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05 December 2006
![]() I value and very much appreciate
the opportunity of joining with parliamentary colleagues on both sides of the
chamber in considering the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the
Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 ...
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28 November 2006
![]() The Howard Government likes to emphasise that it and security go hand in hand, yet in reality they are far apart.
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28 November 2006
![]() I want to very strongly endorse the
comments made by the member for Denison, who preceded me in this debate. There
is absolutely no question that the situation which Aboriginal people face in
this country has seen not only their rights but their interests and their
prospects in many instances substantially diminished ...
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31 October 2006
![]() he release today of a major report commissioned by the UK Treasury, the Stern report, makes clear that meaningfully addressing and comprehensively responding to dangerous climate change is the single most important test that any government has.
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18 October 2006
![]() And I welcome
Pope
Benedict’s statement last week that no one could be exempt from ‘reconciliation’ if
Australia is to achieve a harmonious future.
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16 October 2006
![]() My electorate covers a number of prominent eastern suburbs of New South
Wales and Sydney, with beaches, headlands and other areas where people
swim.
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09 October 2006
![]() I want to support the
remarks of my colleague the Member for Gellibrand and Shadow
Attorney-General in the thrust of everything that she had to say in
relation to the Attorney-General’s approach and insistence on having
these laws of sedition on the statute books.
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28 September 2006
![]() The idea of a national political leader championing an artist, an author or
designer in 2006 seems almost absurd.
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14 September 2006
![]() I imagine that visitors to the
gallery would have been somewhat bemused, perhaps entertained, by the member for
Kennedy’s remarks.
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13 September 2006
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11 September 2006
![]() This motion is about blame shifting but it is confused as well. I note
that the member for Lindsay referred to the committee report on
sustainable cities.
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07 September 2006
![]() There have been a number of contributions to this debate and I have
listened very carefully to what members opposite in particular have had
to say, and, of course, to members on this side as well.
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07 September 2006
![]() I had the opportunity to meet and get to know the late Don Chipp prior to the time of my entering the parliament.
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04 September 2006
![]() I move that this House notes that (a) Microcredit is a particularly effective and sustainable means of eradicating poverty ...
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17 August 2006
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16 August 2006
![]() In March this year, Delmore Barton, elder in residence at Griffith
University, and mother of leading didgeridoo player William Barton,
collapsed on the footpath outside the University in Brisbane and lay in
her own vomit for hours.
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16 August 2006
![]() I follow on from the member for Greenway and also from my colleagues
the member for Banks and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to again
highlight and make reference to the fact that nothing is more important
for young Aboriginal kids, young Indigenous students ...
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09 August 2006
![]() I want to acknowledge the contributions made and positions taken by the
member for Kooyong and the member for McMillan and the comments made by
the member for Calare in this very important debate in the parliament.
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09 August 2006
![]() I rise to speak on the prime
ministerial statement on Iraq as one of the ‘mob’, which was the expression used
by the Prime Minister to describe the hundreds of thousands of Australians who
marched against Australia’s involvement in the war in Iraq.
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23 June 2006
![]() Noting the themes you are addressing this year it seems clear to me
that politics, religion, social values, intellectual inquiry, local
environments – all these things - when feeding the act of imagination
in ways mysterious and unpredictable, result in work I’m calling ‘the
creative endeavour’.
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20 June 2006
![]() Labor recognises the important role that the pay television sector
plays in the development of Australian culture in our country.
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19 June 2006
![]() No-one in this House condones
violence and everybody in this House would say clearly that under our legal
system lawyers will plead and judges and juries will rule.
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19 June 2006
![]() It is a real shame that the government has chosen to apply the
guillotine to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment
Bill 2006, and in so doing frustrate the legitimate rights that members
of this parliament have, particularly in the opposition, to get up and
speak to this bill.
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15 June 2006
![]() It has been a week where the
consciences of government members in this parliament have been
challenged—challenged because our opportunity to participate in full and
extensive debate, which is the hallmark of a democracy, has been challenged
because of the use of the gag ...
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14 June 2006
![]() As previous members have mentioned, the Australian Research Council
Amendment Bill 2006 has been opposed, in part, by the opposition
because of what it contains. We should really be calling it the ‘Andrew
Bolt’ amendment.
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14 June 2006
![]() In the light of the
amount of the proposed expenditure that was directed to the arts in the 2006
budget, I would like to discuss the budget announcement by the Attorney-General
and the Minister for the Arts and Sport to unilaterally cancel any prospect of a
resale royalty scheme for Indigenous and other visual artists.
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01 June 2006
![]() There has been much media attention and discussion in the House and the
public on Indigenous issues and the significant difficulties some
communities face of late.
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30 May 2006
![]() I respond to the comments made in the matter of public importance by
the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs by
saying that we on this side of the House not only come with a strong
commitment to find grounds for bipartisan approaches to this issue but
also recognise that we do not have the answers.
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29 May 2006
![]() Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2006-2007
Appropriation Bill (No. 2)
2006-2007
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1)
2006-2007
Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2005-2006
Appropriation Bill (No. 6)
2005-2006
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26 May 2006
![]() This is not just any other Sorry Day – for right now, more than ever, I
think we need to be addressing the issues, rebutting the myths and
dealing with the challenges in regard to the Indigenous people of this
nation, and the still-vital matter of what I call proper Reconciliation.
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24 May 2006
![]() Labor opposes the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Amendment Bill
2006, which reduces the maximum number of directors on the ABC board
from nine to eight by abolishing the position of staff elected
director.
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11 May 2006
![]() The painter John Olsen once remarked, ‘On the resale of art everyone makes money but the artist is forgotten.’
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29 March 2006
![]() I rise to support the amendment and
the remarks of my colleagues the member for Grayndler and the member for
Fremantle.
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29 March 2006
![]() I rise to commend to the House the
activities that took place in Kingsford Smith around Harmony Day during the past
week.
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27 March 2006
![]() I rise to draw to the attention of the House a special ceremony that
was held on 19 March this year, which was the dedication of Maroubra as
a National Surfing Reserve.
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02 March 2006
![]() Indonesia has only recently emerged
from a period where freedom of political and cultural expression was seriously
curtailed and at times censored.
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01 March 2006
![]() The Telecommunications (Interception) Amendment Bill 2006, amongst
other things, amends the Telecommunications (Interceptions) Act 1979
and seeks to implement the recommendations of the Report of the review
of the regulation of access to communications, which is referred to as
the Blunn report.
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27 February 2006
![]() Last year this parliament was
visited by many individuals and groups who urged the government and MPs in this
House to take up the great campaign that has transformed the world’s approach to
alleviating poverty, the Make Poverty History campaign.
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15 February 2006
![]() I rise in support of the comments
of the member for Riverina and others in the House and in support of the
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval
of RU486) Bill 2005.
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14 February 2006
![]() The member for Flinders has made a
great deal out of very little. It is too little too late. Interestingly, not one
word has been said to defend the principle of scientific inquiry that was raised
in last night’s Four Corners program—not one single word.
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13 February 2006
![]() I rise to speak on the proposed
development at Sydney Airport by the Sydney Airport Corporation Ltd, which
proposes to develop 60,000 square metres for an aviation and retail business
park or for a retail precinct.
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13 February 2006
![]() I too rise to speak on this historic occasion of the standing orders
having been amended to allow committee members to speak on or note
reports to which they have been a party.
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08 February 2006
![]() I rise to speak on the second reading of the Future Fund Bill 2005 and the amendment moved by the member for Melbourne.
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