House debates
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
- Logan Central Respite Centre Association (1 speech)
I wish to speak today in support of Logan Central Respite Centre Association’s proposal for Regional Partnership funding. The Logan Central Respite Centre is a not-for-profit community... - New South Wales Flood (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker Causley, as you would be aware, over the weekend we had a devastating flood in our region of the Hunter and the Central Coast. The media reports that the cost of this massive... - Broadband (1 speech)
Professor Larry Smarr, the Director of California Institute for Telecommunication, Information and Technology, got it right when he said: I am concerned about Australia. We are in a... - Dalai Lama (1 speech)
Last night I was privileged to be one of the co-hosts of a reception organised for His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the part of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet. The honourable member... - Men’s Health (1 speech)
Today, I rise to speak about Men’s Health Week and, more particularly, about prostate cancer and a recent forum that I had in my electorate in Adelaide. Men’s Health Week is a very... - Braddon Electorate: Investability (1 speech)
Today it is more important than ever for members of the Australian government to be supporting regional Australia to drive sustainable economic growth. The keys to economic growth are... - St Kilda Film Festival (1 speech)
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the opening of the St Kilda Film Festival, which opened with a party at the Dogs Bar and adjourned to the Astor cinema by tram. All the participants... - Ryan Electorate: Karana Downs High School (1 speech)
Amongst the suburbs of the Ryan electorate are Anstead, Karana Downs and Mount Crosby, and the residents in those three suburbs total some 4½ thousand people. They represent almost six per... - Mr Tony Blair (1 speech)
One of the ill-informed comments we often get from the Minister for Foreign Affairs that Tony Blair has no supporters on our side of politics is absolutely a falsehood. It is my view that when... - Nuclear Energy (2 speeches)
Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to be briefed by a group of the nation’s top scientists on nuclear energy research and science. The team at the Australian National University’s...
