House debates

Tuesday, 7 February 2017

  • Centrelink (1 speech)
    Today I rise to talk about a big issue that is concerning my electorate: this government's mismanagement of Centrelink. Every single day, my office has been flooded with complaints about...
  • Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
    In recent weeks we have seen, again, the tragedy of domestic and family violence in the headlines. The murder of Gold Coast mother Teresa Bradford by her estranged husband, while he was out on...
  • Northern Territory: World War II projects and commemorations (1 speech)
    I rise in the House to provide an update on a couple of relevant World War II events and projects that are happening in my electorate of Solomon in the Top End. The first concerns the status of...
  • Brisbane Electorate, Turnbull Government (1 speech)
    I rise to mark a victory in the campaign against Labor's lockout laws in Queensland. The Queensland Labor government has finally backflipped and it has scrapped its lockouts. Brisbane will get to...
  • Northern Territory: Radio Services (1 speech)
    The decision by the ABC to cease operation of the shortwave radio services in the Northern Territory is both irresponsible and ill informed—and, I might say, just plain wrong. Senator...
  • Mackellar Electorate: B-Line Bus Service (2 speeches)
    There are two bridges out of my electorate. One is a drawbridge, which can be used in times of national emergency such as the election of a Labor government, and the other, the Roseville Bridge,...