House debates

Thursday, 27 May 2010

  • (1 speech)
    I move: That the Main Committee do now adjourn.
  • Homelessness; Rudd Government (1 speech)
    Mr Deputy Speaker, have you noticed how self-centred people have become these days? They are concerned about what is the next show on TV, who is saying what on Facebook, what is going to be...
  • Blair Electorate: Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program; Blair Electorate: Mr Neil Zabel (1 speech)
    The Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program has been a big boon for the Ipswich and West Moreton area. One billion dollars has been allocated and distributed across Australia for that...
  • Rudd Government (1 speech)
    What a wonderful parallel universe some of our representatives in this place must live in! I rise today to speak about the incompetence of this government and the effect that its failures are...
  • Newcastle Electorate: Sport (6 speeches)
    It is the day after the first round of the State of Origin, and some of us in New South Wales are feeling a little bruised by the result. I would like to share with the chamber some of the...
  • Fadden Electorate: Seniors Forum and Expo (1 speech)
    Last Monday I ran the Gold Coast North Fadden Seniors Forum and Expo, which was the inaugural seniors expo in the northern part of the Gold Coast. We thought we would take a toe in the water...
  • Foreign Policy: Middle East (2 speeches)
    Yesterday, the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine hosted a briefing from the Australian People for Health, Education and Development Abroad, known as APHEDA, here in our parliament. The briefing...