House debates

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

  • Chen, Professor Nian-Shing (1 speech)
    Deputy Speaker Scott, I recently had the opportunity to meet Professor Nian-Shing Chen of the National Sun Yat-Sen University in Taiwan. Professor Chen is currently a visiting professor at the...
  • Murray, Ms Jenny (1 speech)
    I would like to take this opportunity to say a few words in tribute to a constituent of mine, Jenny Murray, who lost her battle with cancer earlier this year. Jenny was a stalwart of the Southern...
  • Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
    Today the first shipment of live buffalo since the new animal welfare requirements came into force will leave Darwin. This is a huge relief for the entire Territory community who have been...
  • Uranium (1 speech)
    Since coming to office less than two years ago, New South Wales Premier O'Farrell and the Liberal-National Party government have exceeded even the most pessimistic predictions of those who warned...
  • Trade (1 speech)
    It does not take the coalition to tell the Australian public that the Labor Party has had a bad couple of weeks. They know all too well. Labor Vice President, Tony Sheldon, called his New South...
  • Leader of the Opposition (1 speech)
    'The statements that need to be taken absolutely as gospel truth are those carefully prepared, scripted remarks.' These are the words of the member for Warringah in 2010 during an interview on...
  • Private Health Insurance (1 speech)
    I would like to express my deep concern about the government's proposals to cut the private health insurance rebate once again. This is a rebate which 70 per cent of constituents in my electorate...
  • Canberra Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
    Once again, a Canberra sporting team has made history and shown the rest of Australia that we can beat the best that other capital cities have to offer. I was reminded this week that it all began...
  • Defence: Budget Cuts (2 speeches)
    () (): Earlier this morning I did an interview with Joel Fitzgibbon, the member for Hunter, and he belled the cat on the cuts on defence spending on your side. He had the guts to tell the...
  • Robertson Electorate: Health Services (2 speeches)
    I would like to take to take this opportunity to put on the record the considerable development in my electorate that is going ahead and the $55 million of infrastructure that is being put in...