House debates
Monday, 19 October 2009
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Order! It being 9.30 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn. - Bali Peace Park Association (3 speeches)
I rise to speak tonight, a week after the seventh anniversary of the Bali bombings, which took the lives of 202 people in the tourist district of Kuta on 12 October 2002. In this cowardly act of... - Economy (5 speeches)
Today Access Economics released its latest quarterly business outlook. It was interesting to go through it and look back on the year that was and to see how much and how rapidly the economy has... - Gippsland Electorate: Gippsland Lakes (1 speech)
I rise to highlight the Victorian Labor government’s complete contempt for the people of Gippsland and to appeal to the federal Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts to take... - Afghanistan (1 speech)
As honourable members will recall, on 20 August Afghanistan held the second free presidential elections in its history. President Hamid Karzai was officially reported to have polled 54.6 per cent... - Paterson Citizen of the Year Awards (1 speech)
On 15 October, I announced the 2009 Paterson Citizen of the Year Awards, which were presented by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Julie Bishop. It was fitting to acknowledge some of the... - Bonner Electorate: Centrelink (1 speech)
I rise tonight to pay tribute to Pauline Stevens, who is the manager of the Centrelink office at Wynnum, one of the eastern bayside suburbs of Brisbane, and to the staff of the Centrelink office....
