House debates
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
- Budget (1 speech)
Not content with voting against the funding to help Queensland recover after cyclones and floods, the LNP members from Queensland have not stood up in relation to the $5.8 billion cuts to higher... - South Australia: Emergency Services Levy (1 speech)
I want to take this time to pay tribute to the emergency services volunteers and paid staff who are a crucial part of the fabric of regional communities and who play a critical role in keeping... - Budget (1 speech)
Liberal and National Party MPs opposite have abandoned their local communities. Never has a budget had such an unfair and disproportionate impact on rural and regional communities. In fact this... - Lindsay Electorate: Welcoming Ceremony (1 speech)
On Saturday, together with Paul Stonebridge from Westfield Penrith and a local Darug woman Erin from Muru Mittigar, we had the great privilege to welcome many babies into our local community. The... - Budget (1 speech)
Liberal and National MPs opposite have abandoned their local communities. Never has an unfair budget treated rural and regional communities so unfairly. It may seem a little strange for a city... - Employment (1 speech)
Every single day, as the member for Corangamite, I fight for jobs. Across the Geelong region, unemployment is higher than average, with particular pressure on the manufacturing sector. That is... - Health Care (1 speech)
This budget is an assault on rural and regional Australia, and there is no better demonstration of this than the GP tax—a $7 tax every time you enter the doctor's waiting room, every time... - Miners' Common on the Gemfields (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the miners' common on the Gemfields, which is celebrating its100th anniversary. The Gemfields is a fascinating place located within my electorate of Flynn. It... - Budget (1 speech)
I rise to condemn this government for its obvious disregard for the people of regional Australia—people like those who live in my electorate in and around towns like Seymour, Wallan,... - Leak, Mr John (1 speech)
Members of Capricornia's Living History Unit recently travelled from Rockhampton to Adelaide to attend a World War I centenary commemoration. The event, which was called 'Raising the First... - Budget (1 speech)
The Abbott Liberal-National government's proposed changes to higher education will have a devastating impact on students, universities and communities in regional Australia. The Minister for... - Durack Electorate: Hedland Art Awards (1 speech)
In the Pilbara region of my electorate of Durack is the iron ore town of Port Hedland. If you are travelling to the Pilbara, I urge you to view the art from the Hedland Art Awards in the Port... - Budget (1 speech)
Never before has a budget had such an unfair and disproportionate impact on rural and regional communities. The cuts to funding of supported places and the new fee and debt regime will almost... - Gilmore Electorate: Shoalhaven Business Awards (1 speech)
Last Friday night, the 2014 Shoalhaven Business Awards were held at the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre in Nowra, with more than 350 attendees, a taiko drum performance and over 50 finalists from... - Budget (1 speech)
It is no secret to this place that the Liberal and National MPs opposite have abandoned their local communities. Never has a budget had such an unfair and disproportionate impact on rural and... - City-Bay Fun Run (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on something rather positive in comparison to our member's opposite: the 42nd City-Ban Fun Run, which was held on Sunday, 21 September. An estimated 36,000 people took part... - Rugby League (1 speech)
This Sunday night I will follow in the footsteps of many South Sydney supporters in going to see South Sydney play in the grand final at the ANZ Stadium. This is 43 years after I was taken by my... - Ballina Coast & Hinterland Business Awards (1 speech)
I stand to congratulate Nadia Eliot-Burgess, who hosted the Ballina Chamber of Commerce 2014 Ballina Coast & Hinterland Business Awards on Saturday night. Well over 200 people were in... - Budget (1 speech)
We know that the Liberal and National MPs opposite in regional seats have abandoned their local communities, because never has there been a budget that has been so unfair and had such a... - Bennelong Electorate: Australian Asian Association of Bennelong (2 speeches)
I rise again to recognise the role played in Bennelong by the Australian Asian Association of Bennelong in representing the views of the local migrant community in Bennelong and through the...
