House debates
Tuesday, 6 February 2007
- North-East Tasmania (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak, as I have before, about the future of a regional economy in north-east Tasmania. Last week it was announced that a company part owned by the Tasmanian government, Taswood... - Climate Change (1 speech)
In between the Daily Telegraph’s latest castigation of parliamentarians—this time it says we are too lazy to walk to work—and the Howard government’s blindness to the... - Technical Education (1 speech)
I rise tonight to remark on a terrific event that happened yesterday for the people of Wakefield. I had the opportunity to attend the opening of the Australian Technical College in Northern... - Do Not Call Register (1 speech)
Finally something has happened. Finally Senator Helen Coonan, the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, has announced the successful tenderer for the Do Not Call... - Condolences: Hon. Sir Denis James Killen AC, KCMG (1 speech)
In the Australian parliament tonight I wish to honour a great Australian who died on 12 January 2007, an Australian who lived in Chapel Hill, a suburb in my electorate of Ryan in Queensland. He... - Child Care (1 speech)
I would like to speak about a policy that was released yesterday by Labor’s spokesperson on families and community services, the member for Jagajaga. She announced plans to help local... - Paterson Electorate: Roads (2 speeches)
In the short time that is available to me I would like to raise the issue of roadworks in my electorate of Paterson. We have suffered the ‘Iemma dilemma’, where the New South Wales...
