House debates
Wednesday, 1 March 2006
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Order! It being 7.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn. - Trade Skills Training Visa (1 speech)
This week has seen the Howard government introduce its new trade skills training visa. This visa will allow imported unskilled migrants to undertake apprenticeships in regional areas of Australia... - Braddon Electorate: Road Accident (1 speech)
This evening I rise to reflect on another tragedy that befell my electorate of Braddon in north-west Tasmania at the weekend. In recent years the Circular Head community has had to deal with too... - Minister for Health and Ageing (3 speeches)
Yesterday the Australian public saw, in full flight, the ugly face of the Howard government on issues of racism. The Minister for Health and Ageing stood at the dispatch box and exposed himself... - Minister for Health and Ageing; Stirling Electorate (1 speech)
I rise to talk on something that actually matters. When the member for Oxley gets up with this sort of confected outrage about a comment that has been made that somehow reflects the racism on... - Parliamentary Reform (1 speech)
As the previous speaker, the member for Stirling, indicated, we are approaching the 10th anniversary of the Howard government. I add that it has been 20 years since I first became a... - Bonner Electorate: Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (1 speech)
I have the great honour of being the patron of many community organisations in the electorate of Bonner and, in particular, I feel privileged to be the patron of the Brisbane branch of the...
