Speeches, Foreign Affairs
28 October 2010
On 7 October, 2001 President Bush ordered strikes against al-Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
This followed the barbaric, cold blooded terrorist attacks on New York’s World Trade Centre, the Pentagon and four commercial... (28-Oct)
Speeches, The Economy, Community
In March 2008, several months before Lehman Bros collapsed, we saw Australian consumers cut their spending when the government was still increasing interest rates. People had no sense of what was coming, yet, several months before Lehman Bros collapsed, we saw typical Australians cut spending. In fa... (30-Sep)
Portfolio Media Releases, Speeches, The Economy
LinkClick.aspx - The Sydney Institute Speech - June 2010.pdf
On the eve of an election, after three years of governing, the extraordinary thing is that people still ask the question of Mr Rudd, “what do you really stand for, and what can you actually deliver?”
In this speech tonight I would l... (02-Jun)
Speeches, The Economy
This speech condemning the shameful waste and mismanagement of this government is given by me more in sadness than in anger. We all come to this place to see Australia go ahead, to become a better place, no matter who is in government. But after three years of the Rudd government I despair at the lo... (13-May)
Speeches, The Economy
This budget and its outcomes are simply not believable. It is a house of cards. It is a con. The surpluses forecast in this budget are manufactured with new taxes—taxes pulled out of the hat some two to three weeks ago when the government saw that the budget parameters were not going to be met. This... (12-May)
Speeches, Law and Order
I rise to speak on the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters Report on the 2007 federal election—events in the division of Lindsay. In reflecting on the incident in general, I concur with the view of the then Prime Minister, John Howard, at the National Press Club on 22 November 2007. He sta... (18-Mar)
Speeches, Law and Order, Community
I rise tonight to speak about Youth Connect, a not-for-profit community focused organisation that offers assistance to young people in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. In particular, I want to highlight a new program that has recently been implemented called Right Step, a young offenders’ div... (10-Mar)
Speeches
I rise to speak on this Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters inquiry, which looked into the implications of the New South Wales Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Amendment (Automatic Enrolment) Bill 2009 for the conduct of Commonwealth elections, including any consequences for the enr... (26-Feb)
Speeches, Environment, Emissions Trading Scheme
This emissions trading scheme bill, the Carbon Pollution Reduction Bill 2010 is not in the national interest. It remains a deeply flawed policy. It will destroy tens of thousands of jobs while delivering little or no environmental benefit. It is a great big new tax masquerading as an environmen... (10-Feb)
Speeches, Environment, The Economy, Emissions Trading Scheme
About 16 months ago when I assumed responsibilities for climate change within the coalition to examine the merit of a deeply flawed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme put up by the government, the first call I got the next morning at 20 to seven was from a friend of mine who runs a cattle station in ... (03-Feb)