House debates
Thursday, 7 February 2013
- Stroke (1 speech)
During the end of October last year I had the pleasure of meeting with two constituents, Rose and Dean Soraggi of Woodvale, who were at Parliament House for the National Stroke Foundation Summit.... - Pinner, Mr Jackson (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to pay recognition to a student in my electorate of Bass, Jackson Pinner. Last year, 15-year-old Jackson was travelling to Lilydale District School, 15 minutes outside... - Gippsland Electorate: Black Saturday (1 speech)
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the tragic Black Saturday bushfires which devastated large parts of Victoria and shocked our nation. As we gather here today, Victorians are experiencing... - Pacific National Coal RTBU Dispute (1 speech)
I rise to speak in support of the workers at Pacific National Coal who are currently locked in a protracted industrial dispute with their employer over a new enterprise bargaining agreement. The... - Health Care (1 speech)
As part of the $107 million in health funding cuts that has been inflicted on the Victorian community by the Gillard government, my local health services have to contend with $4.9 million in... - National Broadband Network (1 speech)
When I was 11 years old, in 1984, I got my first computer. It was an Aquarius. It had 3½ kilobytes of memory. I was excited when I upgraded, finally, to a VIC-20 with five kilobytes of... - Logan Community (1 speech)
I rise today to speak in support of the Logan community. Over the past few weeks, there has been plenty of media coverage about the events in Logan several weeks ago. But I would like to remind... - Tamil Film Festival (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Ealan Elango, who has managed to produce the first Tamil film in Australia made by local Tamils. Even better than that, the film has been selected to be screened in the... - Queensland Floods (1 speech)
I rise to advise this chamber of the wonderful work of five of the local members of the Scenic Rim State Emergency Service. At the recent Australia Day awards held on the night of Friday, 25... - Young@Heart (2 speeches)
I recently had the pleasure of attending the graduation of 15 young people from the Illawarra Retirements Trust's Young@Heart program. This is a fantastic initiative funded by the federal...
