House debates

Wednesday, 21 June 2017

  • Citizenship (1 speech)
    God help Australia if what we saw over the last few weeks from this desperate, hopeless Liberal government is now what passes for public policy in migration and citizenship. I am proud that Labor...
  • Wide Bay Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
    Earlier today, I led a delegation of Wide Bay-Burnett mayors—Mick Curran from Gympie, Chris Loft from Fraser Coast, Jack Dempsey from Bundaberg, Rachel Chambers from North Burnett, and...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    I am aggrieved by this government's out-of-touch budget. It is a divided government and it is a dysfunctional government. The government says there are better days ahead, but then the Prime...
  • Environmental Organisations (1 speech)
    Australian taxpayers deserve much greater accountability and transparency concerning the subsidies they provide to politically active environmental organisations than often, and in some cases...
  • Sciacca, Mr Concetto Antonio 'Con' AO (2 speeches)
    I came to this grievance debate in the hope of addressing solely the issue of the Northern Territory intervention, which of course has its 10th anniversary today. Sadly, I am going to firstly...
  • City of South Perth (2 speeches)
    Even though I did not know Con, I was aware of him. At the time, he was a well-known identity in Australian politics. I, too, send my condolences to the family and I congratulate the member for...