House debates

Tuesday, 3 March 2015

  • Calwell Electorate (3 speeches)
    Today I would like to talk about two major community sporting events that took place in my electorate just-recently. The first is the Keilor Gift and the other is the Iraq Unity Cup. This year I...
  • Ingham Institute (1 speech)
    I rise today in support of International Women's Day 2015 and the important work of the Ingham Institute in south-west Sydney. The Ingham Institute is a not-for-profit research organisation...
  • Cycling (1 speech)
    Last Friday, Melbourne received some devastating news. Alberto Paulon, a young man who was engaged to be married and was starting a new life in Australia, was killed when an opening car door...
  • Dobell Electorate: Centenary of Anzac (1 speech)
    This year marks the Centenary of Anzac—100 years since that fateful landing at Gaba Tepe, now known to us as Anzac Cove, which forever altered our national identity and place in the world....
  • Throsby Electorate: New South Wales State Election (1 speech)
    When you live in a region for most of your life, you get a sense of what makes it tick and what is on people's minds. As I look south from the region that I represent, I am increasingly in...
  • Tasmania (1 speech)
    About a year ago I stood in the House and spoke of the dire situation in my home state of Tasmania after 16 years of Labor government. A year later, I stand here much more optimistic about the...