House debates
Thursday, 16 February 2012
- Battle of Timor (3 speeches)
I rise to speak— - Closing the Gap (1 speech)
In 2008 the then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered the historic apology to the stolen generations. Four years ago this week, he called the apology, so correctly, 'unfinished business'. It was a... - Climate Change (1 speech)
The Australian people continue to be concerned about the Labor-Green government's carbon tax and they have every right to be concerned. An economy-wide carbon tax that exceeds the plans of every... - Calwell Electorate: Hume City Council Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I had the great pleasure this year again to be involved in the Hume City Council's Australia Day ceremony, which annually involves the conferment of citizenship for many people who live in my... - Australian Year of the Farmer (1 speech)
As we commemorate 2012 as the Australian Year of the Farmer, I want to take this opportunity to emphasise the Nationals' support for farming families and to highlight some key issues facing the... - Malaysia (1 speech)
I have not yet had an opportunity in the parliament to welcome the freeing by a Malaysian court of my friend Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of the opposition in Malaysia. The cooked-up trial against...
