House debates

Monday, 8 February 2010

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Mobile Phone Services (1 speech)
    Widgee is a community of fewer than 700 people located 24 kilometres west of Gympie in my electorate. Widgee does not have mobile phone coverage and, in spite of its relatively small population,...
  • Victorian Bushfires (1 speech)
    It was just one year ago that I joined with my colleagues from all sides of the parliament in supporting a condolence motion in relation to the devastating Black Saturday bushfires. These fires...
  • Green Loans Program (1 speech)
    Children around the land for the last decade have been taught that the great future in jobs is green jobs. We have seen Prime Minister Howard’s Green Corps; we have seen Tony Abbott’s...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    Mr Speaker, I am sure that you, like me and a lot of other members of this House, received a lot of emails starting last year about Lord Monckton and his views on climate change. I am speaking...
  • Mission Australia’s 34th Christmas Lunch in the Park (1 speech)
    On a brighter note: Christmas lunch in 2009 was an experience for me and many others in Perth that I will raise today and I will never forget. In our second week back in parliament, I hope that...
  • Modbury Hospital (1 speech)
    On 20 March there will be a state election in South Australia, and once again Modbury Hospital is being used as a political football by the Liberal Party in South Australia. Yesterday, in an...
  • Adelaide Sporting Events (2 speeches)
    I would like to speak about two recent sporting events in Adelaide that I have been pleased to attend. Firstly, there was the Brighton Jetty Classic open water swim. I was pleased to attend that...