House debates

Thursday, 20 March 2014

  • Bendigo Electorate: Bendigo Art Gallery (1 speech)
    I rise today to let the House know that last Friday the Bendigo Art Gallery opened its new extensions. The project was worth $8.5 million and increased the gallery's size by about a third. There...
  • Casey Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
    I rise this afternoon to make mention of two important community events that occurred in the Casey electorate in the last week or so. Last Friday, I had the honour of attending the opening of the...
  • National Broadband Network (1 speech)
    Labor's National Broadband Network was to deliver superfast broadband to the front door of 93 per cent of all Australians. It was the most important infrastructure project of the next decade, a...
  • Anzac Centenary (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about the merits of the Australian government's Anzac Centenary Local Grants Program and the enthusiasm with which it is being embraced in the Lyne electorate. The local grants...
  • Abbott Government (1 speech)
    Over the next few weeks Western Australians will have a unique opportunity to make a statement about what they want for government, about how they want government to work to secure their future,...
  • Deregulation (1 speech)
    Yesterday the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister informed the House of a historic moment for the Australian Parliament: the introduction of legislation to repeal more than 10,000 acts...
  • Cancer Treatments (2 speeches)
    Given that there only a few minutes left before adjournment, I might take this opportunity, that I have been looking for over the week, to let the House know about an activity in my area that I...