House debates
Tuesday, 28 March 2006
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Order! It being 9.00 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn. - Trucking Industry (1 speech)
With the introduction this week of the government’s extreme industrial relations laws it is timely to look at the trucking industry, where small operators are facing a severe crisis. At the... - Whaling (1 speech)
The haunting footage of the last Tasmanian tiger, pacing in its cage, is now etched, as on copperplate, in Australia’s collective memory—the footage of a species reduced to a tragic... - Poverty; Miss Chloe Hennessy (1 speech)
The number of people living in poverty in Australia has grown enormously under the Howard government. To put this in perspective, I visited the ACOSS website and looked at what the test for... - Mayse Young OAM (1 speech)
Tonight I wish to pay tribute to a great Territorian, Mayse Young OAM, who passed away last week. Mayse Young was born in North Queensland 93 years ago. Her father was a ganger on the railways... - AWB Ltd: Shareholdings (1 speech)
New evidence has emerged concerning the extent of shareholdings in AWB by senior Liberal and National Party members. In 1996, soon after he came to office, then Deputy Prime Minister and Minister... - AusLink (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to draw to the attention of the House the success of the AusLink program and the various funding mechanisms in it for people in rural and regional Australia. In the last week I...
