House debates
Tuesday, 28 February 2012
- Kangaroo Industry (1 speech)
I rise this evening to call on the government to provide more support and a greater effort in working with the kangaroo industry, or macropod industry as it is more technically referred to in the... - Chifley Electorate: Community Groups (1 speech)
I would like to pay tribute to work being done in the Chifley electorate by two prominent community groups. The first one is Graceades Community Cottage, which I visited last week. They are doing... - Hasluck Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
I rise today because the Gillard government disappoints me with respect to delivery of and access to the telephone and internet services that are essential communication tools for families and... - Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
The Gillard Labor government is committed to bettering the lives of older Australians. Labor is delivering a world-class retirement income support system but, importantly, we have delivered... - Aston Electorate: Early Childhood Education and Child Care (3 speeches)
This evening I would like to raise two issues which concern young families. The first is the policies relating to preschools, which are causing three-year-old preschools across Victoria to close... - Australian Year of the Farmer (1 speech)
I would like to continue on from a speech I made earlier in the week about the Australian Year of the Farmer. The year was set up to celebrate the hard work of everybody involved in producing,... - Herbert Electorate: Townsville (1 speech)
As Mr Speaker, being a great friend of Townsville, will know, Townsville is a growing city. It is a great city of great communities and sporting teams. It is an inclusive society. Our major... - Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
I am very pleased to rise today, because it has been this Labor government that has really taken up the challenge on skills. Our workforce needs to be upskilled if we are going to meet the... - Education Funding (1 speech)
The Australian people are understandably more than a little perplexed at the bizarre political machinations that we have recently witnessed. However, I have long understood that the agenda of the... - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport (1 speech)
One of the greatest concerns of my constituents is the unending daily assault by aircraft noise. It starts at 6 am and persists until 11 pm with the frequently added insult of irregular... - Small Business, Disability Services, Budget (1 speech)
I would like to raise three issues tonight. Firstly, if anyone is looking for another example of how we are being led by the most incompetent government in our nation's history, they need look no... - Chisholm Electorate: Social Housing (2 speeches)
I rise to speak on the issue of social housing, which is of particular concern to me and my electorate of Chisholm, where housing prices are quite high and rents are going through the roof. I...
