House debates
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
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Order! It being 7.00 pm, I propose the question: That the House do now adjourn. - Anti-Poverty Week (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about Anti-Poverty Week, an expansion of Anti-Poverty Day, which was held on October 17. Anti-Poverty Week is a nationwide campaign with the stated aims of, firstly,... - Calwell Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
I would like to bring to the attention of the House two significant events related to mental health that recently took place in my electorate of Calwell. The events coincided with Mental Health... - Inquiry into the Child Protection System in the Northern Territory (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the Inquiry into the Child Protection System in the Northern Territory. On Monday, 18 October 2010, yet another report was released that will bring distress to all caring... - Page Electorate (4 speeches)
I want to talk about some of the wonderful events that I have been able to attend in my electorate of Page over recent times. I attended one in September, when a palliative care volunteers... - Swan Electorate: Langford Senior Citizens Club (1 speech)
It is a bit of deja vu for me to be following the member for Page, because I followed her maiden speech with my maiden speech. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since then. It is good to... - Greenway Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
I think we can all agree that few things are more important than the health of our family and friends. That is why I have made fighting for better healthcare for our community one of my top... - Personal Services Income (1 speech)
I have a couple of issues I would like to raise tonight, one a familiar one and one a very much local achievement that I would like to share with the House. The first issue concerns personal... - Gene Patents (1 speech)
I want to place on record my gratitude to those members who spoke in support of my motion relating to gene patents that was debated on Monday, 18 October: the members for Moore, Page, Moreton,... - Road Infrastructure (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak on an issue that is of grave concern to the people of regional Australia, including the people of the electorate of Parkes, and that is the issue of local rural roads. As... - Cunningham Electorate: Aspect South Coast School (1 speech)
On 17 September I was invited to attend a thankyou morning tea at one of my local schools at Corrimal. It was the Aspect South Coast School. They were having a morning tea to say thank you to a... - Palm Island (1 speech)
In 2007, when Kevin Rudd led the Labor Party to power, the outgoing coalition government left them $762 million in housing funding for our first Australians. Those first Australians include the... - Deakin Electorate: Maroondah Hospital (1 speech)
I would like to inform the House of developments at Maroondah Hospital, a large public hospital in my electorate of Deakin. As the member for Deakin since 2007 I am always out and about talking...
