House debates

Tuesday, 11 October 2016

  • Live Music Industry (1 speech)
    Live music has provided the soundtrack for the lives of Australians for a very long time, and live music is now going through an extraordinarily challenging transition, with the advent of...
  • Galhos, Ms Kerry (1 speech)
    Today I would like to share with the House the tremendous efforts of the Beenleigh Tennis Club and their support for a rising young tennis star, Kerry Galhos. Beenleigh Tennis Club is one of our...
  • Broadband (1 speech)
    I just want to say a few words about internet speeds and internet connection in the electorate of Lilley and the northern suburbs of Brisbane. Earlier this year, I was contacted by residents of a...
  • Menzies Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    I rise this afternoon to highlight the increasing traffic congestion in Melbourne generally and in my electorate of Menzies in particular. Increasing traffic is not surprising, because Melbourne...
  • Parsons, Ms Georgina, Bundian Way (1 speech)
    I take this opportunity to express my sympathy for the recent loss of Georgina Parsons, an elder of the Walbanga Yuin people, who was better known as Aunty Coope. Aunty Coope was a talented...
  • Dunkley Electorate: Mornington Main Street Festival (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak on a very important date in the calendar of many people in my electorate of Dunkley. For the past 20 years local residents have flocked in their thousands to the main street...
  • Calwell Electorate: Oromo Youth Australian Football Club (1 speech)
    I would like to congratulate players from my local Oromo Youth Australian football club, who last month competed in the Oromo Sport Federation's 20th anniversary soccer tournament in the United...
  • Mallee Electorate: Migration (1 speech)
    In my opinion, the people I represent are some of the most compassionate and fair-minded people you will find in Australia. They call a spade a spade, and they accept people. It is a very...
  • Macquarie Electorate: Western Sydney Airport (1 speech)
    If you had build a new piece of infrastructure—in fact, probably the biggest single piece of infrastructure you can imagine—the worst way to do it would be to look at the rules that...
  • McMillan Electorate: Wonthaggi Seed Bank and Community Nursery (2 speeches)
    I never cease to be amazed by the environmental warriors across the whole area of Gippsland. On Wednesday 5 October, I had the pleasure and privilege of attending the opening of the Wonthaggi...