House debates

Monday, 12 September 2016

  • Scullin Electorate: Bubup Wilam (1 speech)
    Thank you, Deputy Speaker Coulton, and I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your elevation to the high office you now occupy. I wish you all the best in it. I rise to inform this place...
  • Hughes Electorate: Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (1 speech)
    I have long argued in this place that the Moorebank intermodal terminal is destined to become a white elephant, an example of a planning fallacy. It will not work as a major distribution centre...
  • Australian Public Service: Workplace Relations (1 speech)
    In recent weeks, I have spoken to dozens of public servants across the northern suburbs of Brisbane. They are absolutely dismayed by the attacks on their living standards and rights at work by...
  • Moreton Electorate: Mid-Autumn Festival (1 speech)
    As a member representing a strong multicultural community, I wish everyone here Zhongqiujie kuaile, which is Mandarin for 'happy Mid-Autumn Festival'. I know we are actually kicking off spring...
  • Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
    National redress is what I rise to speak about today. But, firstly, I take this opportunity to congratulate you, Mr Deputy Speaker, on your elevation to the Deputy Speaker's chair. I know the...
  • Wakefield Electorate: Stronger Communities Program (1 speech)
    I rise to inform the House about the Stronger Communities Program round 2 in my electorate and some of the important projects within it. The Elizabeth RSL received around $19,700 for a car park...
  • Marriage (1 speech)
    I want to spend a couple of minutes, if I could, on the importance of a plebiscite on same-sex marriage. My electorate has had this question asked three times in the last three years in a...
  • Hindmarsh Electorate: William Kibby VC Veterans Shed (1 speech)
    On Thursday, 8 September 2016, I had the great pleasure of visiting a magnificent group within the electorate of Hindmarsh in Glenelg, and that was the members of the William Kibby VC Veterans...
  • Goldstein Electorate: Clubs (2 speeches)
    I am privileged to be able to conduct my first statement to the Federation Chamber as the new member for Goldstein. Goldstein is an electorate that embodies community spirit. To that end, over...