House debates

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

  • Record Store Day (1 speech)
    Saturday, 22 April will see the celebration of the 10th international Record Store Day. This was established to highlight the cultural and economic importance of record stores in an era of online...
  • Swan Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
    Welcome to the chamber, Mr Deputy Speaker Hastie! I rise today to update the House and my constituents on an important matter in my electorate of Swan. Between 2010 and 2015, the very busy...
  • Fremantle Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
    By the middle of this year the NBN rollout will be just short of the halfway mark. The rollout in my electorate of Fremantle is in progress and we are learning about some of the challenges and...
  • Robertson Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    I rise to commend the New South Wales state Liberal government for the work that they are doing to deliver a better future for the people of Gosford and for the Central Coast. On 8 April at the...
  • keys2drive (1 speech)
    We have just heard from the member for Robertson on the importance of roads in Australia. I rise to speak on keys2drive, a Labor program started in 2009, with the express purpose of keeping young...
  • O'Connor Electorate: Fielding, Ms Kate (1 speech)
    I want to take the opportunity today to highlight the impressive achievements of a constituent from my electorate, Kate Fielding, who is in Canberra this week. Kate is in Canberra, alongside...
  • Workplace Relations (1 speech, 1 comment)
    It was 24 September 2016. Six months ago, Catherine and Jacob, a young couple who live in my electorate, were married. They had saved and budgeted for their wedding and their honeymoon, and they...
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy (1 speech)
    Recently, I met with local resident Julie Cini at the Berwick Show. Sadly, Julie told me the heartbreaking story of her two children, Zarlee and Montanna, that she tragically lost at a very young...
  • Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (1 speech)
    I am proud to represent one of the most culturally diverse electorates in this country. The electorate of Oxley has over 55,000 people who were born overseas. People from all over the world,...
  • Queensland: Dairy Industry (2 speeches)
    Today I would like to talk about Queensland dairy farmers as part of the Australian dairy industry. Dairy is one of Australia's leading rural industries. Farmgate value for the 2015-16 financial...