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Question - Regional Development Australia Fund

Mr CROOK (O'Connor) (14:30): My question is to the Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government. In light of the government's decision to fund a metropolitan Perth transport project from the Regional Infrastructure Fund, will the Minister rule metropolitan cities out of... ... (03-Jun)

Speech - Budget 2011/12

Mr CROOK (O'Connor) (10:57am): This being my first budget as the Federal Member for O’Connor I must say that I receive it with very mixed emotions. This Government has made much of the expected surplus in 2013 but this surplus is based around very thin margins and upon legislation that the Parliame... ... (01-Jun)

Speech - Albany Community Care Respite Centre

Mr CROOK (O'Connor) (09:45): I would like to take this opportunity to welcome a major funding contribution in my electorate of O'Connor. The Albany Community Care Respite Centre has been allocated $1.1 million in funds over three years under the National Partnership Agreement on Improving Public Hos... ... (26-May)

Question - Gateway Infrastructure Project

Mr CROOK (O'Connor) (14:28): My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Page 18 of the budget overview uses words in relation to the Regional Infrastructure Fund such as 'reinvesting the proceeds of the resources boom in mining communities', 'delivering a fair return to resourc... ... (25-May)

Constituency Statement - Chemical Import Tariffs

Mr CROOK (O'Connor) (9:45am): Thank you. Today I present this document to the House of Representatives on behalf of 4Farmers, a national farming agent involved with importing and distributing agricultural chemicals. Of their own initiative, 4Farmers have worked to put together this document which ha... ... (25-Mar)

Question - Low Aromatic Fuels

Mr CROOK (O’Connor) (2.35 pm)—My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Health. The implementation of low-aromatic fuels in remote communities of Australia as a tool to combat the petrol sniffing epidemic is vitally important.A report from the Department of Health and Ageing in 2008 found a 70 p... ... (24-Mar)

Speech - Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy

Tax Laws Amendment (Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011Income Tax Rates Amendment (Temporary Flood Reconstruction Levy) Bill 2011Wednesday, 23 February 2011 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 83 CHAMBER Mr CROOK (O’Connor) (5.15 pm)— The events of this summer will go down in history as some ... ... (23-Feb)

Speech - Youth Allowance amendments to House of Reps

I am bit surprised we are having this debate. This, in my view, has been through this House once before on the back of the member for Forrest, and the vote was won. There was a passionate plea from the Senate. In fact, I thought there was a fire in the Senate on Thursday, as the bells were ringing s... ... (21-Feb)

Adjournment Speech - Childcare Provision in Regional WA

I rise tonight to bring to the attention of the house my concern over the provision and sustainability of child care services in Regional Western Australia, largely as a result of changes in Government policy.Continuing on from Question Time today when I asked the Minister for Employment Participati... ... (09-Feb)

Question Without Notice: Childcare

Mr CROOK» (O’Connor) (2:22 PM) —My question is to the Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare. Will the government review its decision to cut funding for neighbourhood model occasional care centres, leaving some communities in regional Western Australia with no childcare option? Ms KATE ... ... (09-Feb)

Constituency Statement: Emergency Warnings and ABC Local Radio

Since parliament has resumed, we have seen an outpouring of emotion over the disasters of this summer, with many members relating heart-rending accounts of what they and members of their electorates have lost and endured. As for me, I have watched and listened from afar and cannot begin to imagine w... ... (09-Feb)

Speech - Mine Emergency Response Competition

Mr CROOK (O’Connor) (7.54 pm)—I rise tonight to advise the House of a recent Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA Eastern Regional Council Underground Mine Emergency Response Competition. The competition was held from 5 June to 7 June this year at the famous Kalgoorlie-Boulder Mt Charlotte Gold Mine... ... (24-Nov)

Albany Community Care Respite Centre - November 17, 2010

Extract from Hansard: November 17, 2010O’Connor Electorate: Albany Community Care Respite Centre Mr CROOK (O’Connor) (7.55 pm)—  I would like to point out a significant issue in my electorate of O’Connor. The city of Albany, located in the south of O’Connor, has a brand new respite centre—... ... (23-Nov)

Maiden Speech - October 25, 2010

Thank you Mr Speaker and I thank the electorate of O’Connor for this great honour. I would like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners, both past and present of this great land that we now share. It is indeed a great honour to be standing before you today as the new Member for O’Connor ... ... (25-Oct)

Tony Crook Media Conference. August 23

Author: Tony Crook Published on: 23-August-2010 E and OE Crook: I’d like to make an opening statement and then I’m happy to take questions. In view of the numbers that are available from the Australian Electorate Commission, it has become clear that I will be the next Member for O&rs... ... (23-Aug)

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