House debates
Monday, 18 June 2012
- Bradfield Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
A crucially needed piece of infrastructure in my electorate is the link between the F3 and M2. This is needed for a range of reasons: to reduce the appalling congestion on Pennant Hills Road, to... - Grocery Prices (1 speech)
For many years, Coles and Woolworths have dominated Australia's retail grocery sales with estimates placing their combined grocery market share at over 70 per cent. To date, most of the... - Forde Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
The Forde community have been very busy over the past couple of months, doing what they can to help support each other, and it is with great pride that I have the opportunity to share some of... - Boer War Day (1 speech)
Boer War Day was on 31 May and marked the 110th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging, which ended the Second Boer War. So why should we remember a war that for most of the last... - Canning Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
I am raising the matter of skilled workers in the resources industry and the skills shortage because I am so concerned about the people who should be getting a job and who are not. This issue... - Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
A few years ago a Prime Minister of Australia said the following: Implementing an emissions trading scheme and setting a long-term goal for reducing emissions will be the most momentous economic... - Migration: Settlement Services (1 speech)
Tonight's adjournment debate provides me with an opportunity to highlight some of the Gillard Labor government's failures in the areas of immigration and settlement services for migrants and... - Moreton Electorate: Higher Education (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Gillard Labor government's investment in tertiary education, particularly in the Moreton electorate and in South-East Queensland. On 6 June, which is Queensland Day, I... - Cook Electorate: Kurnell Peninsula (1 speech)
On 6 June the planet Venus passed directly between the sun and the earth. The transit of Venus is a rare phenomenon—it will not happen again for another 105 years—and it holds special... - Bass Electorate: Young Carer Festivals (1 speech)
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend FESTofALL, the launch of the young carer festivals in Launceston. The festivals allow young carers to recognise the good work they do, meet other people... - Vision 2020, Mai Wiru Regional Stores Council (1 speech)
Tonight, Vision 2020, the national body working in partnership with a range of other bodies to reduce avoidable blindness and address vision care, brought together professionals and a large... - Petrie Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
I rise to talk about the importance of investing in infrastructure and how the federal Labor government's historic investment is making a huge difference in communities within the electorate of...
