House debates
Monday, 4 July 2011
- Child Care (2 speeches)
I rise to speak in support of the Take A Break occasional care funding program. I took to the steps of the Victorian Parliament House on Thursday during a protest against the federal government's... - Parliamentary Friends of Surf Life Saving (3 speeches)
Today, the Parliamentary Friends of Surf Life Saving Australia held a morning tea with the CEO and President of Surf Life Saving Australia, Brett William OAM, and Graham Ford. For the record I... - Herbert Electorate: Townsville (4 speeches)
Townsville suffered at the hands of Cyclone Yasi this year. Our recovery has been slow but the month of July will mark a full swing: Townsville is now back. It is open, ready for business and... - Sanglah Public Hospital, Denpasar, Bali (1 speech)
One of the outcomes of the 2020 conference was the identification of eastern Indonesia as being of great strategic importance to Australia, particularly in the longer term. It is our nearest and... - Rhiannon, Senator Lee (1 speech)
As we all know, today in the other chamber we had the swearing in of half of the Senate, those senators elected at the last election. Of course, in political terms, it is significant in a number... - Special Broadcasting Service (2 speeches)
I rise to pay tribute to the extraordinary work of the Special Broadcasting Service, SBS, and to their continuing commitment to presenting issues of national importance in new and pioneering ways... - Red Frogs Australia Chaplaincy Network (3 speeches)
I rise tonight to speak about an extraordinary network—or perhaps better described as a 'craze'—supporting our young people: the Red Frogs Australia Chaplaincy Network. Red Frogs... - 20th Anniversary of Croatian Independence (1 speech)
On 20 June I attended a reception here at Parliament House, hosted by the member for Werriwa and the member for Corio, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Croatian independence. The reception... - Paid Parental Leave (1 speech)
Last month the minister for families hailed the 12-month anniversary of the introduction of the government's Paid Parental Leave scheme as 'an historic day for Australian families'. She also... - New South Wales Government (1 speech)
I rise tonight to mark a most regrettable political milestone in my home state of New South Wales. That milestone, the first 100 days of the O'Farrell government, has been nothing short of a... - Forde Electorate: Logan Waterways (1 speech)
The Forde electorate is fortunate to have hardworking councillors in both the Logan City and Gold Coast councils. Shortly, the Logan City Council will step up their efforts to protect the... - Micah Challenge (2 speeches)
On Wednesday, 22 June, I had the great pleasure of meeting with two members of Micah Challenge, Mr Rod Benson, Ethicist and Public Theologian at Morling Baptist College, and Mr Simon Massey,...
