House debates

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

  • Adelaide Electorate: Roma Mitchell Secondary College (1 speech)
    I rise today to share with the parliament the experience of a recent visit that I undertook to Roma Mitchell Secondary College, a school in the inner northern part of Adelaide which is doing a...
  • Moore Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
    Wanneroo Road is the major arterial road providing north-to-south corridor access in the eastern part of my electorate of Moore. For most of its 44 kilometre length, Wanneroo Road is a dual...
  • Australian Public Service (1 speech)
    The Abbott government's budget broke promises like a bull in a china shop, and no more so than in my proud city in the ACT, which I am fortunate to represent in this place. The Abbott government...
  • Robertson Electorate: Basketball (1 speech)
    It is indeed an honour to be in this chamber today and say that as the member for Robertson I am incredibly proud of a government that is delivering 600 new Commonwealth jobs to my electorate in...
  • Renewable Energy (1 speech)
    In Melbourne, the community is taking charge of moving our great city to renewable energy, but they deserve more support from government. Given the climate denial and failure of leadership on...
  • Mallee Electorate: Education (1 speech)
    I rise today to talk about what I think is a structural challenge for regional Australia, and something we should be looking at. I represent a rural electorate, as I have often expounded in this...
  • McIntyre, Bishop John Charles, Neale, Ms Margaret (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about the loss of two very important members of our local community. The first is Margaret Neale. She was a woman who retired to Erskineville and became an absolutely integral...
  • Corangamite Electorate: Jobs (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about our government's strong commitment to jobs, growth and infrastructure in the Corangamite electorate which I so proudly represent. In doing so, I also wish to correct the...
  • Para Hills Knights Soccer Club (1 speech)
    This year the Para Hills Knights Soccer Club celebrates its 50th anniversary and to mark the occasion on Saturday, 28 June the club held a 50th anniversary black and white ball—black and...
  • Lindsay Electorate, NAIDOC Week (2 speeches)
    I would like to take the opportunity today to highlight a number of wonderful community events in the Lindsay community. I am immensely proud to be a local member for such a wonderful, inclusive...