House debates
Thursday, 7 February 2013
- Bennelong Electorate: Mr Jacques Baran (1 speech)
I rise to commend the extraordinary life of Mr Jacques Baran, who was recently awarded City of Ryde Citizen of the Year in recognition of his generous contribution to the Bennelong community. I... - Parramatta Electorate: Parramatta Two Blues Rugby Club (1 speech)
I have a great number of sporting clubs in my electorate, and I want to talk about one of them today, the Parramatta Two Blues Rugby Club, a club founded as Cumberland way back in 1879 that has... - Ryan Electorate: Australia Day Citizenship Ceremonies (1 speech)
On Australia Day I had the privilege of welcoming more than 100 new citizens to my electorate of Ryan at three different citizenship ceremonies, in Indooroopilly, Mount Coot-tha and Toowong. As a... - Holt Electorate: Holt Community Spirit and Leadership Awards (1 speech)
On 10 December last year I had the honour to acknowledge 57 outstanding young students from 55 schools at the 2012 Holt Community Spirit and Leadership Awards ceremony. The Holt Community Spirit... - Podgornik, Mr Peter (1 speech)
Thank you, Deputy Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to a person I have actually never met, but who has provided more than 30 years of outstanding public service to our community as a member of both... - Corio Electorate: Railway Stations (1 speech)
I have spoken in this chamber before about the appalling state of some of the train stations in Geelong's north: North Shore and Corio stations in particular. I know that many people in Geelong... - Solomon Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
On Australia Day I had the pleasure of attending two flag-raising ceremonies and citizenship ceremonies—one in Palmerston and one in Darwin. It was interesting to note that this year there... - Paciullo, The Hon. George, OAM (1 speech)
On behalf of my family and the residents of my electorate of Fowler, I would like to express my great sadness at the passing of The Hon. George Paciullo, OAM. George died late last year in... - McPherson Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Last week many students across the country went back to school. It was also the start of the school year for many of our new prep students. Last Friday, I had the opportunity to visit one of the... - Broadband (2 speeches)
Good morning, colleagues. I would like to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly, if I may. The good is the announcement on Wednesday that faster broadband would be coming to the north-west...
