House debates

Monday, 22 October 2018

  • Crimes Against Wildlife (1 speech)
    I rise to raise my voice once again regarding concerns about incidents of brutality against wildlife in Victoria—in Australia—and also overseas. Last month, I gave a speech in...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak on the disaster that is this government's climate change policy. While the rest of the world has accepted that we are experiencing a climate emergency, including those in...
  • Bibi, Ms Asia, Pakistan: Human Rights, International Development Assistance (1 speech)
    Tonight I wish to raise again in this House the case of Asia Bibi, a 53-year-old Christian woman who since 2010 has been facing death row in Pakistan. Her crime? She's alleged to have committed...
  • Tasmania: Health Care (1 speech)
    Tasmania's health system is in crisis. We have elective surgery waiting lists blowing out day after day. People are waiting in pain in our emergency departments. The Royal Hobart Hospital has...
  • Queensland: Health Care (1 speech)
    It's interesting that the topic I'm speaking on tonight is health as well, but I'm going to talk about health in Queensland. There is only one government in Queensland that's cutting health...
  • Immigration Detention (1 speech)
    I would like to take this opportunity tonight to respond to the huge amount of correspondence I have received in my electorate office in relation to the situation of the children on Manus and...