House debates
Monday, 13 October 2008
- Melbourne Cup Day (1 speech)
With Melbourne Cup Day fast approaching, it is timely that the issue of having a truly national public holiday has again come to the forefront. In February 2006 I prepared a private members... - Postal Services at Jewellstown Plaza (2 speeches)
I have raised in this chamber on a number of occasions the need for a post office at Jewells. I have already tabled nearly 2,000 signatures and I have here nearly 1,000 more signatures which I... - Swan Electorate: Belmont Little Athletics Centre (1 speech)
On Saturday morning I had the pleasure of attending the Belmont Little Athletics Centre opening day at the Gerry Archer Athletics Track in Cloverdale, within my electorate of Swan. In its 39th... - Mr Andrew Chin (1 speech)
I note that Mr Andrew Chin has recently retired after 35 years of service at the Parliamentary Library. I first met Andrew during one of the first sitting weeks of the new parliament. Since then,... - Cowan Electorate: Little Athletics (1 speech)
On Saturday, 11 October I attended the Kingsway Little Athletics Centre for the opening of their season. I have the highest regard for the concept of Little Athletics. We in Western Australia... - Down Syndrome Awareness Week (1 speech)
To mark Down Syndrome Awareness Week, I want to talk about what is going on in my electorate of Page. We are lucky to have such an active, artistic community and a wonderful service organisation... - Parkes Electorate: Coonamble Skate Park (1 speech)
I would like to speak tonight about a special event that happened in my electorate of Parkes last week and that was the opening of a skate park in the town of Coonamble. Coonamble is a reasonably... - Lindsay Electorate: St Marys Spring Festival (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the success of the 2008 St Marys Spring Festival which took place in St Marys last Saturday. In its 33rd year, the festival was scheduled to be held on 6 September but was... - Fuel Prices (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to inform the House of the absolute malfunction of fuel pricing in regional South Australia and, in particular, the regional city of Whyalla, and the apparent impotency or... - Poverty (2 speeches)
Members will be aware that this week Micah Challenge, a global alliance of churches and Christian groups, are holding a Voices for Justice event in Canberra as part of the campaign in support of...
