House debates

Thursday, 16 June 2011

  • Carbon Tax (1 speech)
    There are a couple of major issues facing Australia which nicely intersect and which the government has the means to positively improve without imposing a heavy-handed tax on an unsuspecting...
  • Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
    Those Liberal and National Party MPs who are now calling on the government to resume live cattle exports to Indonesia run a serious risk of returning us to the barbaric and unacceptable practices...
  • Leichhardt Electorate: Banking (1 speech)
    I rise today to raise serious concerns about what I see as unconscionable gouging practices by the big banks in my electorate. Over an extended period of time, Far North Queensland has suffered...
  • O'Sullivan, Mr Frank, Wakefield Electorate: Elizabeth and Playford (1 speech)
    I rise to honour the memory of Frank O'Sullivan, the first Mayor of the City of Elizabeth. Frank was born on 24 March 1924 in my home town of Kapunda and, like so many of his generation, served...
  • Sarcoma Cancer (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about sarcoma cancer and the work of the Hannah's Chance Foundation Gold Coast Committee, specifically the work done to raise awareness of sarcoma cancer since the untimely death...
  • Webb, Mr Desmond Patrick (2 speeches)
    I rise to pass on my condolences and I am sure those of this House in relation to Desmond Patrick Webb, a person in the Petrie electorate known not only for his tremendous effort with the...