House debates

Thursday, 12 May 2011

  • Petition: Postal Services (5 speeches)
    I rise today to present this petition for an Australia Post street posting box at the Miami Village Shopping Centre in Falcon in my electorate of Canning. An Australia Post retail outlet was...
  • Celebrate Henley Community and Family Fun Day (1 speech)
    Recently I had the pleasure of attending the third annual Celebrate Henley Community and Family Fun Day, which was held in my electorate of Hindmarsh at the Henley and Grange Memorial Oval,...
  • Rotary Adventure in Citizenship Program, Regional Development Australia (2 speeches)
    I take the opportunity to welcome the Rotary Adventure in Citizenship students in the gallery here today. I am sure both sides of the House are very pleased to see them here. I understand there...
  • Corio Electorate: Surf Coast Knockout (1 speech)
    Some months ago I spoke in this House about a fantastic sporting event which occurred in the Geelong region earlier this year. As I said at the time, the Surf Coast Knockout was a major sporting...
  • Bradley, Mr John 'Jack' Charles (1 speech)
    I rise today to pay tribute to John 'Jack' Charles Bradley who sadly passed away on 9 April 2011. Jack contributed a great deal both to my electorate of Paterson and to our nation through his...
  • Mother's Day Classic (4 speeches)
    On Sunday I was privileged to participate in the Women in Super Mother's Day Classic in Parramatta Park. On that day, around 120,000 people around the country stepped out for breast cancer...
  • National Volunteer Week (1 speech)
    I am sure that many of us will rise this week to speak on the value of volunteers. It is quite appropriate therefore that we have representatives of Rotary students here with us in the chamber....
  • Holt Electorate: Volunteers, Cairns Road Reserve Master Plan (1 speech)
    I also rise today to acknowledge volunteers that have made a significant difference in our community and, in particular, acknowledge two Hampton Park residents, who we recently recognised in a...
  • Longman Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
    On 27 April this year, Senator Eric Abetz, shadow minister for employment and workplace relations, and I, together with Commerce Caboolture and the CBD Traders of Caboolture, hosted a local small...
  • Battle of Crete (2 speeches)
    Last Friday I attended an important function in Melbourne at the home of the Consul-General for Greece, Mrs Eleni Lianidou. The function was held in honour of Australian veterans who fought in...