House debates

Tuesday, 14 August 2018

  • Blair Electorate: Disability Services (1 speech)
    Carers form the backbone of our disability community in . They deserve recognition. The census data from 2016 reveals that the number of people who care for someone with a disability is 20 per...
  • Bowman Electorate: Hospitals (1 speech)
    Few policy areas are more important to Australians than health and hospital policies. Obviously Australia has a first-class health system, funded by two levels of government. Often those complex...
  • National Broadband Network (1 speech)
    I can assure the member, Mr Laming, that the Labor candidate will ensure that the hospitals are funded—unlike this government. While this government used its winter break to continue its...
  • Petrie Electorate: North Lakes Golf Course (1 speech)
    I rise today to talk about a suburb in my electorate—the suburb of North Lakes in the Moreton Bay Regional Council area. North Lakes was originally part of Mango Hill and was gazetted as a...
  • Anglican Diocese of Tasmania (1 speech)
    I rise today to state my concerns about the Anglican Church's plans to sell 108 properties in Tasmania, including 76 churches, many of them in my electorate of Lyons. The Anglican Church says it...
  • Banks Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
    On 1 August I went down to the Shopfront Arts Co-Op in Carlton, which is a phenomenal organisation in the St George area and a tremendous arts community hub. There are theatrical performances...
  • Energy (2 speeches)
    Independent Pods is a Geelong business that employs 18 people. They make polystyrene blocks for house insulation. They have written to my office asking a very simple question: how can small...
  • National Insurance Disability Agency (1 speech)
    There is a widening gap in our society and the government doesn't seem to see it. The government seems to disregard vulnerable people and the hardworking staff who are trying to do their jobs to...
  • Swan Electorate (2 speeches)
    Last week, the Prime Minister visited my electorate of Swan, in the great state of Western Australia. It was a fantastic morning. The first stop was a visit to Kent Street Senior High School to...