House debates

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    I recently met with Canberra families living with type 1 diabetes. 'We worry about grades, we worry about bullying—all the normal things a parent worries about,' they told me. 'But we also...
  • National Carers Week (1 speech)
    Today I rise to reflect on the enormous contribution carers make to our nation. I would also like to inform the House of how Bonner will be celebrating its local carers this National Carers Week....
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about the National Disability Insurance Scheme. After much work, Labor created the scheme, as support services were clearly not meeting the needs of Australians living with...
  • Fallas, Ms Patricia (1 speech)
    I rise today to pay tribute to Patricia Fallas for her herculean 50 years of service to Meals on Wheels in the Mount Gambier community. Volunteers play a critical role in helping shape our...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    The National Disability Insurance Scheme, a Labor initiative, has offered hundreds of thousands of people with a disability in our country a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to access supports that...
  • Forde Electorate: Canterbury College (1 speech)
    Today, I would like to give a shout out to all the students at Canterbury College, at Waterford, and highlight some of the students' recent achievements. Firstly, I would like to commend the 23...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    Just like this government does not get workplace safety, just like this government does not get the importance of maintaining strong guns laws and just like this government does not get the...
  • Corangamite Electorate (1 speech)
    I am very proud to be part of the government which is focused on delivering a positive economic plan to grow jobs and a strong economy. In Corangamite, we are delivering in spades. I want to talk...
  • Petition: Upper Murray 2030 Vision Plan (1 speech)
    It gives me great pleasure today to table a petition on behalf of residents of the Upper Murray community of north-east Victoria. The petition read as follows— To the Honourable, the...
  • Carers (1 speech)
    As this is Carers Week, I asked my community to tell me of their stories. I wish to honour all carers, but especially Juanita Blomberg. This is what she wrote: My story began on 1 September 1973,...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    It gives me great pleasure to rise in Carers Week to speak on the importance of the NDIS to this country. The NDIS is the biggest reform in this country since Medicare, and for the people whose...
  • East West Link (1 speech)
    As traffic in Melbourne gets worse by the week, I want to reaffirm this government's commitment to the desperately needed East West Link project and remind the House that $3 billion in federal...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
    This week, Carers Week, we have legislation for an NDIS 'special fund', which is no doubt a euphemism for 'budget cut'. And today we have the social services minister, Christian Porter, seeking...
  • Day for Daniel (1 speech)
    On a fateful day in December 2003, a Sunshine Coast boy set out from his home to catch a bus to the shops in order to buy Christmas presents for his family. He was a son, a brother, a grandson, a...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    I rise with my colleagues today to talk about the NDIS and this government's culpability. It is a truth that Labor builds and the coalition tears down. It is an absolute truth. We see it with...
  • Huxley, Mr Dane (1 speech)
    I rise to pay tribute to Mr Dane Huxley, the former Chief Executive Officer of Mildura Base Hospital. He is a man who recently passed away. His funeral is on Friday. He has been instrumental in...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    Bruce Bonyhady is a man widely regarded as the father of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Put simply, the NDIS would not exist without Bruce Bonyhady. He has been the chairman of the...
  • Harness, Mr James 'Jim' (1 speech)
    ) ( ): I rise today to commemorate the life of World War II veteran and long-term resident of Albany, former British Royal Navy Signalman James Harness. Just over two months ago, I joined Mr...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (2 speeches)
    There would not be a National Disability Insurance Scheme without Bruce Bonyhady. There is no-one more committed, no-one more experienced, no-one more knowledgeable. Bruce Bonyhady's two amazing...