Mrs MARKUS (Greenway) (9:35 AM) —Recently, I was contacted by a constituent who drew my attention to weed problems in a specific section of the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. I immediately contacted local authorities and asked them to take appropriate action to remove the weeds as a matter of urgency. The... (17-Sep)
Mrs MARKUS (Greenway) (12:28 PM) —The Victorian bushfires royal commission has released its interim report, which includes recommendations for the 2009-10 fire season. With summer approaching it is timely to remind ourselves of the tragedy and damage to the environment caused by bushfires. It is als... (17-Sep)
Mrs MARKUS (Greenway) (8:50 PM) —I would like to note that the issue of broadband has been raised today in debate on the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (National Broadband Network Measures No. 1) Bill 2009, but I would like to make some points which are particularly relevant to my electora... (14-Sep)
Mrs MARKUS (Greenway) (9:48 AM) —Today I rise to talk about healthy children and healthy schools. The Active After-school Communities program was an initiative introduced by the coalition in 2005 and began with 900 primary schools participating. Three years later, in 2008, there were 3,200 primary s... (20-Aug)
Mrs MARKUS (Greenway) (4:46 PM) —I thank the Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science for his very comprehensive statement today. I rise to respond to Minister Combet’s statement on the progress of the project underway in Fromelles, France. The project is the excavation of the remains of... (19-Aug)
Mrs MARKUS (Greenway) (12.41 p.m.)—Labor’s high-taxing; high-spending budget is a slap in the face for the working families that the Rudd government promised to fight for.
The working families in my electorate of Greenway are feeling the effects of incompetence as they experience higher prices at t... (15-May)