House debates
Monday, 30 May 2011
- Solomon Electorate (1 speech)
It has been a very busy time back in my electorate of Solomon, with lots of activities, events and openings taking place. The SIDS and Kids NT is an organisation that is very dear to my heart. It... - Women in Public Office (1 speech)
Tonight I pay tribute to women in local government and specifically mention the 2011 Australian Local Government Womens Association Conference of New South Wales, which was hosted over the... - South Australian Aquatic and Leisure Centre (1 speech)
Last Monday Swimming Australia announced the new South Australian Aquatic and Leisure Centre at Marion would host the 2012 Olympic trials. This is the culmination of a dream for so many people in... - Clean Start Campaign (1 speech)
A few months ago I met with union members from United Voice, including workers employed as cleaners in my electorate of Throsby. Members may be aware that United Voice is the new name for the... - Child Safety (1 speech)
I wish to raise the issue of child safety and our responsibility as adults to protect all children. To begin with, I say that we are not islands and we do not have the leisure to see our own... - Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
I want to urge the government and my parliamentary colleagues to take a look at tonight's episode of Four Corners and move to suspend the trade in live cattle to Indonesia. The Four Corners... - Hughes Electorate: Graffiti (1 speech)
The marks of graffiti vandalism left on public and private premises leave an ugly image in the mind and are faced by communities across the country. Graffiti vandalism also reduces the value of... - Wakefield Electorate: GP Superclinic (3 speeches)
It is interesting that the previous speaker was talking about commitments made at election time. I remember in 2007 the now government made a commitment to build a GP superclinic in the Peachey... - Mental Health: Hills Clinic (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to the great achievement in Australian history which has occurred in my electorate of Mitchell. In recent weeks I had the privilege of attending the opening of... - Fowler Electorate: Disabilities Forum (1 speech)
Last Friday I hosted a disabilities forum in my electorate, the second such forum I have hosted since becoming a member of parliament. I find community forums are a wonderful way of getting... - Home Insulation Program (1 speech)
Today's Courier-Mail, in a major article headlined 'Time to stop the waste', deals with some of the bungles, blunders and wipe-outs of this government. Featured prominently is a discussion of the... - Macedon Ranges Healthy and Active People Project, Kilmore and District Hospital (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of announcing a $700,000 grant, on behalf of the Gillard Labor government, to the Macedon Ranges Shire Council to run programs that encourage and support people to...
