House debates
Monday, 13 October 2008
- Statements (1 speech)
I have the opportunity to speak on petitions tonight. The new House of Representatives Standing Committee on Petitions can report to the House that the changes made at the beginning of 2008 to... - Presentation (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 207, I present the following petitions: - Responses (1 speech)
Ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows: - Moorabbin Public Golf Course
Dear Mrs Irwin I refer to your letter seeking my comments regarding the terms of the petition for the Moorabbin Golf Course. I understand that representatives from Kingston City Council recently... - Swan Electorate: Medicare Office
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 25 June 2008 to the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, on behalf of petitioners, about the waiting times at the Booragoon... - Pensions and Benefits
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 25 June 2008 about a petition submitted by the Moreland Senior Citizens Action Group seeking a change in the indexation of pensions to 30 per cent of... - Australia Post: Services
Dear Mrs Irwin Australia Post - petition request for a postal outlet in North Tamworth Thank you for your letter dated 4 September 2008 concerning a petition submitted for the Committee’s... - Sri Lanka
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter dated 4 September 2008 on behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, concerning a petition on human rights in Sri Lanka. Australia remains concerned... - Statements (2 speeches)
I am pleased to have the opportunity tonight, as Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Petitions, to say a few words about the work of the committee and the way in which petitions are now...
