House debates
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
- Youth Allowance (1 speech)
It is a pleasure to be in the Main Committee this morning to present a petition in relation to the youth allowance changes by the federal government. As members would be well aware, in the May... - Deakin Electorate: Digital Television (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the provision of digital spectrum for community television. The announcement by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy,... - Lung Health Awareness Month (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the important issue of lung disease in Australia. Lung disease is a significant and growing health issue in Australia and this month is Lung Health Awareness Month.... - National Schools Chaplaincy Program (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge all of the people in my community who have written to, emailed or met with me personally to talk about the National School Chaplaincy Program. I know that this program has... - Dalwood Assessment Centre and Palm Avenue School Residential Program (1 speech, 2 comments)
I would like to draw the House’s attention to the situation regarding rural and regional students with learning disabilities, literacy in particular, who are currently able to go to Dalwood... - Wakefield Electorate: Events (1 speech)
On 31 October I opened the Kapunda Show. It was a great honour to open the Kapunda Show for 2009. Kapunda, of course, is the town I grew up in. It was a very special day for me. I saw many of my... - Water (1 speech)
I rise this morning to speak on the No. 1 issue in many parts of Australia and certainly the No. 1 issue in my electorate of Indi in north-east Victoria, and that is water. We are suffering the... - Adelaide Airport (1 speech)
Over the last week we have seen the Liberal Party in South Australia declare war on the Adelaide Airport curfew. A passenger flight, after taking off late from Sydney last Thursday night, asked... - Lavarack Barracks (1 speech)
Lavarack Barracks in Townsville is Australia’s largest military base by far. More than 50,000 soldiers have served there during its forty-year history. Right now, the senior leadership of... - Liverpool Jobs Expo (2 speeches)
A month ago I had the great honour of attending the first of the government’s planned job expos. It was conducted in my electorate of Werriwa—in Liverpool, to be precise. It was a...
