House debates
Monday, 28 May 2007
- Club Fogolar Furlan (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to congratulate Club Fogolar Furlan of Thornbury, in my electorate of Batman, on its approaching 50th birthday. Melbourne’s Club Fogolar Furlan’s 50 year... - Portugese Millipedes (1 speech)
I wish to talk about millipedes—Portugese millipedes, an introduced species that has been encroaching on our borders since it was first spotted in WA in the 1980s, causing great distress to... - Western Suburbs Leagues Club, Campbelltown (1 speech)
Last Saturday, as the patron for Wests Leagues Club Campbelltown, I had the privilege of attending the ninth annual Wests sports council awards. The presentation was not only a recognition of our... - Drought Forum in Warragul (1 speech)
Last Friday we pulled together farmers and interested people looking at what more we could do after interim EC was declared in the area of south Gippsland and surrounds, particularly the... - Gorton Electorate: Medicare Office (1 speech)
The electorate of Gorton does not have a Medicare office. The population explosion in the west of Melbourne has not been matched with an increase in appropriate Commonwealth public services.... - Macquarie Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Last Friday in Bathurst the Prime Minister announced a commitment of $10 million, conditional on a matching commitment from New South Wales, to commence planning for an expressway standard road... - Australian Football League (1 speech)
The Australian Football League has begun an inquiry in Melbourne to investigate why the Melbourne based teams are not enjoying the success that the interstate terms are. It was against that... - McPherson Electorate: Vocational Education (1 speech)
Last Friday evening I had the pleasure of attending the Burleigh Heads Rotary Workplace Excellence and Community Service Awards at Bond University. These awards have become an annual event that... - Keswick and Hampstead Barracks (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to raise my concerns with a Defence proposal to close a number of barracks in South Australia, including two in my electorate—the Keswick and Hampstead... - Water Recycling (3 speeches)
I rise in favour of the major water recycling project in the Geelong region—the Barwon Water proposal for a water reclamation plant in northern Geelong. I have been supporting this...
