House debates

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

  • (1 speech)
    Order! It being 8.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
  • Roads: Goodna Bypass (7 speeches)
    A little over 2½ hours ago on Channel Nine News in Brisbane, Queensland viewers were informed by reporter Alex Smith that the Rudd government had, to use his words, ‘probably...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    The member for Ryan is sounding a bit rattled over there. He has turned a very safe Liberal seat into a marginal seat and I think he is a bit concerned about that. We have heard a bit of ranting...
  • Drought; Health (1 speech)
    In just over a month, on 31 March, much of western New South Wales—my electorate and others—the most drought-affected area in the whole of Australia over the last eight years or so,...
  • Hon. John Kilday ‘Jock’ Ferguson (1 speech)
    Tonight I would like to pay my respects to the Hon. John Kilday Ferguson, better known to many of us as Jock Ferguson, member of the Legislative Council of the Western Australian parliament, who...
  • Green Loans Program (1 speech)
    In a week in which we have seen the government rocked by scandals in the home insulation sector, I rise tonight to speak about another epic tale of government failure that has hit people in my...
  • Chisholm Electorate: Manufacturing (1 speech)
    Tonight I want to talk about our great state of Victoria, a state built on a manufacturing base. Sadly, we have seen that manufacturing base decline over time. In my electorate of Chisholm, we...