House debates

Monday, 18 June 2012

  • South Australia: Electricity Grid (6 speeches)
    I rise tonight to speak about the escalating electricity prices in South Australia with the recent announcement of an 18 per cent increase and the effect that government policies in the renewable...
  • National Security (1 speech)
    Australia's parliament has listed 17 groups as terror organisations since 2003. Hamas has been listed and re-listed by parliament as such an organisation on several occasions. Founded in 1987,...
  • World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (1 speech)
    On Friday, 15 June, I was lucky enough to be in the city heart of Townville to watch the Respect for Seniors March for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The 1 RAR band led the way and was followed...
  • Holt Electorate: Youth (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to state as a starting point how proud I am to represent the youth in my electorate of Holt and how much I value their contribution to our community, particularly in the city of...
  • Electricity Prices (9 speeches)
    I rise to not to talk about electricity prices, particularly in New South Wales and particularly on the mid-North Coast of New South Wales. There has been a lot of discussion at a community level...
  • Mining Industry Employment (2 speeches)
    Over the last decade we have heard the term 'job snobs' being applied as a pejorative to workers who are apparently able to take on a job but are unwilling to move to a region to take up that job...