04 September 2009

Address to Friday Lunch Forum - Parliament House

"Open Letter to Premier Rees"

10 Positive Steps to turn around NSW

Premier, Everyone wants to begin turning the State’s fortunes around now - even though it’s nineteen months to the election. You are uniquely positioned to lead that change so below is a list of ten positive things you can do.

Although relatively easy steps, they will each have a big impact on the State and you could also see them as a self-help manual.

30 July 2009 

Address to Young Liberals by Peter Debnam MP 

Good evening and thank you for the invitation to discuss school performance benchmarking.

Let’s begin by acknowledging that for the last four weeks, there has been a quiet reluctance within the wider Liberal Party to discuss the controversial position taken by the Parliamentary Party on censorship of school performance information.

That reluctance to openly discuss a policy position is not unusual but it is unhealthy.

It’s unhealthy for the Liberal Party and it is not in the community interest.

So before we discuss school performance benchmarking, let’s briefly discuss policy debate.

26 June 2009

Address by Peter Debnam MP

Thank you for joining our Friday Lunch Forum to discuss the 21 month countdown to the election.

This is the business end of the political cycle when voters begin scrutinising the offerings.

But at the moment voters are only seeing the Labor Government – thankfully still on the nose. 

Stamford Plaza, Brisbane – 23 February 2009

Address by Peter Debnam MP

At this conference, you will hear speakers on all aspects of project risk. While my background was in the Navy and then corporate management, my last fifteen years have been in the NSW Parliament.

With the benefit of that experience I can say there is nothing more fundamental to this topic than the risk of just dealing with Governments.

Sydney - 12th December 2008

Address by Peter Debnam MP 

Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for joining us again to discuss the ongoing decline of the NSW Labor Government.

Today I’ll deliver a report card on State Labor and at the outset I’ll tell you the bottom line will be F for Failure of the Government but I will have to give the Premier a D for distinction in bravado and spin.

- Will the Rees Government have the guts for real reform ?

Address by Peter Debnam - Friday Lunch Forum at Parliament House 24 Oct 08

Ladies & Gentlemen, thank you for joining us again to discuss whether the NSW Labor Government could get any worse.

Well, yes it can.

Remember at our August Lunch Forum we predicted the demise of Morris Iemma and his Electricity Privatisation.