House debates

Tuesday, 3 December 2013

  • Rural Clinical Schools (1 speech)
    Tonight I am going to speak about the rural doctor shortage crisis and the solutions that can be offered by rural clinical schools—and I will highlight the achievements of some of those...
  • Lalor Electorate: Housing (1 speech)
    I welcome the opportunity this evening to talk about a housing forum I recently hosted in my electorate.    The forum brought together many from our community, including...
  • Small Business (3 speeches)
    Tonight I want to address the issue of small businesses and the challenges they face. They are doing it tough, and we all hear that from the small businesses we speak to. As we go around our...
  • Hotham Electorate: Education Funding (1 speech)
    We have been having an incredibly important debate in this House over the last few days about education funding. I rise tonight make a contribution to the debate on behalf of my constituents in...
  • Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
    The carbon tax impacts my electorate more than many because it has such a large manufacturing base. Many of the manufacturers in my electorate are doing it tough. So I use this opportunity to...