House debates

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

  • Small Business: Taxation (1 speech)
    Small businesses in Australia are under pressure from inflation, rising interest rates, the increasing cost of goods and services and the challenges of hiring and retaining staff. As my...
  • Canberra Electorate: ZamZam Foundation, Canberra Electorate: UNSW Canberra (1 speech)
    On Sunday I had the great pleasure of attending a fundraiser with the Zamzam Foundation, an important community organisation based here in my electorate of Canberra. The organisation was founded...
  • Morrison Government: Mental Health (1 speech)
    In an article in the Sydney Morning Herald this morning former Prime Minister Morrison named the mental health agreements that his government achieved with the states as one of his proudest...
  • Shipbuilding Industry, Defence Procurement (1 speech)
    Without question, shipbuilding is the apex form of sophisticated manufacturing in Australia, and I am proud to represent one of only two national shipbuilding hubs. We might make other artefacts...
  • Cowper Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
    This week, as many would know, is End Youth Suicide Week, so I thought I would take this opportunity to speak about mental health care in my electorate of Cowper. Over the past five years, or...
  • Gilmore Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
    I am thrilled to speak today about the Jervis Bay flyover project, which has now moved onto the major construction phase. Last week, I was honoured to join with the federal Minister for Regional...
  • Middle East (1 speech)
    A lot of people in this place and elsewhere know that I have been a long-time supporter of the Palestinian people. Some years ago, I spent eight days on the West Bank. One of my former mayors is...
  • Taxation (1 speech)
    I'm rising today to speak about the tax cuts in the electorate of Sydney, but I want to thank the member for Parkes for making those comments. I think there's a lot of agreement on this side with...
  • Financial Security (1 speech)
    Financial scams are becoming all too common. I wish to draw the attention of parliament to the plight of more than 100 elderly Western Australian retirees who lost their life savings in the...
  • Gellibrand Electorate: Telecommunications (2 speeches)
    No suburb in Australia does more online shopping than Point Cook in my electorate in Melbourne's west. It's true but it's ironic, because residents in Point Cook have long had to put up with...