House debates

Monday, 26 May 2014

  • Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
    (   There is no issue that I struggle with more as a representative in this House than the issue of asylum seekers. Parliamentarians are rarely asked to make decisions that have immediate...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    It gives me great pleasure to rise this evening to talk about some important election commitments that we were able to deliver for the electorate of Deakin in the recent budget. After working...
  • Fraser Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
    I rise this evening to talk about the impact of the Abbott government's budget cuts on the electorate of Fraser. It is my sad duty to inform the House that, since the election of the Abbott...
  • Mallee Electorate: Karen Community (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to talk about something that has been true about the electorate of Mallee for a very long time. Peter Fisher, the MP from 1972 to 1993, who I am sure you will know, made the...
  • Balkan Peninsula Floods (1 speech)
    Earlier this month the Balkan region in south-east Europe was hit by an unprecedented amount of rain, causing devastating floods and destruction throughout Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and...
  • Papua New Guinea (4 speeches)
    On Sunday and Monday, 18 and 19 May in Cairns, the Australia Papua New Guinea Business Forum and Trade Expo was held. Phil Franklin, President of the Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council,...