House debates

Thursday, 24 May 2012

  • Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
    I too wish to speak on this incredible situation where in 38 days time we will have a $23 a tonne carbon tax. This is going to have extraordinary impacts across our economy. But there will also...
  • Parramatta Electorate: Indian and Bengali Communities (1 speech)
    I rise to acknowledge an event that took place earlier this month. I was not able to celebrate it because I was on my way to Canberra, but it is an event that means a great deal to Australians of...
  • Electricity Prices (1 speech)
    I would like to talk today about electricity, electricity prices and especially the rise of electricity prices in my electorate. I do not go to my constituents and ask them about this; they come...
  • Whitehorse Community Resource Centre (1 speech)
    On Monday, 2 April this year I attended the official opening of the Whitehorse Community Resource Centre redevelopment not only in my own capacity as the member for Deakin but also representing...
  • Sydney Harbour Federation Trust (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about HMAS Platypus, which takes up 1.8 hectares on Sydney Harbour, in Neutral Bay, in the middle of my electorate. It is a historic site. The site used to be a whaling station...
  • Building the Education Revolution Program (1 speech)
    Our school modernisation program has invested some $16.2 billion across 23½ thousand projects in our country, Australia. This is the largest school modernisation program in our country's...