House debates
Thursday, 4 February 2010
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Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn. - Stirling Electorate: Community Safety (1 speech)
Crime prevention and community safety are issues of great importance in every electorate; however, they are particularly important in my own electorate of Stirling. I have always done whatever I... - Sri Lanka (1 speech)
Today is the 62nd anniversary of Independence Day in Sri Lanka. However, the Tamils on the island will not be celebrating—indeed, the Tamil diaspora around the world mourn as they believe... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
On 19 March 2008 the Deputy Prime Minister did an interview with Kieran Gilbert on PM Agenda. The Deputy Prime Minister was asked: The opposition has asked you to guarantee that no worker will be... - Illawarra: Project Kickstart (1 speech)
On several occasions in parliament I have taken the opportunity to raise the issue of youth unemployment and what can be done in a practical way to address the matter and specifically how, in our... - Cowan Electorate: Type 1 Diabetes (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to speak of my concern for those of my constituents who are afflicted with the insidious disease type 1 diabetes. As a father there is nothing more important to me than... - Australian Hospital Ship Centaur (2 speeches)
At 2.50 am on 10 January this year, the first photographic images emerged from the seabed off Moreton Island verifying what we all knew to be true—that is, that the shipwreck identified by...
