House debates

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

  • Burt Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
    Less than 20 kilometres away from the Perth CBD sits the electorate of Burt. It's not out in the sticks, despite what you may hear from many of my university friends. It is indeed in metropolitan...
  • Intergenerational Reports (6 speeches)
    In less than six weeks, the federal budget will be handed down by the Treasurer, and tonight I'd like to briefly reflect on one aspect of budgets past. It was 16 years ago that the then...
  • Longman Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
    I rise today to call once again on the government to fix the mess that they've made of our nation's communications infrastructure. My office receives telco and NBN related complaints every single...
  • Mackellar Electorate: Rural Fire Brigades (1 speech)
    We've had so much negativity in this debate that I thought I would raise the standard by saying that, over the last month, I have attended many of the AGMs for the 19 rural fire brigades that...
  • South-East Asia: Human Rights (1 speech)
    This evening I'd like to speak about the outcomes from the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit and the responsibilities we have as a nation not only to ensure that we achieve trade and economic...
  • Boothby Electorate: Old Government House (1 speech)
    Occasionally, as a member of parliament, you get to participate in a particularly special and historic event. This was the case for me on 15 March when I joined the Governor of South Australia,...