House debates

Monday, 25 October 2010

  • (1 speech)
    Debate resumed from 18 October.
  • Flinders Electorate (1 speech)
    I wish to raise a grievance in relation to the treatment of a beautiful young family on the Mornington Peninsula by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. Secondly, I wish to raise a...
  • Wakefield Electorate: Infrastructure (3 speeches)
    I rise this evening to talk about infrastructure in my electorate of Wakefield and in particular to talk about the government’s National Broadband Network, which is an important project...
  • Schools First Program; Victoria State Election (1 speech)
    I would like to speak on a couple of issues this evening. The first is quite definitely not a grievance but a cause for some celebration, and I am going to say something nice about a bank. Just...
  • Vietnam: Human Rights; Vietnam Vision (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about a concerning human rights issue in Vietnam. Since I last spoke about this issue, over the past five months another four Vietnamese human rights activists have been arrested...
  • Building the Education Revolution (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak about Building the Education Revolution and the unfortunate results of that program in my electorate of Farrer. As was raised again during Senate estimates last week, the...
  • Health (2 speeches)
    I am aggrieved at the attitude of the LNP in Queensland, particularly in rural and regional areas, with respect to scare campaigns they have undertaken in relation to rural hospitals in...