Today I am going to talk about an impending event in my electorate which is part of the South Perth Fiesta, which I recently spoke about in this place. The event, to be held on 29 March 2009, is the Esther Fiesta ‘Fight Against Drugs’ Fun Run. It will be a five-kilometre walk or run along the South ...

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Western Australia is perhaps best known for the fantastic lifestyle it offers its residents. My seat of Swan, in Perth, is a great example of this lifestyle. On a typical summer evening along the South Perth foreshore, there will be people walking, running, cycling, kicking a football or soccer ball...

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Mr IRONS (Swan) (4.45 pm)—Between 2002 and 2006 in the four main local council regions in my electorate of Swan, there were just short of 5,000 alcohol-related hospitalisations, costing the community over $23 million. Binge drinking is clearly a major problem within my electorate and, unfortunately,...

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Mr IRONS (Swan) (12.41 pm)—I congratulate the member for Werriwa for the basket of goodies he has just told us about. I rise today to talk about the issue of youth suicide and the efforts of a charitable organisation within my electorate to prevent it. I begin with some sobering statistics. In 2005,...

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Mr IRONS (Swan) (9.30 am)—Last year I attended the Queens Park Junior Football Club in my electorate to present some trophies. I went there as a representative of the Perth Football Club as I am the director of junior development at that club. While I was there I was pleased to receive a copy of a b...

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Over the past month a passionate debate has been conducted on the pages of the local Southern Gazette, a newspaper in my electorate of Swan. At times the debate has been highly personalised. However, the subject matter is important and that is why I raise it in the House today. The debate has been b...

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Mr IRONS (Swan) (8.29 pm)—On 2 February, World Wetlands Day was celebrated across Australia. The event marks the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance in Ramsar in 1971. The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre estimates that six per cent of the world’s land surface ...

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Mr IRONS (Swan) (8.08 pm)—I rise this evening to commend and support this motion by the member for Forde. This motion recognises the importance of National Adoption Awareness Week and the significance of encouraging adoptees, adoptive parents and biological parents to open and continue the dialogue ...

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Mr IRONS (Swan) (4.01 pm)—I rise today in support of the Aviation Legislation Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Bill 2008. Over the last few days, parliament has had a strong united voice in its resolve to help the victims of the Victorian bushfire tragedy. It is heartening that, whilst we can disagre...

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Mr IRONS (Swan) (6.16 pm)—I rise this afternoon to commend and support this condolence motion. On behalf of my electorate, I wish to send the condolences of the people of Swan to the victims of the Victorian bushfire tragedy of 2009. The people of my electorate would want me to convey these sentimen...

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