House debates
Thursday, 30 September 2010
- Sugarloaf Pipeline (1 speech)
On 7 September this year, at the height of the northern Victorian floods, communities in the upper- and lower-Goulburn catchment, in the electorates of McEwen, Murray and Indi, were watching... - Page Electorate: Telstra (1 speech)
Two days ago, all honourable members would have received by email an invitation to join Telstra’s CEO, David Thodey, and chair, Catherine Livingstone, for cocktails at a function booked... - Gilmore Electorate: Nerriga Road (1 speech)
This weekend I will be joining the small township of Nerriga to celebrate the sealing of Main Road 92 from Nowra to Canberra—finally! This is a project that has been a long time coming. In... - Kingston Electorate: Reynella Neighbourhood Centre (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the Reynella Neighbourhood Centre on its 21st birthday. I was delighted last Sunday to be celebrating with the volunteers, community members and staff of this... - Fraser Coast Youth Mentoring Program (1 speech)
The Fraser Coast’s much admired youth mentoring school and student support program, the Triple S program, sponsored by the neighbourhood centre, was scaled down in April and closed in June... - Energy Efficiency (1 speech)
I bring to the attention of the House the release yesterday of the ABARE-BRS report End use energy intensity in the Australian economy. This report highlights the improvements that have occurred... - Economy (1 speech)
I want to inform the House of the report from the International Monetary Fund which says that the Australian economy is on a sound footing and has praised the government’s management of the... - Small Business (1 speech)
Macy Gray’s 1999 debut album has a song on it called Why Didn’t You Call Me? That must be the tune which small business organisations are hearing in their heads. What happened was... - Indigenous Affairs (1 speech)
I rise to add my thanks to Matilda House, a Ngambri elder, for the welcome to country extended to us on Tuesday as we celebrated the opening of this parliament. The setting outdoors was... - Farrer Electorate: Deniliquin Ute Muster (2 speeches)
After such a welcome week to the 43rd Parliament, I wish to invite members, senators and indeed all listening to this broadcast to join the warm and cosy crowd down the road this weekend at the...
