House debates
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
- Chifley Electorate: Community Services, Nurses (1 speech)
We all know the Abbott government needs help because whenever you see what they are doing you realise the mess that they are in and the help that they need is massive. What is sadder is that... - Death Penalty (1 speech)
I rise here this morning while, as we speak, two Australian citizens are being transported to a prison island to face a firing squad in Indonesia. After nearly 10 years in prison, Andrew Chan and... - Domestic Violence (2 speeches)
Earlier this week, together with a number of other parliamentarians, I attended the Parliamentarians against Family Violence event. We heard from 2015 Australian of the Year and one of the most... - Indi Electorate: International Women's Day (1 speech)
'Make it happen' is the 2015 theme of International Women's Day on 8 March. All around my electorate there are many groups and organisations highlighting the achievements of women and furthering... - Ryan Electorate: VIEW Club (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about an organisation in my electorate, and indeed throughout Australia, which is carrying out truly valuable work in supporting the educational needs of disadvantaged... - Kimore Country Music Festival, Allan Penaluna (1 speech)
Last Sunday, I attended the Kilmore Country Music Festival. This year's festival was certainly a success with amazing country music performances, especially from two local acts: Tim Farren and... - Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (1 speech)
I rise to thank the thousands of people around Australia who last month joined the fight against ovarian cancer. February was Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, an initiative run by Ovarian Cancer... - Urban Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about cities. The book, City Limits, by-Jane-Frances Kennedy and Paul Donegan, was launched this week, and it highlights some of the issues being faced in the electorate of... - Moore Electorate: Coastal Pathway (1 speech)
There is a missing link of approximately five kilometres in the north metropolitan coastal pathway network between the suburbs of Burns Beach and Mindarie, which, when eventually constructed,... - Lilley Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Across our country there are millions of selfless people who quietly go about supporting their communities through volunteering in a wide range of activities. This year, we were fortunate to... - O'Connor Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Like the member for Lilley, I rise to commend some of the citizens from my electorate who received Australia Day Awards. I am not going to name quite as many as the member for Lilley, but I do... - Chifley Electorate: Chinese New Year (1 speech)
At the end of the Chinese New Year festival I want to put a big 'thank you'—an enormous xie xie!—out there to all in my community for their efforts over this wonderful festival... - Riverina Electorate: St Vincent's Private Community Hospital (1 speech)
I was delighted to help the federal health minister Sussan Ley turn the first sod of soil to begin work on Griffith's St Vincent's Private Community Hospital, marking the beginning of... - Multiculturalism (1 speech)
In the current global political atmosphere, we hear a lot about ethnic and religious tension. That, of course, is understandable. Recent incidents here and overseas have had the effect of making... - Durack Electorate: Granny Glasgow Education and Care (1 speech)
On 19 February I joined in a triple celebration in Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region of Durack when I went to the highly regarded Granny Glasgow Education and Care centre. All up, the Australian... - Mackey, Ms Maureen (1 speech)
We often have the opportunity as members in this place to rise and pay tribute to outstanding individuals in our communities who do so much—all out of goodness—for their local areas,... - East West Link (1 speech)
I rise to put the facts on the table as to why we need the East West Link to be built in Melbourne. First of all, there will be 18 kilometres of freeway. It will remove the 23 sets of traffic... - McCombe, Mr Tim, OAM (1 speech)
Tim McCombe OAM died of a heart attack on 31 January 2015. Tim served in Malaya and Borneo during the Indonesian Confrontation and then went to Vietnam. He was seriously wounded as a result of a... - Macarthur Electorate: Green Army (2 speeches)
I rise today to congratulate the first Green Army graduates in my electorate of Macarthur. The Green Army was a key coalition commitment that received $525 million of funding in August last year...
