House debates

Thursday, 29 October 2009

  • (1 speech)
    I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
  • Airservices Australia (1 speech)
    In the five minutes allocated to me in this debate, I want to respond to statements made by officers of Airservices Australia, Senator Conroy and Senator Glenn Sterle, Chair of the Senate...
  • Corporate Crime (1 speech)
    Corporate crime is always unacceptable, but the global financial crisis has certainly shone a brighter spotlight on the losses sustained by average Australian customers and investors when greed...
  • Gippsland Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
    I rise to highlight an issue of enormous concern to Gippslanders and, I assume, all members in this place, that being the issue of youth unemployment. Recently a report was released titled How...
  • Messinian Association of South Australia (1 speech)
    I had the honour and pleasure last Sunday, 25 October, to be invited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Messinian Association of South Australia. I would like to congratulate the Messinian...
  • William Joseph McMaster (1 speech)
    A funeral mass was held for William Joseph McMaster at the Holy Family Church at Maryknoll on 16 October 2009, under celebrant Father Tim O’Toole. Father O’Toole was gracious enough...
  • Electorate of Deakin: Building the Education Revolution (1 speech)
    Today I would like to speak in this adjournment debate about some of the great work going on in terms of construction at my local primary schools in the electorate of Deakin. Last Friday I...