House debates
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
- Solomon Electorate: Darwin Housing (1 speech)
I rise again to raise the important issue of the 396 RAAF base houses in Eaton, Darwin. These are the same houses I have spoken on before in this place, the same suburb where over 200 taxpayer... - Nelson, Professor Hyland (Hank), AM (1 speech)
Emeritus Professor Hyland Neil Nelson, AM, died in Canberra on 17 February last, aged 74. For 45 years Hank was the leading historian of Papua New Guinea, the most respected commentator on its... - Hume Electorate: Floods (1 speech)
At this very moment there are people in the southern part of New South Wales being subjected to quickly rising floodwaters as a result of the saturation of the ground that has occurred over the... - Nurses (1 speech)
Right now nurses in my electorate of Melbourne and across the state of Victoria are being forced to lift to work bans they have put in place at a number of hospitals. The decisions of Fair Work... - National Rugby League (1 speech)
The communities of Central Queensland from Bundaberg to Mackay and west to the border are united in a bid for a National Rugby League team. This is the heartland of rugby league—just look... - Media (1 speech)
Shortly, the findings of the Finkelstein media inquiry and the Convergence Review will be known to the public. These reviews have great relevance to our media ownership laws in Australia. I was... - Petition: Private Health Insurance (1 speech)
I rise to table a petition with 2,268 signatures from the people of Boothby calling on the government not to means test the private health insurance rebate. The petition read as follows—... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (3 speeches)
I was pleased to join the Minister for Disability Reform, Jenny Macklin, to talk about the National Disability Insurance Scheme at the Macedon Ranges community health centre last Thursday. - Roberts-Smith, Corporate Benjamin, VC, MG (1 speech)
I rise to speak on behalf of the coalition—and I think I speak on behalf of the nation—to condemn the comments made by the hosts of The Circle, George Negus and Yumi Stynes, against... - Environment (2 speeches)
Yesterday it was my pleasure to meet in this House with members of a Chinese-Australian Leadership Award Fellowship delegation—about 15 Chinese visitors, led by Jiao Xueli of the National...
