House debates
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
- Grey Electorate: Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
It gives me no pleasure to have to report more BER disasters and rip-offs. The Port Broughton Area School Chairperson, Mr Andrew Bowley, has reported the school is extremely disappointed to have... - Capricornia Electorate: Drug and Alcohol Abuse Related Crime (1 speech)
Today I want to bring to the attention of the House the shocking state of drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence and child abuse that is increasingly becoming part of our daily lives in... - Petition: Homelessness (1 speech)
I present a petition, which has been approved by the Standing Committee on Petitions, in which the petitioners draw to the attention of the House that Australia has more than 100,000 homeless... - Holt Electorate: Cranbourne Information and Support Service (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the magnificent work of Leanne Petrides, staff and volunteers at the Cranbourne Information and Support Service. I have had a longstanding admiration for Leanne and... - Petition: School Chaplaincy Program (1 speech)
I rise today to comment on the School Chaplaincy Program, which the previous government introduced and which has proved to be one of its most successful and popular programs. The School... - Forde Electorate: Mr Brian Harris; Forde Electorate: Canterbury College Cantabile Choir (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to note with some sadness the passing of a well-known Eagleby character, Mr Brian Harris. Brian Harris was born on 29 September 1954 in the UK. He grew up in Elizabeth,... - Schools; Greek Community (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the current threat to the diversity of foreign languages in our government schools. The Rudd government is currently considering reducing the number of foreign languages taught... - Solomon Electorate: Projects (1 speech)
I rise today to comment on the fantastic projects that have been and are being delivered in my seat of Solomon. My first priority when elected was to end the blame game between the Northern... - Murray Electorate: Victorian Auditor-General's Report (1 speech)
In Victoria there is a report just released by the Auditor-General that looks at the extraordinary malpractice that has gone on in relation to the North-South Pipeline and the so-called Northern... - Learn. Earn. Legend! (2 speeches)
The Learn. Earn. Legend! campaign has arranged for 100 eager Indigenous students from all over the nation to spend one week in Canberra, exploring and undertaking work experience in Parliament...
