House debates

Thursday, 2 March 2017

  • National Disability Insurance Scheme, Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (1 speech)
    Last week I had my first mobile office for the year, which was held down at Manuka Terrace, and I met a couple who I had met before and their family. This couple have a three-year-old son called...
  • Small Business (1 speech)
    I rise today to talk about issues facing small businesses. Small businesses are incredibly important to Australia. There are 2.1 million small businesses across the country, and about 15,000 of...
  • Katoomba RSL Club, Macquarie Electorate: Ex-service Organisations (1 speech)
    On Friday 21 February the Katoomba RSL Club was destroyed by fire. It took three minutes for the fire to turn the entire building into an inferno. The 30 patrons who were in the club at the time...
  • Road Safety (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about the national road toll and the recent disturbing increase in the number of fatalities, particularly in the calendar year 2016. The effectiveness and safety of our...
  • Telecommunications (1 speech)
    Recent storms have exposed yet again the risk to our community from gaps in communications networks. On 17 February, Wyong and Gosford State Emergency Service crews responded to hundreds of storm...
  • Energy Security (1 speech)
    Mr Deputy Speaker Coulton, I hope the people in your electorate around Dunedoo are recovering from the nasty fires that they have experienced in the last couple of weeks. We are all thinking...