House debates
Monday, 16 November 2009
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Private Members’ Bill (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 41(e), and the recommendations of the Whips adopted by the House on 28 October 2009, I present the Assisting the Victims of International Terrorism Bill 2009,...
- Private Members’ Motions (1 speech)
In accordance with standing order 41(h), and the recommendations of the Whips adopted by the House on 28 October 2009, I present copies of the terms of motions for which notice has been given by...
- Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2009; Fuel Quality Standards Amendment Bill 2009; Corporations Legislation Amendment (Financial Services Modernisation) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Assent (0 speeches)
Message from the Governor-General reported informing the House of assent to the bills.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (5 speeches)
Debate resumed from 29 October, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time. upon which Mr Turnbull moved by way of amendment: That all words after “That” be...
- Forgotten Australians (0 speeches)
- (7 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the House support the apology given on this day by the Prime Minister, on behalf of the nation, to the Forgotten Australians and former Child Migrants in the following...
- Main Committee (0 speeches)
- Forgotten Australians; Reference (2 speeches)
by leave—I move: That the resumption of debate on the motion relating to the national apology to the forgotten Australians and former child migrants be referred to the Main Committee for...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Ministerial Arrangements (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
I inform the House that the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry will be absent from question time today as he is attending the World Summit on Food Security and the UN Food and...
- Condolences (0 speeches)
- Mr Allan William Mulder (1 speech)
I inform the House of the death on 7 November 2009 of Mr Allan William Mulder, a member of this House for the division of Evans from 1972 to 1975. As a mark of respect to the memory of Allan...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Forgotten Australians (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the apology we have both spoken for on behalf of the government, the opposition and all members of the parliament in the Great...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister explain to the House and to the Australian people precisely what the terms are of the preferential deal that was offered, apparently...
- Forgotten Australians (3 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Will the minister update the House on today’s national apology to the forgotten Australians...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister, and I refer to the two documents that he has just tabled. The first is the document which is headed ‘Message to the 78 passengers on the Oceanic...
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon His Excellency, Mr László Mandur, Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly. On behalf of the House I...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (13 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on global and domestic efforts to tackle the challenge of climate change?
- Asylum Seekers (4 speeches)
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to his answer to my previous question and the correspondence to which it related. Is it not the fact that, far from the 22 asylum seekers who...
- Climate Change (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science and the Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change. Will the minister outline why the parliament needs to pass...
- Asylum Seekers (8 speeches)
My question is this to the Prime Minister—we are just getting over a lecture on internal squabbling from that distinguished trade unionist there.
- Distinguished Visitors (0 speeches)
- (2 speeches)
I inform the House that we have present in the gallery this afternoon members of a delegation from the Financial and Economic Committee of the National People’s Congress of the...
- Questions without Notice (0 speeches)
- Climate Change (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts. What threats do Australia’s World Heritage sites face from climate change and what is the government doing to...
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer again to the message to the 78 passengers on the Oceanic Viking document that he tabled earlier. Will the Prime Minister inform the House whether he...
- Sri Lanka (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Would the minister update the House on his recent visit to Sri Lanka?
- Asylum Seekers (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister inform the House whether he sought to have a formal bilateral meeting with the Indonesian President at the APEC summit last weekend...
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Treasurer. Will the Treasurer update the House on the latest forecast for the economy and the challenges ahead?
- Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to comments made by his Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Evans, about resettlement of asylum seekers who have...
- Building the Education Revolution Program (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and the Minister for Social Inclusion. How is Building the Education Revolution and government...
- Nation Building for Recovery: Kalgoorlie Electorate (14 speeches)
My question is directed to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. In a motion appearing on the Notice Paper in the minister’s name calling on...
- Infrastructure Funding: Wayside Chapel (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. As part of its economic stimulus plan, why is the government providing infrastructure...
- Bushfire Safety (10 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister explain to the Dandenong Ranges school community that, in the event of a bushfire, schools will have no fire bunkers, many will only...
- Housing (2 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Housing. How is the government’s investment in housing supporting jobs in regional Australia and building the nation?
- Consultancies (4 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. I refer the minister to a report in last week’s Australian newspaper that the total value of consultancy contracts for policy...
- Timor Sea Oil Spill (7 speeches)
My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and the Minister for Tourism. Will the minister update the House on progress with the Montara commission of inquiry and work to secure the...
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Bushfire Safety (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the chair to add to an answer.
- Asylum Seekers (3 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the chair to add to a further answer I gave earlier today.
- Personal Explanations (0 speeches)
- (6 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation.
- Questions without Notice: Additional Answers (0 speeches)
- Questions to the Speaker (0 speeches)
- Questions in Writing (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, under standing order 105(b), I draw your attention to the fact that questions in writing Nos 959, 960, 961 to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and...
- Auditor-General’S Reports (0 speeches)
- Reports Nos 9 and 10 of 2009-10 (1 speech)
—I present the Auditor-General’s Audit reports Nos 9 and 10 of 2009-10, entitled: Airservices Australia’s upper airspace management contracts with the Solomon Islands...
- Documents (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Documents are presented as listed in the schedule circulated to honourable members. Details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings, and I move: That the House take note of...
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Consideration in Detail (4 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (5 speeches, 2 comments)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (4 speeches)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2] (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 22 October, on motion by Mr Combet: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (2 speeches)
Debate resumed from 27 October, on motion by Mr McClelland: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Consideration in Detail (1 speech)
Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Termination Payments) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Consideration of Senate Message (0 speeches)
Message received from the Senate acquainting the House that the Senate does not insist on its amendment disagreed to by the House.
- Tax Laws Amendment (2009 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2009; Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (Ess)) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (3 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 October, on motion by Mr McClelland: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Income Tax (TFN Withholding Tax (Ess)) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (0 speeches)
Debate resumed from 21 October, on motion by Mr McClelland: That this bill be now read a second time. Question agreed to. Bill read a second time.
- Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Third Reading (1 speech)
I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.
- Social Security Amendment (National Green Jobs Corps Supplement) Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- Second Reading (9 speeches)
Debate resumed from 17 September, on motion by Mr Clare: That this bill be now read a second time.
- Petitions (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 207, I present the following petitions:
- Responses (1 speech)
Ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows:
- Responses; Forgotten Australians (0 speeches)
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 19 August 2009 about a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions about the Forgotten Australians. The petition calls for the Australian...
- Responses; Warrego Highway (0 speeches)
Dear Ms Irwin Thank you for your letter dated 20 August 2009 about a petition presented in Parliament on 19 August 2009 by the Hon Bruce Scott MP, Member for Maranoa, concerning the Warrego...
- Committees (0 speeches)
- Adjournment (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Order! It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn.
- Victorian Bushfires (1 speech)
Earlier today, I addressed the Main Committee and made reference to the fact that the township of Rye was threatened by inadequate fire protection on land owned by the Victorian government. As we...
- Forde Electorate — Trade Training Centres (1 speech)
I rise tonight to reflect on the gratitude of the constituents of my electorate of Forde following a wonderful announcement that has been made within the last couple of weeks. On 5 November, just...
- Home Insulation Program (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about the insulation installer debacle, or the home insulation rebate scheme. I rise because this issue has been raised a number of times in this House. In the last week...
- Braddon Electorate: Program Funding (1 speech)
Unlike my friend the member for Hume, many families in my electorate have benefited greatly from the insulation projects, and also the installers that are doing it have done so with propriety and...
- Gilmore Electorate: Climate Change (1 speech)
I rise to comment on the recent House of Representatives report Managing our coastal zone in a changing climate. I would like to start by congratulating both the committee and the chair for their...
- Flynn Eelctorate: Coal Industry (1 speech)
Tonight I want to bring to the attention of the House the substantial community concerns that are being expressed by members of the coal community of Blackwater in my electorate of Flynn. I am a...
- Notices (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
The following notice was given:
- Constituency Statements (0 speeches)
- Forrest Electorate: World Diabetes Day (1 speech)
I rise to speak on World Diabetes Day, which was held on Saturday, 14 November. It was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and World Health Organisation in response to...
- Leichhardt Electorate: Unemployment (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the ongoing challenge we face in dealing with unemployment in Cairns and to welcome the report released last week by Advance Cairns, a peak economic development...
- Australian Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice (1 speech)
I would like to make some points about the proposed new Australian Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice and the strong concerns that many Australians, including indeed many of my...
- Robertson Electorate: Forgotten Australians (1 speech)
I rise to speak on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s national apology to the forgotten Australians and former child migrants. This historic apology begins the process of healing for more than...
- Flinders Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
I rise to address the issue of bushfire risks on the Mornington Peninsula. Only last week we had a fire at Point Nepean which was an avoidable fire. It was the result of a lack of ministerial...
- Sri Lanka (1 speech)
This afternoon I rise to speak about the plight of the Tamil people who are fleeing persecution in Sri Lanka. As we are all aware, this year was the bloodiest in the history of the 30-year civil...
- World Diabetes Day (1 speech)
Saturday, 14 November was World Diabetes Day. All over the world iconic buildings were lit in blue. In fact, there were some 600 iconic buildings, including this Parliament House and Old...
- Calwell Electorate: Blind Creek Bike Path (1 speech)
On Tuesday, 20 October I was very pleased to announce the construction of the Blind Creek bike path in Sunbury. The Blind Creek shared bike path project is part of the Rudd government’s $40...
- Medicare Benefit Scheme (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to bring to the House’s attention a concern on behalf of the constituents of Paterson. Many sufferers of severe arthritic conditions will be affected by cuts to the...
- Dirtgirlworld; Grafton Daily Examiner (1 speech)
The village of Whiporie is on the Summerland Way between Casino and Grafton in my electorate of Page. I frequently stop there for a cuppa or a sandwich as I drive around the electorate. A local...
- National Apology to the Forgotten Australians and Former Child Migrants (0 speeches)
- (8 speeches)
Debate resumed.
- Statements by Members (0 speeches)
- Pinjarra Pool (1 speech)
There is a clear priority for the Pinjarra community: the long awaited and greatly anticipated Pinjarra pool. Unfortunately the project is drowning. It is now time-sensitive as options run dry...
- Riding for the Disabled (1 speech)
On 31 October 2009, I attended the handover of a brand new double horse float to the Riding for the Disabled Association by the Golden Grove Lions Club. I acknowledge and commend the Golden Grove...
- Bill of Rights (1 speech)
I rise today to comment on the government’s proposed moves towards a bill of rights. As a member of the Liberal Party, a party founded as the champion of individual rights and liberties...
- Headspace Fremantle (1 speech)
Last Wednesday, 11 November, I was honoured to launch the new Fremantle headspace centre, a drop-in and counselling centre for young people. Headspace has been a proven success as a source of...
- South Australia: Road Infrastructure (1 speech)
Like many residents of southern Adelaide, I was very pleased to learn that the state government proposed and committed to building an underpass, taking South Road under Sturt Road at Bedford...
- Coal Industry (1 speech)
The Rudd Labor government are supporting local jobs by investing in a coal industry with a future. We want to support jobs and growth, and clean up coal for the industry’s future in a...
- Do Not Call Register (1 speech)
The former coalition government introduced the Do Not Call Register to protect Australians from overzealous telemarketers and businesses. It was initially very successful and well received, but a...
- Esther Friedman (1 speech)
On 12 October one of my constituents, Esther Freedman, turned 100. Born in Israel in 1909, she came to Australia when she was three years old. She celebrated her birthday with her daughters Ruth...
- Gippsland Electorate: Cultural Centre and Museum (1 speech)
I rise to express my support for the construction of a new cultural centre and museum, as proposed by the Gippsland Ethnics Community Council. In 2007 the GECC opened the Gippsland Immigration...
- Darling Range RSL: Memorial Day Service (1 speech)
I would like to thank the Darling Range RSL for their Remembrance Day service at the Darling Range War Memorial on Wednesday last week—and especially for the cuppa at the morning tea served...
- Gippsland Electorate: Landcare (2 speeches)
I rise to highlight my concerns with the federal government’s failure to commit to ongoing funding for Landcare facilitators in the Gippsland region. It is an issue that I have raised...
- Assisting the Victims of International Terrorism Bill 2009 (0 speeches)
- First Reading (2 speeches)
Since 11 September 2001, about 300 Australians have been killed or injured in acts of terrorism overseas. There were those killed or injured in the World Trade Centre, there were those killed or...
- Private Members’ Business (0 speeches)
- National Bike Path Program (7 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Ripoll: That the House:(1)notes that:(a)building community infrastructure or improving community amenity has the potential to generate local jobs and increase...
- Royal Papua and New Guinea Constabulary: 1949 to 1974 (5 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Morrison: That the House:(1)recognises the service of those Australians who were employed as field constabulary officers (Kiaps) in the Royal Papua and New Guinea...
- Homelessness in Australia (4 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Bradbury: That the House:(1)notes the impact of homelessness on individuals and families around Australia;(2)acknowledges the strategies of the Rudd Government in...
- Australian Live Export Industry (5 speeches)
Debate resumed, on motion by Mr Haase: That the House:(1)recognises that the Australian live export industry:(a)employs 13,000 Australians nationally across 30 separate business...
- Grievance Debate (0 speeches)
- (1 speech)
Debate resumed from 26 October.
- Climate Change (1 speech)
The Prime Minister is a coward. He is a leader who takes his shots at people from a protected position yet lacks the courage to actually debate people directly. A little over a week ago the Prime...
- Broadband (1 speech)
I rise tonight on behalf of the residents of Bonner who have expressed on many occasions a grievance to me about the lack of broadband services in that electorate. It is a shame and an indictment...
- Breast Cancer (1 speech)
I rise to talk about a very serious women’s disease that was talked about in the last parliamentary sitting—I did not have the opportunity to contribute then—the issue of breast...
- Digital Economy; Tasers (1 speech)
Before I speak about the two issues I want to speak about in the grievance debate, I want to say in response to the ‘mere male’, the honourable member for Hume, that I—as a...
- Petition: Spencer Gulf and Outback Australian Technical College (2 speeches)
I would like to take this opportunity to place on the record the disbelief, the bewilderment and the anger of my constituents at the Deputy Prime Minister’s decision to close the highly...
- Climate Change (3 speeches)
I rise today to talk about an issue that I campaigned extensively on in the lead-up to the 2007 federal election. I am referring to the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions, the path that the...
