House debates

Wednesday, 2 November 2011

  • Early Childhood Education (1 speech)
    For some time now I have been warning the government that, if they do not change the universal access policy for four-year-old kinders, then three-year-old kinders across Victoria would have to...
  • Anglicord (1 speech)
    During the last parliamentary sitting I attended a function organised by Anglicord, an Anglican overseas aid agency, which is raising money to fund breast cancer clinics in the Gaza Strip. As I...
  • Petition: Supply of PBS Medicines (1 speech)
    I rise to present a petition which has been found to be in order by the House of Representatives Petitions Committee. The petition read as follows— To the Honourable The Speaker and...
  • Radioactive Waste Management Facility (1 speech)
    The O'Farrell government's decision to break its promise and dump radioactive waste in Lidcombe in my electorate of Reid is totally unacceptable to me and to the people I represent in this place....
  • Waddington Primary School (1 speech)
    I take this opportunity to speak of an outstanding school in Cowan, the Waddington Primary School in the suburb of Koondoola. Challenged by lower than average socioeconomic circumstances and with...
  • Favelle, Mr Liam (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about another Canberra legend and a very special constituent of mine—St Anthony's Parish Primary School year 2 student Liam Favelle. A couple of weeks ago Liam helped...
  • Defence Properties (1 speech)
    As I have previously said in this place, in the lead-up to the 2010 federal election I campaigned to allow the empty RAAF base houses in Darwin to be used for the community and to prevent their...
  • Mining (1 speech, 3 comments)
    This House has heard many times me and other people speak about the clean energy corridor. The clean energy corridor is a copper string proposal to build a transmission line effectively from...
  • Western Suburbs District Junior Rugby League (1 speech)
    On Saturday, 29 October I had the pleasure of attending the Western Suburbs District Junior Rugby League presentation night. Today I would like to honour all of the players involved, especially...
  • Greenway Electorate: RF Industries (2 speeches)
    I rise to mention the grand opening of RF Industries' corporate headquarters and central distribution centre in Seven Hills in my electorate. RF Industries is the largest distributor of solar...