House debates

Monday, 18 October 2010

  • Mornington Peninsula Beaches (1 speech)
    This season, before summer, it is time for a peninsula beach recovery plan. What we have seen over the last year and a half is the erosion, damage and destruction of many of the great beaches of...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
    On 8 September I attended the official opening of the new multipurpose hall and resource centre at the Kilcoy State School in the Somerset region. On 15 September I was at the Mount Kilcoy State...
  • Kingsway Christian College (1 speech)
    I would like to mention Kingsway Christian College today. During the election campaign I had the honour of attending a couple of sessions with their senior students to talk about their...
  • Liu Xiaobo (1 speech)
    Today I want to put on the record my delight at the Nobel committee’s decision to award the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo for his non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in...
  • Taxation (1 speech)
    It has been for almost a year that the coalition has been calling on the Labor government to be clear about its intentions regarding more than two million independent contractors. These...
  • Liu Xiaobo (1 speech)
    I join the member for Fremantle in congratulating the great Chinese intellectual, Professor of Literature Liu Xiaobo, on his award of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee has given this...
  • Swan Electorate: Millen Primary School (1 speech)
    On 22 September 2010, I attended the Millen Primary School, in my electorate of Swan. The purpose of the visit was to present a certificate to the school as it is in the running to be named the...
  • Toongabbie Legal Centre (1 speech)
    I rise to commend to the House the excellent work of the Toongabbie Legal Centre. The Toongabbie Legal Centre is an outstanding organisation, with deep roots in the community and run to the...
  • Grey Electorate: Cancer Project (1 speech)
    I take this opportunity to inform the House about a small community in my electorate called Blyth, just 15 minutes to the west of the Clare Valley. Blyth is a small town with an enormous heart....
  • Petrie Electorate: Arethusa College (2 speeches)
    I rise to talk about the NAB Schools First Awards program. The awards have just been announced for 2010 and this is the second year that the program has been running. I am pleased that Arethusa...