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Electoral Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008 (taken from Parliament Hansard 17 June 2008)

Diamond (Argyle Diamond Mines Joint Venture) Agreement Amendment Bill 2008 (taken from Parliament Hansard 17 June 2008)

Nickel Refinery (BHP Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd) (Termination of Agreements) Agreement Bill 2008 (taken from Parliament Hansard 12 June 2008)

Water in Western Australia - Budget Reply Speech (taken from Parliament Hansard 15 May 2008)

Western Australia Day - a proposal to rename Foundation Day (taken from Parliament Hansard 14 May 2008)

Swanbourne Hospital Development - Grievance to Minister for Planning and Infrastructure (taken from Parliament Hansard 10 April 2008)

Motion of No Confidence in the Minister for Energy (taken from Parliament Hansard 08 April 2008)

Response to Premier's Statement - The State of the State (taken from Parliament Hansard 28 February 2008)

Appropriation (Consolidated Account) Bill (No 5) 2007 - Western Australia's Iron Ore Industry (taken from Parliament Hansard 29 November 2007)

Response to Premier's Statement - Western Australia's Iron Ore Industry (taken from Parliament Hansard 22 November 2007)

Report on Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Seminar on the Governance of the United Kingdom (presented on 14 November 2007)

Nuclear Facilities Prohibition Bill 2007 (taken from Parliament Hansard 13 November 2007)

Indigenous Conservation Title Bill 2007 (taken from Parliament Hansard 25 October 2007)

Prostitution Amendment Bill 2007 (amendment moved by Hon Colin Barnett - taken from Parliament Hansard 18 October 2007)

Prostitution Amendment Bill 2007 (taken from Parliament Hansard 25 September 2007)

Sustainability and Economic Rationalism: The Need to Think Big (the notes used in a presentation to the Institute of Public Administration National Conference in Perth on 19 September 2007)

The Cliffe - Heritage Listing grievance to the Minister for Heritage (taken from Parliament Hansard 30 August 2007)

Election of Senators Amendment Bill 2007 - with comments on Australia's federal system (taken from Parliament Hansard 15 August 2007)

Children

Putting Children First (information on the child protection crisis in Western Australia - 06 November 2006)

Drugs

'Ice' Age (information on illicit drugs - 06 November 2006)

Education

Outcomes Based Education (edited version of a speech given to Parliament on 17 May 2006)

Elections

State Election Result (response to the 2005 state election)

Electoral Affairs

Electoral Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2008 (taken from Parliament Hansard 17 June 2008)

Energy

Motion of No Confidence in the Minister for Energy (taken from Parliament Hansard 08 April 2008)

Disaggregation of Western Power (taken from Parliament Hansard 22 September 2005)

Disaggregation of Western Power (taken from Parliament Hansard 28 June 2005)

Flag

State Flag Bill 2006 - Private Members' Bill (taken from Parliament Hansard 05 April 2006)

Heritage

Western Australia Day - a proposal to rename Foundation Day (taken from Parliament Hansard 14 May 2008)

The Cliffe - Heritage Listing grievance to the Minister for Heritage (taken from Parliament Hansard 30 August 2007)

Indigenous Affairs

Indigenous Conservation Title Bill 2007 (taken from Parliament Hansard 25 October 2007)

Local Government

Local Government Amendment Bill 2006 (taken from Parliament Hansard on 25 October 2006 and relates to the State Government's plan to introduce preferential voting in Local Government elections)

Parliament

Response to Premier's Statement - The State of the State (taken from Parliament Hansard 28 February 2008)

Report on Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Seminar on the Governance of the United Kingdom (presented on 14 November 2007)

Election of Senators Amendment Bill 2007 - with comments on Australia's federal system (taken from Parliament Hansard 15 August 2007)

A Changing Europe (comments about the European Union - July 2007)

Legislative Council celebrates 175 years (edited version of an address to an Australasian Study of Parliament Group seminar on 07 June 2007)

Planning

Swanbourne Hospital Development - Grievance to Minister for Planning and Infrastructure (taken from Parliament Hansard 10 April 2008)

Coastal Planning (response to Federal Government comments - July 2005)

Political Standards

Improper behaviour within the Labor Party and State Government (taken from Parliament Hansard 17 May 2007)

Hon Shelley Archer - Fitness to be a Member of Parliament (taken from Parliament Hansard 20 March 2007)

Prostitution

Prostitution Amendment Bill 2007 (amendment moved by Hon Colin Barnett - taken from Parliament Hansard 18 October 2007)

Prostitution Amendment Bill 2007 (taken from Parliament Hansard 25 September 2007)

Rock Art

Rock Art (edited version of a speech given to Parliament on 09 March 2006 relating to Rock Art on the Burrup Peninsula)

Address to the National Trust of Australia (WA) (07 April 2003)

State Development

Diamond (Argyle Diamond Mines Joint Venture) Agreement Amendment Bill 2008 (taken from Parliament Hansard 17 June 2008)

Nickel Refinery (BHP Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd) (Termination of Agreements) Agreement Bill 2008 (taken from Parliament Hansard 12 June 2008)

Appropriation (Consolidated Account) Bill (No 5) 2007 - Western Australia's Iron Ore Industry (taken from Parliament Hansard 29 November 2007)

Response to Premier's Statement - Western Australia's Iron Ore Industry (taken from Parliament Hansard 22 November 2007)

Sustainability and Economic Rationalism: The Need to Think Big (the notes used in a presentation to the Institute of Public Administration National Conference in Perth on 19 September 2007)

Rock Art (edited version of a speech given to Parliament on 09 March 2006 relating to Rock Art on the Burrup Peninsula)

Western Australian Industry (taken from Parliament Hansard 24 November 2005)

Tax

Land Tax (taken from Parliament Hansard 12 April 2006)

Taxation on the Family Home (taken from Parliament Hansard 02 June 2005)

Telecommunications

Telstra Full Sale (taken from Parliament Hansard 18 August 2005)

Trade

Wheat Growers - Sale Options (taken from Parliament Hansard 18 October 2006)

Analysis of the 'Wheat Export Scandal' (09 February 2006)

Uranium Mining and Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Facilities Prohibition Bill 2007 (taken from Parliament Hansard 13 November 2007)

Uranium - When politics gets in the way of development (address to the Australian Uranium Conference 25 July 2006)

Uranium Mining Ban (taken from Parliament Hansard 31 August 2005)

Should the ban be lifted on uranium mining in WA? (transcript of ABC Stateline interview 12 August 2005)

Global Nuclear Power Industry & Uranium Mining (address to the Conservation Council of Western Australia 23 June 2005)

Water

Water in Western Australia - Budget Reply Speech (taken from Parliament Hansard 15 May 2008)

 

 

 

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