House debates

Tuesday, 23 May 2017

  • Schools (1 speech)
    Labor does not agree with the government's education changes or the proposals for spending $22 billion less over the long term on education. But the thing that has surprised me about this budget...
  • Queensland Coal (1 speech)
    The socialist Left are on the march. We know that the member for Grayndler is seeing some acute weakness in the Leader of the Opposition, so he is of course leading his band of socialist...
  • Regional Australia (1 speech)
    Tonight I rise to talk about the profound opportunity that exists for regional Australia. I will call on my community to keep on speaking up and encouraging others to do the same, and I will call...
  • Wide Bay Electorate (1 speech)
    The federal division of Wide Bay truly is a rich part of the world in terms of its culture and economy. In the eastern part of the federal division we have Noosa, a cosmopolitan, world-class...
  • Shipping (1 speech)
    As an island nation, we rely on merchant shipping and our naval defence to a greater extent than many Australians would consider in their day-to-day lives. Having our own capacity in these areas...
  • Mining (4 speeches)
    Precisely two weeks ago in this place the Treasurer stood here and delivered the budget. It was a budget that was focused on the better days ahead and it was a budget that had at its heart...