House debates

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

  • Electorate of Leichhardt: Civil Aviation Safety Authority Cairns (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to outline a very serious issue—the seemingly corrupt and anticommercial conduct of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority office in Cairns, which appears to hide in the shadows...
  • Electorate of Hindmarsh: Road Infrastructure (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to talk about the announcement of a redevelopment of South Road in my electorate, between the River Torrens and Hayward Avenue and Torrens Road, one of the worst bottlenecks in the...
  • Lifeline Macarthur (1 speech)
    It is no secret that I hold great pride in all of the community organisations and charities across Macarthur, so it is a great honour to stand here today to pay tribute to one of these amazing...
  • Recognition of the Republic of Macedonia (1 speech)
    Tonight I am calling for bipartisan political leadership to recognise the Republic of Macedonia under that constitutional name. It is unfortunate that in Australia we are expected to use the...
  • Union Appointments: Superannuation Funds (1 speech)
    I am very pleased to rise to speak on the issue of the economic power exercised by the major unions in this country through their capacity to appoint directors to industry and public sector...
  • Coal Seam Gas (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about coal seam gas mining—in particular, the federal coalition's stated policy that they will hand over environmental assessments for coal seam gas mining to the states....
  • Goulburn-Murray Irrigation System (1 speech)
    Ten years ago, the Goulburn-Murray irrigation system consisted of thousands of individual water entitlements which, together, were some 1,900 gigalitres of fresh water used to irrigate some of...
  • Fowler Electorate: Cambodian Community (1 speech)
    I have expressed in this place my sense of privilege to represent the most multicultural community in the whole of Australia. Fowler is truly the melting pot of diversity with individuals coming...
  • Banking (1 speech)
    I rise to tonight to issue a warning to all Australians that their and their children's bank accounts are at risk of seizure by this Gillard Labor government. In yet another example of how...
  • Moreton Electorate: Muslim Community (3 speeches)
    It is nice to inject a bit of common sense after that rant. I rise to speak about a number of events in my electorate dealing with my significant Muslim community. The first one I would like to...
  • Youth Mental Health (1 speech)
    It is a great honour to be able to speak in this House at times about issues of deep and profound significance within each of our electorates. Tonight I want to address the issue of youth mental...
  • Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
    Through the course of this parliamentary term orthodox views have shaped thinking about the issues that have dominated attention in this chamber. No doubt these views will inform those seeking to...