House debates
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
- Herbert Electorate: USS Essex (1 speech)
Residents of Townsville have woken up to find that the USS Essex will not be coming to Townsville next week because the port cannot accommodate this huge American warship. At times of such great... - Australian Council of Local Government (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about an important week in the House, and perhaps not for the reason that many members would imagine. This in fact is the week when we see the Australian Council of Local... - McMillan Electorate: Anniversaries (1 speech)
It is hard to get all we want to put into these statements in the time allotted. It has been a month of anniversaries in south Gippsland. Fish Creek celebrated the 125th anniversary of the... - Fremantle Electorate: Marine Bioregional Planning Process (1 speech)
I want to speak briefly today about a matter of great interest and importance to my electorate of Fremantle. As members may be aware, the government is currently conducting the new and... - Kenneth John Oram (1 speech)
I rise to honour the late Kenneth John Oram, a pioneer in Australian aviation and one of the foundations on which Army aviation was born. Ken was born on 8 March 1920. He attended Randwick Public... - Gorton Electorate: Father Norman Gray (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the exceptional work of Father Norman Gray, who recently celebrated 50 years of Anglican priesthood in my electorate of Gorton. Father Gray of Delahey worked tirelessly... - Civil Liberties (1 speech)
What has become of the government’s despicable internet filtering plan? The minister for broadband, communications, the digital economy and state censorship has been strangely silent in... - Leichhardt Electorate: Petrol (1 speech)
I rise this morning to formally voice concerns over the price of fuel in tropical North Queensland. The price of fuel, unleaded, diesel and LPG is an issue which I regularly talk about with... - Swan Electorate: Bullying (1 speech)
On 10 June I attended the Carlisle Primary School to present an award to Natascha Sieg for winning the antibullying slogan award by her school. There were some fantastic slogans put forward and... - Makin Electorate: Para Hills Community Club (2 speeches)
On Saturday, 20 June, with my wife, Vicki, I attended a dinner celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Para Hills Community Club. In the early 1960s a committed group of residents who had settled...
