House debates

Thursday, 13 October 2011

  • Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
    As the House adjourns today, and as members from the government file out to the caucus to determine where they may now go in terms of their failed border protection policy that they did not have...
  • Bell Bay Port (1 speech)
    I rise to speak this afternoon about the Bell Bay port, which is situated in my electorate of Bass, and the decision by TasPorts and the former Burnie Port to restrict shipping out of Bell Bay. A...
  • Bathurst 1000, Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
    The Bathurst 1000, one of the nation's biggest sporting events—in fact, one of the world's great car races—was held in Calare last week. The annual V8 supercar racing event this year...
  • Werriwa Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
    It was interesting to hear the member for Cook, who spoke earlier, trying with the most distorted logic possible to justify the coalition's adherence to Senator Hanson-Young and Senator Brown...
  • Longman Electorate: Health (1 speech)
    The state of health services in my region is woeful. The Caboolture Hospital is the only health service in the region providing 24-hour care and it is simply not keeping up with the demand. I...
  • Royal Lao Government in Exile (1 speech)
    Sometimes I worry a little bit about the levels of freedom and democracy that are taken for granted in this country. We are often caught up in the trappings of political debate and the...