House debates

Tuesday, 17 October 2017

  • Citizenship (1 speech)
    In his message to new citizens, the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection writes: People of all backgrounds and religions strengthen our country and only together, united will our future...
  • Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
    I refer to Spilt Milk, the music festival in the ACT that has announced it won't be pill testing in November because they neglected to get the appropriate permissions from the National Capital...
  • Solomon Electorate: MV Rushcutter (1 speech)
    I rise to give the House an update on the future of the Harbour Defence Motor Launch 1321, the MV Rushcutter, which sank in Darwin Harbour in 2016. Some members of this House may remember me...
  • Trade Unions (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about the vile and, frankly, shocking behaviour of people who should know better. Over recent months, industrial action by the CFMEU has created an unenviable position for...
  • Bullock, Mr Ben (1 speech)
    Fans of the cooking show MasterChef may have heard of Ben Bullock, a Perth based lawyer who made the top 24 this year. What viewers may not know is that Ben, at just 28 years of age, has...
  • Berowra Electorate: Real Entrepreneur Mums (1 speech)
    With over 15,000 small businesses, Berowra is a great hub for determined entrepreneurs. One of the things I have really found since I have become the member for Berowra is the number of mums with...
  • Bushfires (1 speech)
    On this date at this time four years ago the first of 200 houses that burnt down in the Blue Mountains bushfires were alight. Mine was just one of them. As we mark this anniversary, I want to say...
  • Farrer Electorate: SunRice (1 speech)
    I rise to invite all in the building to a special evening of food and festivity in the House tomorrow night. Many of you will have eaten some of this particular product. This week it is time to...
  • Australian Masters Games (1 speech)
    This weekend, the 16th Australian Masters Games will commence across the north, north-west and west coast of Tasmania. The games will commence with an opening ceremony in my home town of...
  • Queensland Hotels Association Awards (1 speech)
    Apart from State of Origin, one of the most hotly contested awards in Queensland is Queensland's best publican. The one to take home the silverware this year was not a hipster sipper from...
  • Rotary Police Awards (1 speech)
    A couple of weeks ago, I was honoured to attend the Rotary Club of Maroubra 2017 Rotary Police Awards for the Botany Bay Local Area Command. I joined rotarians, the NSW Police Assistant...
  • Anzac Day Schools' Award (1 speech)
    Last Friday I visited St Ursula's College in Toowoomba to congratulate them for winning the Queensland secondary schools' category of the 2017 Anzac Day Schools' Award, which is a national...
  • Whitlam Electorate: Student Roundtable (1 speech)
    In my first year in this place, I conducted a roundtable of student leaders in my electorate. It was so successful that I have done one every year. This year, a few weeks ago, I conducted my...
  • Defence Personnel (1 speech)
    I recently had the great privilege to spend time with our Australian Defence Forces in the Middle East as part of the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program. We were embedded to live and...
  • Lalor Electorate: Victorian School of Languages (1 speech)
    I rise to speak today about the importance of the mother language in a community like mine. In the electorate of Lalor, people come from over 104 countries and there are over 50 languages spoken...
  • Energy (4 speeches)
    Let's compare the Liberal-National coalition on this side of the House to the Labor-Green alliance on the other. We are pragmatic; they are ideological. We back the Australian people; they back...
  • Trade Unions (1 speech)
    I rise to condemn the disgraceful behaviour of those CFMEU members at the Glencore Oaky North mine. Why does the Leader of the Opposition and the Queensland Premier refuse to disassociate Labor...
  • Wilkinson, Ms Lisa, AM (1 speech)
    Last night I congratulated Lisa Wilkinson on the remarkable success she has achieved at Today. It's fitting that, after a decade of breaking news, grilling politicians and asking Australians to...
  • Central Queensland University (1 speech)
    Last week I had the pleasure of attending a sod turning event at the CQUniversity campus of engineering. Also with me was Professor Scott Bowman, the vice-chancellor of the university;...