House debates
Monday, 19 October 2009
- Gippsland Electorate: Princes Highway Road Toll (1 speech)
I rise to highlight the appalling road toll on the Princes Highway east of Sale and the need for additional funding to improve the safety of the road environment. Since 2004, there have been 24... - Mr Ian Ward; Petitions: Deaths in Custody (2 speeches)
On 27 January 2008, a much-loved and respected Aboriginal elder from the Warburton community in WA, Mr Ward, died while being transported 360 kilometres from Laverton to Kalgoorlie by the... - Petition: Homelessness and Young People (2 speeches)
On Friday I was at the Greenwood Senior High School and was handed a petition by the head boy and head girl of the school, Justin Micale and Ellen Collins. The petition was under the name of the... - Oxley Electorate: Ipswich Motorway (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to update the House on the most significant piece of infrastructure being upgraded in the western corridor and in my electorate of Oxley. The Ipswich Motorway will soon... - Kangaroo Harvesting and Processing (1 speech)
I rise tonight to ask the federal government to provide assistance to the kangaroo harvesting industry and processing sector, which has been virtually crippled by the Russian ban on roo meat... - Peition: Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme; Petition: Restrictions on Parallel Importation of Books (1 speech)
I present two petitions that have been approved by the Standing Committee on Petitions as in order petitions. The first of those petitions deals with the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and... - Swan Electorate: Seniors Forum (1 speech)
Last Thursday I held a seniors forum at Queens Park Homestay Village in my electorate of Swan. I am pleased to report that the forum attracted a lively and inquisitive audience of senior... - Northern Rivers Bushfires (1 speech)
I would like to pay tribute in this House to firefighters from four agencies who have been working overtime to control bushfires in my federal electorate of Page, and the neighbouring electorates... - North-South Perth Railway (1 speech)
Through the middle of my electorate runs the main north-south Perth freeway and railway, an impressive project at first glance. The problem is that the government’s state ALP cohorts, in... - International Awards for Liveable Communities (2 speeches)
The 2009 International Awards for Liveable Communities was recently held in the city of Pilsen in Czech Republic. The LivCom awards were launched in 1997 and endorsed by the United Nations...
