House debates

Thursday, 11 February 2010

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 4.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Royal Flying Doctor Service (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to pay tribute, as I have on a number of occasions in the past in this House, to the Royal Flying Doctor Service, and to extend my gratitude to the service for the vital work...
  • Badgerys Creek; Member for Robertson (1 speech)
    The national aviation white paper released at the end of last year spells the death knell for Badgerys Creek airport. It is no longer an option. After 11 years of Howard government...
  • Hume Electorate: Superannuation (1 speech)
    In late December 2009 the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority announced that they had suspended Trio Capital Ltd as a trustee of...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    I rise to draw attention to the dishonesty of the approach to taking action on climate change that has been brought forward by the Leader of the Opposition. The first element of the dishonesty of...
  • Veterans’ Affairs (1 speech)
    I rise in my capacity as shadow minister for veterans’ affairs to speak on some issues that are affecting Australia’s veterans. It is a vital that entitlements and services for...
  • Haiti: United Nations Staff (2 speeches)
    On 13 January the television news started to penetrate Australia’s summer reverie with images of the devastation in Haiti caused by the earthquake that had occurred in the late afternoon of...