House debates
Thursday, 1 June 2006
- Rural and Regional Australia (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about how the Howard government, and in particular the National Party, have abandoned the people of regional Australia, particularly in relation to employment and training.... - Workplace Relations; Telstra; Australian Technical Colleges (5 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, I put it to you that it is the Australian Labor Party who have abandoned the people of Australia. The constant railing against the new Work Choices legislation is railing... - Kingsford Smith Electorate: Education (1 speech)
There has been much media attention and discussion in the House and in the public on Indigenous issues and the significant difficulties some communities face of late. The critical importance of... - Investing in Our Schools Program (1 speech)
I rise this morning to acknowledge 12 state schools in the electorate of Bonner, each of which submitted outstanding applications under round 2 of the Investing in Our Schools Program. Just two... - Climate Change (1 speech)
Global warming has become an issue of great concern to people throughout Australia. It is constantly raised with me by people within the electorate. They all say to me that they are very... - Investing in Our Schools Program (1 speech)
I am particularly pleased to be able to rise in the Main Committee today to talk about the Investing in Our Schools Program and the more than $1.3 million in government funding that we have... - Family Relationship Centres (1 speech)
I want to use the time this morning to talk about the government’s family relationship centres, because today is 1 June and exactly one month from today we are going to see the first of... - Public Hospitals (1 speech)
Faith plays an important role in the lives of many Australians, and prayer is also a source of immense comfort to many of our fellow Australians. So too is the Bible a source of immense comfort... - Dental Health (1 speech)
With the record budget surplus, I had expected that this government would finally do the right thing by addressing the needs of 650,000 Australians now languishing on waiting lists for dental... - Dental Health; Nuclear Energy (8 speeches)
I thank the member for Throsby for bringing up dental health. It is a big issue in my electorate as well. Why aren’t you chasing the state government to do something about it? Do you know...
