House debates

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

  • Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders: Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 (3 speeches)
    Madam Deputy Speaker, on the 90-second statements, I believe it would be wise for the government to allow standing order 43 to be suspended procedurally in order to allow this matter of the...
  • Mining (4 speeches)
    As the standing orders require, I rise to speak on 90-second statements—
  • Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders: Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012 (1 speech)
    Because there appears to be a little bit of table talk between the Leader of the House and the Manager of Opposition Business about who gave notice to whom and when it was given, I should...
  • 5 Lands Walk (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about a fantastic event that happened on the Central Coast last weekend, an event entitled the 5 Lands Walk. About 12,000 local people and people from Sydney came to the Central...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    My thoughts, like the thoughts of the Leader of Opposition and I am sure all members of this House, will be with Australians who are today going towards a site in the seas to our north to assist...
  • Education Funding (1 speech)
    I congratulate Ainslie Parklands Primary School on the official opening of their $850,000 BER project which I attended on 16 June. Also in attendance was Alan Baker, the school principal; the...
  • Asylum Seekers (2 speeches)
    I was the deputy chair of the SIEV221 incident inquiry. SIEV221 was the boat which went down at Christmas Island in December 2010. That boat came under its own power and steamed around the rocks...