• Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Maribyrnong
• Left House of Representatives on 17 October 2007 — retired
• Entered House of Representatives on 2 March 1996 — Federal election

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Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2006-2007: Consideration in Detail (15 Jun 2006)

“I would certainly welcome a debate with the minister on a broad range of matters. On questions of expenditure in relation to aid to the Pacific Islands, could the minister confirm that total funding for Papua New Guinea and Pacific programs has fallen by 12 per cent in this budget, and specifically in relation to PNG by 34.1 per cent? I note that the failure to pick up implementing the...”

Statements by Members: Mr Kevin Lee (14 Jun 2006)

“With the large number of ADF personnel deployed overseas, issues of morale are obviously very important for us all to bear in mind. We saw recently in East Timor, from the reaction to the visit by the Minister for Defence, that the issues that adversely affect morale can be many indeed. One of the most substantial issues for morale is a sense amongst serving personnel that, if there are...”

Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2006-2007; Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2006-2007; Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2006-2007; Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2005-2006; Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2005-2006: Second Reading (13 Jun 2006)

“If there was ever a time when we should realise the need to focus our foreign policy and related resources on our own region, it is now. From East Timor eastward, we see on a daily basis the background to why that focus is so important. We need to focus our public diplomacy, our development policy, our intelligence efforts and our security efforts on that region. In an article in the Canberra...”

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