offensive are living in camps in...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
    Quite often in this place, a member from the other side refers to my previous employment with the former Prime Minister. It happened again today, and this time it was the member for Blair, and...
  • Braddon Electorate: Primary Industries (2 speeches)
    I would remind the member for Mayo of his former boss’s comments about ‘never ever’. I was really pleased on 2 September to have the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and...