05 May, 2011
Speech to the Australian Families Association
Thursday 5 May 2011
By Sophie Mirabella MP
It’s a pleasure to be with you all tonight and to talk about a subject very near to my heart as a mother of two toddlers and a step-mother of two teenage girls.
First, I’d like to put the issue in context....
03 March, 2011
There is one job that this carbon tax is intended to save, and that is the Prime Minister’s job. What price will we pay? Thousands of Australian jobs will be exported overseas and thousands of Australian businesses will go to the wall. For what reason? For the reason that this is a desperate m...
24 February, 2011
I rise to speak about the government’s callous disregard for innovation, industry and science policy. I do so after being given another extraordinary insight into the embattled minister’s approach—or, should I say, lack of approach—in Senate estimates yesterday. We heard that a chief scientist who w...
09 February, 2011
As we grieve the recent flood tragedies, it is appropriate to reflect on the tragic events of 7 February 2009, when a series of bushfires swept across the state of Victoria, burning over 450,000 hectares and taking the lives of 173 people. The unspeakable horror that tore through communities...
18 November, 2010
follow this link to Sophie's speech in Parliament on Thursday November 18th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZuNXkOWerc
17 November, 2010
It is a great privilege and a humbling experience to have been chosen by the people living in the electorate of Indi to again be their federal member. I owe them a great debt of gratitude. I will be, as I always have been, fearless in my advocacy of the values and concerns of the people of my electo...
15 November, 2010
Monday, 15 November 2010
Page: 173
Mrs Mirabella (Indi) (6:59 PM) —This is a bill that we should not even need to debate, because it is a matter that one would have thought would be standard practice in any democracy, a simple matter of transparency in decision making and integrity ...
20 October, 2010
SPEECH
Date
Wednesday, 20 October 2010 Source House
Page
112 Proof Yes
Questioner Responder
Speaker
Mirabella, Sophie, MP Question No.
Mrs MIRABELLA
and to indicate that the opposition will be supporting these changes. We are quite content to accept the
government’s...
19 October, 2010
I rise to speak on the issue of the guide to the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan, a plan that potentially represents the single greatest threat of devastation to regional communities across Australia. It was supposed to be a positive plan. It was supposed to be a plan that would return the basin to ...
19 October, 2010
Date
Tuesday, 19 October 2010 Source House 91 Proof Yes
Questioner Responder
Speaker
Mirabella, Sophie, MP Question No.
Mrs MIRABELLA
telecommunications deficiencies in certain areas. Basic telecommunication coverage is and should be a definite
priority for any c...