House debates
Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Holt Electorate: Manufacturing (1 speech)
The summer holiday season is a wonderful time of the year, with a range of community events held in my electorate of Holt to celebrate the season. One iconic event is the Twilight Carols at the... - Bass Electorate: Lions Club of Riverside, Bass Electorate: Porte, Mr Richard Julian (4 speeches)
I acknowledge the wonderful efforts of the Lions Club of Riverside and a champion athlete in my home state of Tasmania. When Hawthorn play at Aurora Stadium, the Lions club mobile kitchen is... - Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
Last Sunday morning I attended a Stop Live Exports rally in Fremantle in which people formed a human chain across Stirling Bridge to express their concern at the extreme suffering of our fellow... - Hasluck Leadership Award (1 speech)
Early next year I will once again have the opportunity to bring Hasluck's best and brightest young leaders to parliament as part of the Hasluck Leadership Award. The Hasluck Leadership Award is a... - Live Animal Exports (2 speeches)
In response to the terrible atrocities to Australian cattle in Indonesia exposed in 2011, the Labor government introduced the exporter supply chain assurance program, known as ESCAS. Since its... - Automotive Industry (1 speech)
Yesterday was the darkest of days for workers at Holden and workers in the automotive industry around the country. We learned the devastating news that Holden had decided to cease production in... - Page Electorate: Digital Economy (1 speech, 1 comment)
Technology has transformed all our lives enormously in recent times. Many of us in this chamber can remember the first time we brought a personal computer into our homes and the first time we... - Automotive Industry (1 speech, 1 comment)
I received a very intriguing email on the demise of Holden from an Australian in Queensland. He says: Holden generated $32.7 Billion in economic activity in Australia. They received $1.8 Billion... - Live Animal Exports (2 speeches)
Australia's ban on live exports was just one of the many policy failures by the former Labor government, but it is one that has had lasting effects on my electorate of Durack. This knee-jerk...
