House debates

Thursday, 4 June 2015

  • South Australia: Economy (1 speech)
    Once again, in the 2015 federal budget South Australia was treated disgracefully by the Abbott government. That South Australia was unfairly treated in the 2014 federal budget came as no...
  • Tasmania: Economy (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to compliment the Tasmanian state government on the budget they have just recently brought down. The 2015-16 budget brought down by Treasurer Peter Gutwin in the last couple of...
  • Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
    In the weeks before the budget, the government announced that it was launching a national strategy on methamphetamine and, in particular, ice. On the Sunday night before the budget, the first ads...
  • Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
    I rise to update the House on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, but I would also like to mention to the member for Throsby that I am running an ice forum...
  • Bjorn Lomborg Australia Consensus Centre (1 speech)
    Last night in Senate estimates, Senator Kim Carr managed, against the odds, to extract some information on the funding of the Bjorn Lomborg Australia Consensus Centre. The key of the snippets,...
  • Liquefied Natural Gas (2 speeches)
    Australia pioneered the industry of freezing pure methane to make liquefied natural gas, or LNG. Gas, of course, is abundant in Australia. Western Australian business is making the switch....