House debates
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
- Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
I rise tonight to address a very serious issue of concern in the electorate that I am lucky enough to represent in this place, as well as right around Australia, and that is the Abbott... - Nuclear Power (1 speech)
Big ideas require bravery. I am calling on my colleagues across the chamber to demonstrate that bravery with respect to nuclear energy. Australia needs a bipartisan and objective approach to the... - Nikolopoulos, Mr Kostas (1 speech)
Today I would like to pay tribute to the passing of a great journalist, a community leader and a very dear friend of mine, Kon Nikolopoulos, who passed away on 16 January after a brave fight with... - Green Army Program, Work for the Dole Program (1 speech)
I would like to speak this evening about the Green Army projects, Work for the Dole and the concept of mutual obligation for employment in our communities. In the Parkes electorate the Green Army... - Infrastructure Australia (1 speech)
I was surprised last December when in a media release from the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, Warren Truss, and his assistant, Mr Briggs, they stated, along with their... - Herbert Electorate: Independent Public Schools (1 speech)
My wife is not a great fan of the national curriculum. It is not that she does not appreciate that we have to have some sort of framework; it is just that as a prep teacher it is overcrowded and...
