House debates
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
- Dunkley Electorate: National Broadband Network (3 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, you and many of my colleagues here have been to that great Southern Hemisphere capital which is not Santiago or Buenos Aires: it is Frankston! You would know that that capital... - Deakin Electorate: Clean Technology Investment Program (1 speech)
On Friday, 3 May I visited the Vermont terracotta roof tile factory operated by CSR Building Products. As many people in my part of Melbourne know, they are a very longstanding local employer... - Gilmore Electorate: Work Experience, Gilmore Electorate: CCTV Cameras (1 speech)
Colleagues would know that we always have work experience people in our office and we ask them to speak about their experience. I would like to quote from the speech by Kate Sinclair, a year 12... - Shortland Electorate: Fire Services (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the ongoing closures of fire stations by the O'Farrell Liberal government in New South Wales. First, I would like to put on record my thanks to the firefighters within... - Hasluck Electorate (1 speech)
I represent a great local community—a diverse community with people from all walks of life. But the one thing they have in common is their will to succeed. The people in my community are... - Our Stories : 52 Stories in 52 Weeks (3 speeches)
Last Thursday, on a balmy autumn night at the Narre Warren Bowls Club, a hundred people came together to celebrate the end of a journey—a journey that chronicled the very best of our... - South Australia: Roads (1 speech)
I rise to welcome the $500 million commitment made by the Leader of the Opposition last month that a coalition government will support the continuing upgrade of the north-south road corridor in... - Lyme Disease, Climate Change (1 speech)
A medical condition, be it a disease, syndrome or disorder, is classed by the European Organisation for Rare Diseases as rare if it affects fewer than one in 2,000 people, while in Australia the... - East West Link (1 speech)
The East West Link is a vital piece of infrastructure that is desperately needed for Melbourne, particularly for residents in eastern Melbourne, including in my electorate of Aston, who face... - China (1 speech)
) ( ): In early April, the Prime Minister led the most senior ministerial delegation to visit China. My electorate of Banks has one of the highest numbers of overseas born Chinese in this... - Foreign Investment (1 speech)
Riverina farmers are anxiously awaiting some leadership from the Treasurer, who has an important decision to make in the weeks ahead. The Treasurer will almost certainly get the final say on... - Personal Explanation (7 speeches)
Speaker, I rise to make a personal explanation. - Bangladesh: Industrial Accidents (1 speech)
For nearly 30 years the Bhopal Union Carbide tragedy was the worst industrial accident. Unfortunately, on 24 April, the Rana Plaza collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, claiming 1,127 lives, took that...
