House debates

Monday, 26 October 2009

  • (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 207, I present the following petitions:
  • Responses; Coral Sea Heritage Park
    Dear Mrs Irwin, Thank you for your letter of 17 June 2009 seeking my response to a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding a proposal to establish a Coral Sea Heritage...
  • Responses; Youth Allowance
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 19 August 2009 referring to a petition from a group of families, students and friends requesting that the proposed changes to the workforce...
  • Responses; Daylight Saving
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 19 August 2009 to the Prime Minister with regard to a petition concerning a national, uniform approach to daylight saving. The Prime Minister has asked...
  • Responses; Queensland and New South Wales Floods
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 25 June 2009 about the Petition tabled on 23 June 2009 regarding the availability of the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment to those...
  • Responses; World War II Sex Slavery
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 20 August 2009 forwarding a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding justice for “comfort women”. The Australian...
  • Responses; Youth Allowance
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 10 September 2009 referring to a petition requesting that the implementation date for the changes to the second and third elements of the workforce...
  • Responses; Wakefield Electorate: Health Services
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 19 August 2009 to the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, regarding the current petition under the Committee’s consideration...
  • Responses; Aged Care
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 9 June 2009 to the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, regarding a petition submitted for the consideration of the Standing...
  • Responses; Australian Service Medal
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 19 August 2009 to the Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon John Faulkner, on behalf of petitioner Mr Mark Rowell concerning eligibility for the...
  • Responses; Youth Allowance
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 12 August 2009 referring to a petition from Gippsland residents requesting that the second and third elements of the workforce participation criterion...
  • Responses; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 11 June 2009 concerning two petitions submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). Tackling...
  • Responses; Aboriginal Tent Embassy
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 11 June 2009 about three petitions that relate to Indigenous Australians which were submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions for consideration...
  • Statements (2 speeches)
    Tonight I wish to speak about a petition which has come before the Standing Committee on Petitions and which I have just presented to the House. It illustrates something of the breadth of...