House debates

Tuesday, 28 October 2014

  • Grayndler Electorate: Norton Street Festa, Millers Point Public Housing (1 speech)
    Last weekend I was very honoured to attend once again the Norton Street Festa, an Italian community festival at Leichhardt in my electorate. As I wandered among the stalls and greeted old friends...
  • Dang, Mr Dieu Xuan (1 speech)
    I take this opportunity tonight to speak about the arrest and imprisonment in Vietnam of Dang Xuan Dieu. Dieu was arrested on 30 July 2011 and charged with attempting to overthrow the government...
  • Melbourne Electorate: University High School (1 speech)
    There are some amazing people in Melbourne. On Friday night I attended the University High valedictory assembly together with Ellen Sandell, our Greens candidate for Melbourne in the upcoming...
  • Suicide (1 speech)
    Throughout October the issue of mental health has been highlighted, not least with World Mental Health Day on 10 October. There are a wide range of mental health conditions, but I rise today to...
  • Broadband (2 speeches)
    Before the last election Tony Abbott promised to trash Labor's NBN, and that is a promise he has kept. Labor's NBN was due to be under construction in the suburbs around Parramatta right...
  • HIV/AIDS (2 speeches)
    Thank you, Madam Speaker, and may I wish you a happy birthday for yesterday. I would like to speak about what I think is one of the great health tragedies of our time, and that is the subject of...