House debates
Thursday, 26 June 2014
- Airport Noise (1 speech)
Canberra Airport is a vital transport hub and employment generator within the ACT region. I am pleased to have it located within my electorate because of the pivotal role that it plays throughout... - Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
In the budget handed down in May, there was $300 million reserved to get the inland rail up and running. This was kicked off quite some years ago under former deputy prime ministers and transport... - Iraq (1 speech)
I would like to thank the Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq, His Excellency Mouayed Saleh, who gave a briefing to parliamentarians in this place on Tuesday in which he raised, obviously, his... - Elliott, Mrs Lorraine (1 speech)
From the earliest days of Dame Elizabeth Couchman, one of the cofounders of the Liberal Party, and Dame Enid Lyons, who was the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, the... - Australian Vietnamese Aged Care Services (1 speech)
Last Saturday I had the privilege of attending a fundraising dinner hosted by the Australian Vietnamese Aged Care Services. The charity dinner was organised to raise funds for the Vietnamese... - Petition: Health Services (1 speech)
I rise to table a petition organised by one of my constituents, Emeritus Professor Faith Trent. This petition relates to the ability of private health funds to pay the gap for outpatient... - Lilley Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
This year's budget will cause a great deal of pain for families, for young people and for pensioners across the electorate of Lilley. But today I want to talk about its impact on two very... - Online Safety (1 speech)
I am very pleased to rise to report on an event held in my electorate recently, on 30 May. It was an event hosted by Turramurra High School and featuring Facebook and Project Rockit. Project... - Holt Electorate: Casey Pastors Network (1 speech)
I rise this morning to talk about and commend a group of very important people who come together under the umbrella of the Casey Pastors Network. This network is led by Pastor Rob Nyhuis and... - Forestry (2 speeches)
On Monday evening, our time, in Doha on the other side of the world, the World Heritage Committee rejected Australia's bid to have 74,000 hectares of productive, working forest removed from the...
