House debates
Monday, 22 August 2011
- Brisbane Electorate: Special Needs (2 speeches)
It gives me great pleasure to enlighten the House about my recent activities with organisations and individuals who are making a big difference to the City of Brisbane. I was delighted to have... - Schools Assistance Amendment Bill 2011 (13 speeches)
I want to continue the speech in which I was so rudely interrupted in quorum calls today by the silly opposition in this parliament. I think it is really a bad thing for the opposition to play... - Bennelong Electorate (1 speech)
In September 1921 a World War I veteran by the name of Charles Halliday Engisch, established an independent community newspaper. As a resident of the Bennelong suburb of Gladesville, Charles... - Building the Education Revolution (1 speech)
Over the winter recess in the same way as my colleagues I have regularly attended ceremonies to mark the opening of the capital and improvement works funded under the government's Building the... - Queensland Floods (1 speech)
I rise tonight to inform the House of my office's idea to raise extra funds for the victims of the flood in Brisbane. As I have stated before, after the flood that so devastated the great city of... - Rhiannon, Senator Lee (1 speech)
It is customary for new members and senators to use part of their first speech to give some account of their careers before their election. I will be very interested to see how much new Greens... - Broadband (1 speech)
What can we expect from retail pricing on the National Broadband Network? According to the Prime Minister, we can expect lower prices. She told the House of Representatives last year: Do you want... - Steel Industry (1 speech)
Earlier today BlueScope Steel announced to the Australian Stock Exchange that its board had approved a major restructure of its steel-producing operations at Port Kembla and Western Port. Eight... - Health, Bowman Electorate: Eastern Busway (1 speech)
For three months, Australia's world-class health system refused to treat Della Johnson, a resident of my electorate, who suffers from the one-in-a-million vascular disease of the brain called... - McKenna, Dominic, Petition: Palestine (1 speech)
Tonight I want to speak about the sad passing of baby Dominic, who passed away on the 13th of this month. Dominic was the youngest child of Alannah McKenna. Tonight I want to pay tribute to the... - Boothby Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I would like to speak about infrastructure in my electorate of Boothby. One of the issues I have spoken about several times before is the issue of having a non-stop South Road from Darlington to... - New South Wales Government (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak of a clear and present danger facing the people of the central coast of New South Wales. That danger is the imminent action of the Liberal Premier of this state of New... - Riverina Electorate: Sport (2 speeches)
Football clubs are often the social and sporting pulse of country communities. The Northern Riverina Football and Netball League held its grand finals at West Wyalong on Saturday. It was a...
