House debates
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
- Casey Electorate: Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
I rise tonight to talk about the damaging effect that Labor's carbon tax will have on local businesses in the Casey electorate. As has been well publicised during the debate on Labor's carbon... - Family Payments (1 speech)
Today is a great day for 1.3 million families across Australia, for 14,000 families in the ACT and for the 6,750 families in my electorate of Canberra. Today all these families will receive the... - Gilmore Electorate: Oallen Ford Bridge (1 speech)
Last year Shoalhaven City Council applied for federal RDA funding to upgrade Oallen Ford bridge. However, despite a firm, precise and unequivocal briefing that was given to the minister as to why... - Housing Affordability (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to make some observations about the issue of housing availability and affordability. These are critical needs across Australia and they are certainly present within my... - Forrest Electorate: Harvey Primary School (1 speech)
I wish to extend my formal congratulations to Harvey Primary School and the surrounding community for receiving one of our state's most prestigious education awards. Of the 750 schools in Western... - Education (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak about a very important issue not only in my electorate but in all electorates around Australia, and that is the issue of education. A few weeks ago a group of parents from... - Veterans (1 speech)
As American poet Walt Whitman said: The real war will never get in the books. We in this place who have the sacred responsibility of sending others to war should not forget that the cheques we... - Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
As we well know, Australia's transport system, with the exception of the suburban and interurban electric railway systems, depends increasingly on imported oil drawn from suppliers in South-East... - Lyne Electorate: Coastal Erosion (1 speech)
I rise tonight to urge the Commonwealth to work with the states on a solution to a problem affecting many coastal communities. Coastal erosion is much more than an environmental story. It is a... - Mornington Peninsula (1 speech)
This evening I want to set out the case for a Mornington Peninsula 2050 plan. This would be an accompaniment to the peninsula planning statement and legislation which are now currently being... - Rural and Regional Health Services (1 speech)
I want to put on the record tonight an issue that is of great concern to me: access to rural health services for the health and wellbeing of people living in rural communities. Humphreys and... - Murray-Darling Basin (2 speeches)
Using the slogan 'Open your eyes to Australia's food bowl' the Griffith Business Chamber is hosting a Murray-Darling Basin Plan rally in the heart of the Murrumbidgee irrigation area next...
