House debates
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
- Petition: MRI Licence, Warrnambool (1 speech)
Today I would like to formally present a petition of 26 signatures by doctors, mainly, and people around Warrnambool who are very keen to see an MRI licence granted in Warrnambool. We have... - Blair Electorate: Ipswich Sesquicentenary (1 speech)
I want to congratulate my home city of Ipswich on the 150th anniversary of being proclaimed a municipality. I congratulate the Ipswich City Council for its commemorative council meeting on 12... - Greenway Electorate: Hospitals (1 speech)
I rise to speak on health and hospitals in my region, particularly in my local area of the Blue Mountains and the Hawkesbury. Blue Mountains residents already travel great distances for essential... - Corio Electorate: Australian Animal Health Laboratory (1 speech)
In recent months the streets of East Geelong have been dotted with the macabre sight of dead bats hanging from above, the victims of encounters with power lines. Over the summer the population of... - Isaacs Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
Last month the Dandenong Jobs Expo was held at the new general merchandise hall of the recently renovated Dandenong Market. It was the first time that the market had been used for a non-market... - Mayo Electorate: Digital Television (2 speeches)
Thank you, Madam Speaker Burke, and the time expired of the Rudd government is coming soon, too. I rise today to talk again in this place about the digital television issue in my electorate,... - Melbourne International Jazz Festival (1 speech)
The great international jazz musician Stan Getz said that other than conversation, no art form can give satisfaction of spontaneous interaction like jazz. On 1 May I attended the opening of the... - Budget (1 speech)
As expected, the budget announced by Treasurer Wayne Swan is a budget that demonstrates a government out of its depth and out of control when it comes to our nation’s finances. It is a... - Law Enforcement (3 speeches)
After a number of recent controversial judgments relating to law and order in the past few weeks in New South Wales, I am concerned that hardworking police officers must be asking themselves why... - Budget (2 speeches)
The Rudd Labor government conceded in question time yesterday that the three per cent increase in superannuation guarantee contributions will not be paid for by the mining super tax but will be...
