Reserve Forces Day

I rise tonight to commend former and serving reservists in the Australian forces. I have the utmost respect for the men and women who sacrifice so much in order that we might enjoy the freedoms we have in this country.

Canberra Knights

I rise tonight to pay tribute to one of Canberra’s sporting teams—one of Canberra’s sporting teams that do not always get all the recognition they deserve and all the media attention that they deserve but, nonetheless, a fantastic team.

I rise this afternoon to pay tribute to the ACT highland dancing championships and competition held in Canberra on 5 June. The championships are widely regarded as one of the major state championships within the Australasian dancing community and it was a pleasure for me to witness them.

The latest inefficiency within ACTION to be revealed is that three passengers in every 100 get free travel because ACTION ticket machines do not working. This has cost taxpayers over half a million dollars this financial year, said the Shadow Minister for Transport Services, Alistair Coe.

Roadworks stuck in the slow lane

Article from The Canberra Times, 13 June 2010.

Canberra’s $1m car parks

The ACT Government needs to start to get serious about the enforcement of acceptable behaviour for disruptive tenants within Housing ACT, said Alistair Coe, Shadow Minister for Housing.

Jon Stanhope’s plan to close down all the government shopfronts except one in Civic is ill-conceived and another attack on services to Canberra’s families in the suburbs, said Alistair Coe, Shadow Minister for Urban Services.

After years of neglect and a lack of leadership, inefficiencies within ACTION are almost beyond the control of the Chief Minister and ACT Labor, according to the Shadow Minister for Transport Services, Alistair Coe.

Jon Stanhope has admitted he is unable to control his own Department’s spending while Canberrans pay massive taxes on homes and cars, said Alistair Coe, Shadow Minister for Transport Services.