House debates

Thursday, 15 June 2017

  • Banks Electorate: Community Groups (1 speech)
    Last Wednesday, 7 June, I attended the Lions Club International's 100th anniversary celebration. It was organised by St George Lions, but it was great to also see Lugarno Lions and Oatley Lions...
  • National Men's Health Week (1 speech)
    This week marks National Men's Health Week. I was honoured to attend the launch with Sir Peter Cosgrove, the Governor-General, and even more honoured to have been appointed as Labor's men's...
  • Canning Electorate: Rail (1 speech)
    This morning I rise to speak about people who live in the suburb of Lakelands, an Australian catchment of Madora Bay, San Remo, Meadow Springs and Parklands, all of which are located in north...
  • Greenway Electorate: Queen's Birthday Awards (1 speech)
    I rise today to recognise recipients of the Order of Australia resident in Greenway. Guruswamy Jayaraman, commonly known as Jay Raman, and Elston Hynd were recognised with Queen's Birthday...
  • Corangamite Electorate: City Deals (1 speech)
    Tomorrow with great pleasure I will be welcoming the Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation, the member for Hume, to Geelong. We are going to visit a wonderful company which...
  • Blaxland Electorate: Bankstown (1 speech)
    There was a story in The Daily Telegraph this week that said that the New South Wales government is going to put money into roads in the state budget which will be delivered next week. I hope...
  • McMillan Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
    Aged care is the most difficult area of our life. It goes from wonderful care to incontinence pads. I ask the question then: when the small community aged-care provider Hillview, who asked for 14...
  • Elections (1 speech)
    I want to say a few words about elections. Elections are strange and marvellous things. They go beyond winners and losers. They are about much more than turnover at the top or the fate of those...
  • Petrie Electorate (1 speech)
    I want people to consider how well they know their local area. How does its past play a role in the present and hint at the future? I know the electorate of Petrie very well, having grown up...
  • Dobell Electorate: Wyong Hospital (5 speeches)
    International Nurses Day is celebrated each year on 12 May, marking the birth of Florence Nightingale, whose vision and values serve as a model for nurses around the world. It was a privilege to...