House debates

Monday, 22 February 2010

  • (1 speech)
    On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 207, I present the following petitions:
  • Responses; Banking
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 17 September 2009 to the Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs concerning a petition about banking facilities in Trundle. Your letter...
  • Responses; Crown Pardon: Mr Morant, Mr Handcock and Mr Witton
    Dear Mrs Irwin I refer to your letter dated 29 October 2009, forwarding a copy of a petition covering Messrs Morant, Handcock and Witton. The petition seeks posthumous pardons and a review of the...
  • Responses; Granite Belt Orchards
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 25 November 2009 about a petition lodged with your committee to protect Queensland fruit orchards from flying foxes. I am responding as the Australian...
  • Responses; Northern Territory Intervention Strategy
    Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 26 November 2009 about the petition received by the Committee in relation to the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER). I apologise for the...
  • Statements (1 speech)
    Tonight I speak as Chair of the Standing Committee on Petitions. Members may know that the committee has begun a new inquiry into the work of the committee. This is a review of the arrangements...