House debates
Monday, 16 March 2015
- Kumar, Mrs Prabha Arun (1 speech)
Last Friday evening, I joined Adelaide's Indian community at a candlelight vigil dedicated to the life of Prabha Arun Kumar. The vigil was held at the Indian Australian Association of South... - Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme (1 speech)
Last week—and I think I speak on behalf of all Tasmanians—we welcomed the $200 million commitment to expand the Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme to include all exports out of the... - Indi Electorate: Rural Leadership (1 speech)
I am delighted to welcome to parliament today participants of the Rivers and Ranges Community Leadership Program who are in Canberra on their study tour. Regional Victoria has a commitment to... - Swan Electorate: Minister for Health and Sport (1 speech)
Although it is not the first time the minister has been to Swan, I was very pleased to welcome Minister Ley to my electorate for the first time in her capacity as the Minister for Health and... - Lalor Electorate: Wyndham Legal Service (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the Wyndham Legal Service. Like other community legal centres across Australia, it is facing cuts to its funding from the federal government. Wyndham Legal Service had... - Barton Electorate: Kogarah High School (1 speech)
I would like to thank Kogarah High School in my electorate of Barton for hosting the Shunde Golden Phoenix Little Art Troupe in their school on Tuesday last week. In particular, I would like to... - Parramatta Electorate: Ride2School Day (1 speech)
On Friday I joined Darcy Road Public School in Wentworthville as they celebrated Ride2School Day. It was not the first time; Darcy Road Public hosts a ride to school morning every year, aimed at... - Disability Services: Youngcare (1 speech)
We have a major issue surrounding young disabled people with high care needs. We all know stories of families wanting to keep them at home in the home environment. But sometimes the care needs... - Kingsford Smith Electorate: Brien Holden Vision Institute (1 speech)
Today a very important meeting of global health experts and practitioners is taking place at the University of New South Wales in my electorate. It is an initiative of the Brien Holden Vision... - Hughes Electorate: Anzac Centenary Local Grants Program (1 speech)
Last Friday, alongside the current member for Menai and candidate for Holsworthy in the coming state election, Melanie Gibbons MP, and the Liverpool Mayor, Ned Mannoun, I was particularly pleased... - Defence Personnel (1 speech)
I rise again to raise my concern about the damage that the Abbott government is doing to the Department of Defence. Ever since the election, the Prime Minister has shown nothing but contempt for... - Capricornia Electorate: Cyclone Marcia (1 speech)
Last week, I spent several days travelling through cyclone-ravaged parts of the Capricorn Coast in Central Queensland. Primary producers and small businesses are hurting badly. There is still... - Australia Post (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House that in my electorate on Saturday a group of Australia Post workers gathered together to protest and sign a petition calling on this government to change its plans for... - Eden-Monaro Electorate: Country Shows (1 speech)
It is currently country show season across Eden-Monaro. In all, there will be 12 shows. In recent weeks, I have attended the Cobargo, Delegate, Dalgety, Cooma and Bemboka shows. All shows have... - University of Queensland: Poche Centre for Indigenous Health (1 speech)
As shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs, last week I had the privilege to attend the official launch of the University of Queensland's Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. This was an important... - Reid Electorate: Meriden School (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate Meriden School in my electorate of Reid and , in particular , the school's tennis team which, over the weekend, was crowned world champions at the World Schools... - Perth Electorate: St Patrick's Day (1 speech)
The green and gold were out in force in Leederville yesterday as the group Irish Families in Perth and the City of Vincent staged another brilliant St Patrick's Day parade and celebrated a... - Bushfires (1 speech)
I want to thank the thousands of v olunteer firefighters who faced one of Western Australia's biggest challenges in fighting the enormous and complex fires that threatened Northcliffe and... - Road Infrastructure (1 speech)
Despite proclaiming that the last Victorian state election was 'a referendum on the East West Link', the Liberal Party continues to flog this deadest of dead horses. The assistant minister for... - Winmalee: Mobile Phone Towers (2 speeches)
I rise today with great concern for the community of Winmalee in the Blue Mountains in the electorate of Macquarie. Devastated by bushfires in October 2013, Telstra placed a temporary mobile...
