House debates
Thursday, 3 June 2010
- Forrest Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
Today I would like to bring the serious concerns of constituents in my electorate of Forrest to the attention of the government. In May the Labor Minister for Resources and Energy announced the... - Poverty (1 speech)
Recently, the parliament hosted many young people from throughout Australia involved in the Make Poverty History campaign. One of those, Jess Jacobson, was a Tasmanian organiser. Jess is from my... - Petition: National School Chaplaincy; Petition: Marriage (1 speech)
I rise this morning to present two very important petitions to this chamber. The first is a petition which calls on the Rudd government to extend the commitment to the National School Chaplaincy... - Isaacs Electorate: Community Bank (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the opening of an important business for the Aspendale Gardens and Edithvale area, which is the community bank at Aspendale Gardens Shopping Centre. The opening of the... - Health Reform (1 speech)
‘Balderdash!’ as the Prime Minister said yesterday. What we heard from the member for Isaacs a moment ago about the health reforms is exactly the point that I would like to raise... - Holt Electorate: Jayco (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a local success story that commenced in the winter of 1975 in a shed in Cranbourne. A 24-year-old man started a small business. He started with only eight employees... - Higgins Electorate: Home Insulation Program (1 speech)
Today I rise to bring the attention of the House to the latest example of the government’s failure in its billion dollar botched Home Insulation Program. After the tragic loss of lives,... - Dobell Electorate: Health Reform (1 speech)
I rise to speak about health reform on the Central Coast. In particular, I want to talk about some of the initiatives that this government has introduced, such as the GP superclinic. I know that... - Banks (1 speech)
I rise again to express my concerns about the debt recovery practices of banks across Australia, and not just in my constituency, where there is a debt tsunami sweeping across the electorate as a... - Petrie Electorate: Health Reform (2 speeches)
I rise to talk about health reform in my area, Redcliffe peninsula, in the electorate of Petrie. Like the member for Dobell, I am very excited about a new GP superclinic being built in my area....
