House debates

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

  • Education Funding (1 speech)
    Recently I visited a number of local schools in my electorate to celebrate National Gonski    Week and, in particular, to acknowledge the positive difference that the Gonski school...
  • Mining (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to highlight a major problem inhibiting job creation in North Queensland and to propose a solution. The Australian Conservation Foundation this week lodged a new court challenge to...
  • Iran Nuclear Deal (1 speech)
    Undebated by the government is the foreign minister's tilted Australian policy towards Iran. Every Monday, including this Monday, the members for Wakefield and Canberra insisted that the foreign...
  • Calare Electorate: Mining (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about one of the very good organisations and situations in the electorate of Calare in the Parkes council area—that is, the Northparkes Mine, which is a copper and gold...
  • Lalor Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
    Term 4 is a special time in schools. As we come towards the end of term 4, particularly for those senior students who are finishing up their exams across the next week or so, it is a time of...
  • Business Innovation (2 speeches)
    I want to talk tonight about the importance of growing a vibrant start-up culture in Australia. Prior to entering parliament I spent 14 years in and around start-ups. I was both an executive in...