House debates

Monday, 25 October 2010

  • Electorate of Forrest: Bushfires (1 speech)
    I rise to bring to the attention of the House the issue of extreme bushfire risk in my electorate of Forrest, in the south-west of Western Australia. This is the headline in our local paper:...
  • Electorate of Fremantle: Baha’i Community (1 speech)
    I wish to speak today about an issue that is of immense concern to the Baha’i community in Australia and in my own electorate of Fremantle—that is, the ongoing plight of the seven...
  • Electorate of Cowan: Hawker Park Primary School (1 speech)
    On Saturday night, 23 October, I attended the Hawker Park Primary School quiz night. It was a fun and enjoyable evening and around $3,600 was raised for P&C priorities, such as...
  • Housing Industry Association (1 speech)
    On Saturday night I attended the Housing Industry Association-CSR Housing Awards for the ACT and Southern New South Wales. I would like to thank the association for including me in the event at...
  • Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
    I rise today to support the farmers in the debate on Murray-Darling water management. I rise to speak about the farmers who have been the fall guys for bad state government decisions in the past...
  • Greenway Electorate: Wentworthville Pool (1 speech)
    With summer fast approaching I rise to draw to the attention of the House a proposal of Holroyd Council, which covers parts of my electorate, to build a new swimming pool on the outskirts of...
  • Riverina: Floods (1 speech)
    Beef cattle producer Walter Paton, at 85 years of age, has lived all of his life at Tooma, in the Tumbarumba Shire, in the Riverina electorate. In all of those years he has never experienced a...
  • Newcastle Electorate: Korean Language School (1 speech)
    I wish to place on the record my congratulations for the Newcastle Korean Language School, whose tenth anniversary dinner I attended a week ago. The school showcased the cultural and educational...
  • Gillard Labor Government (2 speeches)
    We have seen a new economic principle opened up by the Gillard government, and that is economic comatose. We heard the previous Labor government claim to be economic conservatives, and we found...