House debates
Monday, 13 February 2006
- Isaacs Electorate: Maralinga Primary School (1 speech)
Last Friday I attended a special assembly at Maralinga Primary School, in my electorate. The assembly was to present the school captains and house captains for 2006 with their badges. It was... - Water Management (1 speech)
The New South Wales government have recently announced, with great fanfare, that their unpopular and polluting desalination plant has been shelved indefinitely. While this is great news for the... - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport Development (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the proposed development at Sydney airport by the Sydney Airport Corporation Ltd, which proposes to develop 60,000 square metres for an aviation and retail business park or for... - McPherson Electorate: Robina Holden (1 speech)
I recently had the privilege of officiating at the grand opening of the new four-wheel drive light commercial vehicle and used vehicle facility at Robina Holden. This was a great occasion and a... - Bushfires (1 speech)
On Wednesday during my adjournment speech thanking CFA brigades for their extraordinary work during the recent Victorian bushfires, I listed the brigades in our area that fought in the Grampians... - Child Care (1 speech)
We have heard a lot lately about child care. People’s concerns are understandable if they cannot find adequate child-care places for their children, but it is very easy to focus on the... - Fairfield Community Aid and Information Service (1 speech)
Today I wish to raise in the House the outrageous treatment of the Fairfield Community Aid and Information Service by the Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs,... - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (1 speech)
I congratulate the member for Kingsford Smith for raising the issue of Sydney airport here today. I too want to raise this issue. I am outraged at a report in last Thursday’s Sydney Morning... - 55th Anniversary of National Service in Australia; Papua New Guinea Volunteer Rifles Museum (1 speech)
I want to put on the record my appreciation and the deep respect I have for our National Servicemen’s Association of Australia Queensland branch for organising an event marking the 55th... - Interfaith Trivia Night (3 speeches)
This will be a very spontaneous contribution indeed. I want to pay tribute to the organisers of the interfaith trivia night on Saturday night. It was a fantastic event. - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (2 speeches)
I would like to repeat what I just said: Max Moore-Wilton should be flogged, flogged, flogged. Clearly Mr Max Moore-Wilton thinks that the curfew at Sydney airport should go and the cap movement...
