House debates
Monday, 12 September 2011
- Gilmore Electorate: Economy (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago BlueScope Steel in Port Kembla announced that they would have to axe 800 jobs. The domino effect of this on their contractors in the Illawarra is likely to be in the... - Carroll, Mr Ray, Roylance, Mr Peter (1 speech)
Tonight I want to talk about two local people who have had fantastic careers in volunteering across our community. The first of them is Ray Carroll. Ray Carroll finished his amazing 53-year... - Hasluck Electorate: Blackadder Creek (1 speech)
I rise to talk about Blackadder Creek, which is a tributary that runs from the edge of the Midland town site within my electorate and feeds into the Swan River. The Blackadder-Woodbridge... - Greenway Electorate: Seven Hills, Greenway Electorate: Coptic Community (1 speech)
I rise this morning to discuss a number of important associated issues in my electorate of Greenway—namely, the drive by locals to clean up Seven Hills; the community opposition to a new... - Goldstein Electorate: Superannuation, Goldstein Electorate: Community Centre (1 speech)
I rise to highlight the inequity in superannuation law which is seeing many proud and highly capable senior workers in my electorate of Goldstein who are discriminated against because of their... - Diabetes (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to speak about diabetes and to raise awareness of the good work being undertaken by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Nearly a million Australians are currently... - Indigenous Communities (1 speech)
There has been much said in recent weeks about the dysfunction of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in the far north of my electorate, brought to a head by the decision of Red Cross... - Robertson Electorate: Education (1 speech)
I would like to share this evening some thoughts about the future of education across the Central Coast region, which I represent in this place. The Central Coast is a growing region close to... - Forde Electorate (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to use this opportunity to speak about some of the great community events that are continuing to build a positive community in my electorate of Forde. Firstly, I would like to... - Durban Review Conference (1 speech)
Two weeks ago, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that Australia will not participate in the Durban Review Conference to be held in New York on 22 September. The Durban process is a... - Occasional Child Care (1 speech)
I want to address the damage being done to occasional child care in Victoria and, in particular, I want to look at the decision of the federal government in the 2010 budget to scrap $12.6 million... - National Union of Retired Workers (1 speech)
I want to speak tonight about an organisation in my electorate that is working to improve the lives of seniors. The organisation is the National Union of Retired Workers. Since its beginnings in...
