House debates

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

  • Aged Care (1 speech)
    I rise today to speak about the crisis in aged care and to advocate for so many of my older constituents who contact me about the failure of the government in supplying them with the home care...
  • International Women's Forum, Warwick, Mr Thomas Frederick (1 speech)
    This month the International Women's Forum held its global cornerstone conference in Melbourne, bringing together 550 pre-eminent women leaders from 30 nations across the world. As a founding...
  • Lyons Electorate: State Emergency Services (1 speech)
    This week, we celebrate National Volunteers Week, saying thank you to the six million Australians who volunteer their time in all manner of ways. And today is Wear Orange Wednesday, or WOW Day,...
  • Menzies Electorate: National Volunteer Week (1 speech)
    I too rise to mark National Volunteer Week, which is occurring throughout Australia these days. I was privileged to be at the launch of National Volunteer Week on Monday with the Minister for...
  • Infrastructure (1 speech)
    Today my theme is partnerships—that is, partnerships between the Commonwealth, state and local governments and communities. In the 2018-19 budget, the government committed $206.5 million...
  • Miscarriage and Stillbirth (1 speech)
    Today I want to talk about what is a very sensitive issue, but life-changing for many people across Australia—miscarriage. A miscarriage is the loss of your baby before 20 weeks of...
  • Kingsford Smith Electorate (1 speech)
    On Sunday, 13 May, more than 400 Kingsford Smith locals turned out for the Biggest Morning Tea Bangladeshi style at Mascot Public School. They were raising money for cancer research, and while...
  • Retirement Visas (1 speech)
    I welcome the announcement in the federal budget that the government will introduce a pathway to permanent residency for holders of retirement subclass 410 and investor retirement subclass 405...
  • Organ and Tissue Donation (1 speech)
    Recently in my office, I had a young man, Louie, doing work experience. The story of his 18 years is one I think we can all learn from. Louie has kidney failure. While waiting for a transplant...
  • Turnbull Government: Economy (2 speeches)
    When the coalition government came to office in 2013, it made a strong commitment to set the right conditions to help businesses create jobs and invest. This coalition government set a target for...