House debates
Monday, 30 October 2006
Question proposed: That grievances be noted.- Climate Change (1 speech)
My grievance is against the Howard government for its failure to address the greatest challenge facing the global community: climate change. Today Sir Nicholas Stern launches his report on the... - Iraq (1 speech)
In July I was able to travel to the Middle East area of operations as part of the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program. This program is designed to give members of parliament exposure... - Legal Aid (1 speech)
I wish to raise a matter of importance to every member of this House and, indeed, every citizen of Australia—the issue of financial and geographic access to justice, legal representation... - Future Materials Awards (1 speech)
On May 17 this year the inaugural Future Materials Awards for excellence in material innovation were held in Brisbane. I had the great pleasure of representing my colleague the Minister for... - Westmead Hospital School (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to speak on behalf of a school in my electorate. It is a great school and it does some really wonderful work with its students. It is a school which this government has... - Australian Wheat Board (1 speech)
The purpose of this grievance speech is to call for the government to establish immediately an independent forensic financial audit of all the entities of the AWB Ltd conglomerate, particularly... - Regional Development (1 speech)
My grievance concerns the failure of the government, after 10 years, to develop a coherent policy for regional Australia. I am a passionate believer in the need to encourage our regions—not... - Workplace Relations; Drought; Indigenous Affairs (2 speeches)
Australia is about freedom of choice: individual decision making and freedom from intimidation for us all to live in a free and open society. The lowest unemployment rate in 30 years and the...
