House debates
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
- Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
I am personally grateful to have been given the opportunity to sit on the panel of the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Clean Energy Future Legislation because it revealed to me some... - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Rizzardo, Professor Ezio (1 speech)
Today I want to thank Sandra Hough and the many others who have written to me through the Voices for Justice program. Sandra writes: Keep the Promise—Global Day for the Eradication of... - Leichhardt Electorate: Proposed Cape Residential Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centre (1 speech)
I rise this evening to raise serious concerns about a decision that was made on 21 September this year by the Congress Community Development and Education Unit along with the Department of Health... - Mandatory Code of Conduct Legislation, Resources (1 speech)
There is a piece of historic legislation that has come into the House, and that is what is called the mandatory code of conduct. It is nothing very complicated. All it says is, firstly, that... - Hume Electorate: Wind Turbine Development (1 speech)
I wish to further update the House with respect to wind turbine development in the Hume electorate. The New South Wales Minister for Planning and Infrastructure, the Hon. Brad Hazzard, recently... - Shortland Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
As members of parliament, one of our roles is to promote positive community outcomes and each of us does it in very different ways. One of the things I like to do within the Shortland electorate... - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (1 speech)
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission this week launched its latest assault on—guess what? Australian airports is their next target. The ACCC said it is 'stepping up pressure... - Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (4 speeches)
Last week, the Minister for Home Affairs and Justice Brendan O'Connor visited my electorate of Melbourne Ports and a well known institution the Kilbride Centre in Beaconsfield Parade to announce... - Housing Affordability (1 speech)
What a shameful day we have had here in this parliament, a day that will go down in our nation's history as the greatest betrayal by a government of the public's trust since Federation. We have... - Ride to Work Day (1 speech)
Today was a fantastic day. It was Ride to Work Day and Australians were encouraged to ride to work, and not just to ride but to walk or use any other form of transport that requires them to be... - Disability Services (1 speech)
One of the most significant public debates occurring in Australia at present does not relate to the carbon tax, the mining tax or, indeed, offshore protection. It is around improving the lives of... - Chisholm Institute of TAFE (1 speech)
In the time that I have, I rise tonight to talk about an excellent educational institution that is doing great things in my electorate and the region, providing opportunities for many. In...
