House debates
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
- Sir Donald Eckersley (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the life and achievements of respected agripolitician Sir Donald Eckersley, who was born in Harvey in 1922 and died in Harvey on 12 April this year. This paragraph from the... - Bennelong Electorate: Consumer Confidence (1 speech)
I want to speak about confidence. Confidence is what gets us up in the morning. It may seem paradoxical in what is undoubtedly a tough year, when economies around the world are contracting and... - Tangney Electorate: Internet Access (1 speech)
My electorate of Tangney is not poor by any means. Indeed, it includes a couple of the most established and affluent riverfront suburbs in Perth, as well as many more with a demographic that... - Deakin Electorate: Ringwood Soccer and Multipurpose Sports Pavilion (1 speech)
Today I would like to inform the House of the Rudd government’s $2.9 million funding package for the Ringwood Soccer and Multipurpose Sports Pavilion. The Minister for Infrastructure,... - Indi Electorate: General Practice (1 speech)
Confidence is indeed very important and in my electorate of Indi there are certain areas that are having their confidence in the health system seriously shaken. It is important to have confidence... - Dobell Electorate: Proposed Coalmine (1 speech)
I rise to talk about an issue of great concern to constituents in my electorate and that is a proposed coalmine to be built under water catchment areas in the Wyong shire. In fact, the head of... - Swan Electorate: Belmont Medicare Office (1 speech)
Madam Deputy Speaker, as you know, I do not often get up here and have a gripe, but today I am going to. Nearly two years ago, in the lead-up to the federal election, the Labor Party promised the... - Forde Electorate: Rivermount College (1 speech)
This morning I would like to recognise and pay tribute to Rivermount College in my electorate, which last Saturday celebrated its 18th year at its Foundation Day celebration. This college has... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
As if the economic crisis is not bad enough and as if our record-breaking national debt is not bad enough, this government wants to compound it all by introducing a raft of new workplace laws... - Sri Lanka (2 speeches)
This morning I speak again on the human tragedy in north Sri Lanka. As you know, Madam Deputy Speaker, this month the Sri Lankan government announced victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil...
