House debates
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
- Oxley Electorate: Forest Lake History (1 speech)
Recently I had the honour of attending the official book launch of Before Forest Lake, by Vicki Mynott, a local resident, as part of the Richlands, Inala and Suburbs History Group. History buffs... - Adani Coalmine (1 speech)
(The Labor Party is suffering from some kind of identity dissociative disorder. There was a time when they knew who they were and even what they stood for. Now they tell us stuff like 'we are us'... - Al Harbiya, Ms Zynab (1 speech)
On behalf of my local Iraqi community I want to express my condolences to the family of Zynab Al Harbiya—the 12-year-old Australian girl who was killed in Iraq while visiting her sick... - Banks Electorate: Padstow Rotary (1 speech)
Last Sunday I attended the 60th anniversary celebration of Padstow Rotary, and it was great to be there to celebrate with the club. Padstow Rotary is one of the great organisations of the Banks... - Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Late last Thursday night while most Australians slept, over 15,000 Australian students were sent text messages telling them their apprenticeships and courses had been suspended. Careers... - Dunkley Electorate: Mornington Football Club (1 speech)
On 21 May 1892, the footballing community experienced one of the greatest tragedies in the history of our game. Fifteen men of the Mornington Football Club lost their lives during a freak storm... - Australian Rugby Union: Western Force (1 speech)
As a proud, sports-loving Western Australian—as is the member for Perth, here—I call on Rugby's governing bodies to hear the cries of Western Force fans and to keep our proud club... - Murray Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
This coming Friday I will be welcoming back to Murray the Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Indigenous Health, the Hon Ken Wyatt. Minister Wyatt will be visiting four of our aged-care... - Australian Federal Police: Hobart Airport (1 speech)
In question time today I will ask the Prime Minister to urgently reinstate the permanent Australian Federal Police presence at Hobart Airport. Those officers were controversially withdrawn in... - Aspire to be Deadly: Beyond Sports Global Award 2017 (1 speech)
Last week I congratulated Cairns Hockey and the Aspire to be Deadly program for being nominated for a Queensland Reconciliation Award. Today I would like to add to this by announcing that Aspire... - Western Australia (1 speech)
For those who are playing this at home, let's try a little quiz. What do the members for Curtin, Stirling, Pearce and Hasluck and senators Cormann and Cash have in common? I will give you a hint:... - Brisbane Metro (1 speech)
Yesterday the Brisbane City Council unveiled its business case for the Brisbane Metro. It aims to improve bus travel times right across Brisbane by addressing a critical bottleneck across the... - Lalor Electorate: Young People (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on behalf of young people in the electorate of Lalor, some of whom are fast becoming disillusioned with the world and their place in it. They care critically about the... - Lighthouse to Lighthouse Juvenile Diabetes Fundraiser (1 speech)
On Sunday I had the pleasure of seeing off Gordon Robb and Bridget Hansen on the start of their epic Lighthouse to Lighthouse charity event for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, a... - Men's Sheds (1 speech)
Men's Sheds are terrific. Today I want to congratulate Salamander Men's Shed, the 2322 Men's Shed at Beresfield and the Raymond Terrace Men's Shed for receiving funding under the National Shed... - Blackwood Action Group (1 speech)
I recently attended the Blackwood Action Group's public meeting and I want to acknowledge the wonderful volunteers who work so hard to look after the Blackwood area. Established in 2009, the... - Broadband (1 speech)
For the love of all things sacred, members on this side of the House are calling on the government to do something to help users of the NBN who are paying for a product that they are simply not... - Murray Darling Medical School (1 speech)
The push for the Murray Darling Medical School continues, with its aim of training doctors in the bush for practice in the bush. The big urban universities continue to oppose the Murray Darling... - National Broadband Network (1 speech)
Tasmanian telco Launtel is making Launceston Australia's first one-gigabit city. That is something that my friend, the member for Bass, is particularly excited about. He has not been able to wipe... - Australia-Singapore Relationship (2 speeches)
The Australia Singapore Exchange Conference is being held in Perth this Friday, with delegates from Singapore travelling to Western Australia to network with representatives from the WA business...
