House debates

Thursday, 28 August 2014

  • Employment (1 speech)
    Nowhere is the dire need to create jobs for young people and to support trades training centres more evident than in my electorate. Youth unemployment is at a 15-year high in Victoria, with...
  • Casey Electorate: First World War Centenary (1 speech)
    In the dying days of 1918, Winston Churchill predicted with precision what we would all be doing over the next four years. With the mechanised machine gun madness of our costliest war just over,...
  • Kent, Mr Lewis (1 speech)
    It is with great sadness that I stand today to pay tribute to Lewis Kent, a man who, in partnership with his wonderful wife, Vera, served the electorate of Hotham for 10 years between 1980 and...
  • Macquarie Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    I would like to take this opportunity to highlight the success of the coalition government in projecting and achieving significant accomplishments in infrastructure for Australia. The residents...
  • Bendigo Electorate: Golden Square Early Education Centre (1 speech)
    A few weeks ago I had the great honour of being given the opportunity by Goodstart Early Learning to spend a day walking in the shoes of the educators of the Golden Square Early Education Centre....
  • Barker Electorate: National Broadband Network (1 speech)
    I rise to speak today on the outstanding progress the Abbott coalition government is making in rolling out the National Broadband Network, particularly in my electorate of Barker. The NBN is a...