House debates
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
- Wide Bay Electorate: Floods (1 speech)
My electorate was hit by serious flooding in 2011 and 2013. Generally the governments at state and federal level have acted promptly to put emergency assistance in place, and the electorate is... - Kingston Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
On Monday of last week I was very pleased to host a local sporting champions grants ceremony where we honoured six local young people in the electorate that have shown great proficiency and great... - Farmers (1 speech)
I rise today to call on the government and the banking sector to do everything they can to help our agricultural producers in these difficult times. We have a lot of farms under stress in... - Cancer Treatments (1 speech)
I would like to use this opportunity to raise the awareness of parliament of a childhood brain cancer known as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. I was made aware of the terrible disease by Ms... - Parkes Electorate: Small Business, Kidney Health Week (1 speech)
I rise this morning to speak about small business, particularly small business in the Parkes electorate. Over the last few weeks I have been visiting the chambers of commerce and the progress... - Dobell Electorate: Mining (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the coalmine that is planned to be built under the water catchment area in the Wyong Shire. I start by expressing great disappointment that, at this stage, neither the... - Bennelong Electorate: Epping to Parramatta Rail Link (6 speeches)
The people of Bennelong will not have been surprised this morning to wake to the headline that the Gillard government has broken its $2.1 billion promise to fund the construction of the Epping to... - Airds High School: Flag Ceremony (1 speech)
Today I would like to praise the students from a high school in my electorate who I believe are a great example of Australian multiculturalism at its finest. I recently attended a flag ceremony... - Baluch, Joy AM (2 speeches)
I acknowledge the life and passing of Joy Baluch, whose funeral service I attended last week. Joy was first elected as a councillor to the Port Augusta council in 1970. From 1981 to 1993, and...
