House debates
Thursday, 15 September 2011
- Finance Minister of the Year Award (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago I was thumbing my way through the Financial Review, as I do on a daily basis, when on page 38 I saw a news item that left me gobsmacked. It was headlined 'Swan in line to be... - Calwell Electorate: Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation Centre (1 speech)
The Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation centre, located in Broadmeadows in my electorate, was originally established by the Howard government to be a low security transit accommodation... - Lawn Bowls (3 speeches)
I rise today to raise an issue important to senior Australians not just in my electorate of Mitchell but all around the country, and that is the decision of the ABC to remove the screening of... - Shortland Electorate: Health and Police (1 speech)
The people of Shortland electorate were significantly disadvantaged during the Howard years in relation to health. There was a chronic shortage of doctors, a decline in bulk billing and a total... - Indi Electorate: Agriculture (2 speeches)
I rise to speak about a very important sector in my electorate—that is, the agricultural sector. After so many years of droughts and difficulties, we have had good winter rains, the dams... - Australian Defence Force (1 speech)
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. We all love Old Blighty. I defer to no-one in my admiration of the poetry of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the popular culture of Steptoe and Son or the heroic...
