House debates
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
- National Broadband Network (1 speech)
The latest figures on the NBN rollout confirm that it continues to be a disaster. The National Broadband Network was announced by broadband minister Conroy and then Prime Minister Rudd on 7 April... - QBE Insurance (1 speech)
I have recently learned that QBE is cutting 700 jobs in Australia and offshoring those jobs to Manila. The functions to be transferred to the Philippines include workers compensation claims,... - Gillard Government (1 speech)
It has been said that adversity does not build a person's character but instead reveals it. The same holds true for political parties and the governments that they form. Today we observe a... - Sea Level Rise Guidelines (1 speech)
Nowhere are the harmful consequences of the denial of global warming by the Liberal and National parties more apparent than in the new sea level rise guidelines promulgated by the New South Wales... - Tuberculosis (1 speech)
Sunday, 24 March, is World TB Day. I place my great support on the record for this day of recognition. I also want to place on the record the name of a great champion in this place on the scourge... - Holt Electorate: Baron Casey Art Gallery (1 speech)
I rise tonight to raise an issue that relates to social infrastructure in the outer suburbs, and in particular social infrastructure for those living in my electorate of Holt. In recent years,... - Centrelink (1 speech)
I rise to bring to the attention of the House an issue with Centrelink affecting two of my constituents, Mr Don and Mrs Valerie Clements. Mrs Clements took out a lifetime income stream before... - Education (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about the importance of equity in education based on reports in today's paper that a guarantee has been given to the Independent Schools Council of Australia that... - Tuberculosis (1 speech)
I rise tonight to acknowledge World Tuberculosis Day, this Sunday, 24 March. It is with great sadness that I highlight the case of Catherina Abraham, a 20-year-old girl from Daru Island who last... - Parliamentary Delegation to the Republic of Serbia (1 speech)
Earlier this year, together with the member for Hindmarsh, the member for Cowan and Senator Helen Kroger, I was part of an Australian delegation visiting the Republic of Serbia. This delegation... - Gambling (1 speech)
I like to watch basketball, football and soccer. When I cannot get to a game, I like to watch it at home on television. Generally speaking, when I watch a game at home I like to do it with my... - Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Newcastle Herald journalist Joanne McCarthy on receiving the prestigious Graham Perkin award for journalism in Melbourne last week for her key role in reporting child... - Riverina Electorate: Griffith Headspace (2 speeches)
I have today begun the process to have a petition tabled in this parliament which contains some 2,400 signatures calling for a headspace facility to be built in Griffith which would service the...
