House debates
Monday, 21 June 2010
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Debate resumed from 14 June. - Budget (2 speeches)
Tonight I rise to talk about the resources super profits tax and how it is affecting constituents in my electorate and what it will mean to Western Australia. I recently spoke about this subject... - Flinders Electorate: Point Nepean (1 speech)
It is a pleasure to appear before you this evening. There is, I want to make it absolutely clear, a grievance which I bring to this chamber on behalf of my electorate of Flinders. The future of... - Refugees (1 speech)
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the settlement in Australia of Vietnamese, the so-called original boat people in this country. In fact, yesterday was the actual date 35 years ago that the... - Science (1 speech)
The crumbling of the Soviet Union and the rest of the Eastern bloc almost 20 years ago would deliver a peace dividend to the West, we were told—and, to an extent, it did. But we were also... - Climate Change (1 speech)
There is no question that the Copenhagen climate change talks were a big disappointment to those of us who believe in the urgency of concerted action to reduce the world’s carbon emissions...