House debates

Tuesday, 2 February 2016

  • Lalor Electorate: Centrelink (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to highlight a great concern to many in the electorate of Lalor. Normally, January is a quiet period for our electorate offices—for most, I would assume, around the country....
  • Vanuatu (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to congratulate Vanuatu on their recent successful election on 22 January. The President of Vanuatu invited the Commonwealth Secretariat to send an observers group and I was...
  • Gender Equality (1 speech)
    Despite all the gains made in gender equality over the last hundred years in Australian society, the role of women is still not equal. When we consider the amount of wealth available to women at...
  • Western Australia: Kimberley and Pilbara Regions (1 speech)
    I am very pleased to rise in this chamber to speak about one of the things I am very passionate about, which is Western Australia's north. Despite not often being thought about at all by the...
  • Australian Greens (1 speech)
    Almost under the radar over the last few months, the Greens political party has been working very closely with the Liberals to prevent tax transparency for some high-wealth individuals. It worked...
  • Diabetes (2 speeches)
    In October last year I was approached to join the member for Moreton, Graham Perrett, as co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Diabetes, one of the oldest and most established friendship...