House debates

Thursday, 19 November 2009

  • (1 speech)
    I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
  • Woodside Army Barracks (1 speech)
    Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to speak on what is International Men’s Day, a very important initiative. I rise to speak today in this adjournment debate about a very...
  • International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (1 speech)
    Next Wednesday, 25 November, is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It is then timely to raise the example of the extreme and wide-scale violence that has received...
  • Petitions: Youth Allowance (1 speech)
    I rise to talk about a very serious problem concerning this and future generations of country students. These are year 12 graduates who seek to have a university education. At the commencement of...
  • Australian Youth Forum (1 speech)
    The federal government has announced intention to develop a national strategy for young people and to include young people in the development of that strategy. This is happening principally...
  • Coober Pedy Solar Power Plant; Rudd Government Promises (1 speech)
    It is appropriate, as this government passes its second birthday, that we should measure its rhetoric against its performance. Unfortunately, we are likely to find some large gaps. In the short...
  • Rene Levi; Telstra; Australian Technical College Northern Tasmania (1 speech)
    There are three things I would like to raise today. The first is that I would like to pay my respects, sympathies and condolences to the family of Rene Levi, a 15-year-old boy at Latrobe High...