House debates

Tuesday, 14 August 2018

  • Discrimination (1 speech)
    'Do I give them what they want?' That's the question you always ask yourself when you hear an appalling speech. They want to incite a debate, and when you hit back, the debate is exactly what...
  • Forrest Electorate: Turnbull Government (1 speech)
    I'm very pleased to talk about my south-west and the projects that I've been working to deliver. As you know only too well, Mr Speaker, the Turnbull government is creating a stronger economy,...
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
    Thirty years ago the ABC cost us eight cents a day. Now it costs just half that, at about four cents a day. With that four cents it delivers news we can trust 24 hours a day, every day, across...
  • Energy (1 speech)
    About a fortnight ago I was very honoured to make a trip to Japan, where I and the members for Dawson and Mackellar and two colleagues from the Labor side of parliament made visits to several...
  • Burt Electorate: Community Programs (1 speech)
    Before I get to my remarks, I just want to endorse the remarks made by the member for Watson earlier in the adjournment debate this evening. This evening, I wish to bring to our nation's...
  • Farrer Electorate: Drought (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak about the drought in my electorate of Farrer and, indeed, in the whole of New South Wales and much of Queensland and to suggest a strategy that my irrigators in the New...