House debates
Monday, 26 November 2018
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Last week I met with members of the newly formed Australian Conservation Foundation Community Inner Melbourne group. Core members of the group include chair, Don Vogt; secretary, Jennifer Burger;... - Telecommunications (1 speech)
Mobile black spots are a real source of irritation for our country communities. They are also an impediment to the growth of country communities, including being an impediment to decentralisation... - Canberra Electorate: SouthFest (1 speech)
On Saturday, Tuggeranong exploded into life with the inaugural SouthFest festival. SouthFest started out as an idea to bring life into the streets, the laneways and the lake foreshore area of the... - Wheelchairs For Kids (1 speech)
Wheelchairs for Kids is a charitable organisation which is doing remarkable work in the manufacturing and distributing of wheelchairs for needy children in developing countries around the world.... - Beaton, Dr John Mark (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the life of Dr John Mark Beaton, who passed away in his sleep on 6 November 2018, at the age of 74. A successful anthropologist, John joined the Academy of the Social... - Cowper Electorate: South Coffs Community Garden (1 speech)
I take the opportunity to commend the great work of the South Coffs Community Garden at Bruce King Drive in Boambee East. It's a great facility that allows people to enjoy gardening, to grow... - South Australia: Roads (1 speech)
Over my time as the member for Kingston, I have fought many fights to improve roads in our community, including the most recently-improved road, South Road, from Seaford to Aldinga. We will enjoy... - Canning Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
The Liberal-National government has taken measures to fight unemployment in Canning. Over the past three years, we have funded a dedicated Mandurah Employment Facilitator, delivered $10 million... - Techfugees Sydney Hackathon (1 speech)
Over the weekend, Techfugees held its fourth Sydney Hackathon. Techfugees was designed to bring the tech start-up and NGO communities together with refugees settling and building new lives in... - Page Electorate: Carney's Shoes (1 speech)
After Mackelly's clothing store and Sid Jones's butchery, Carney's shoes is Maclean's third-oldest family business, recently marking its 70th year. The store owners, Marcia Carney, Patricia... - Franklin Electorate: Centenary of Armistice (1 speech)
What a privilege it was on 11 November this year to attend commemorative services around my electorate for the centenary of Armistice. I spent the day firstly down at Huonville, at a very sombre... - Petrie Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Last week I was thrilled to visit the C&K Aspley East Community Kindergarten in Aspley with great news. With a proud 52-year history, the kindy's playground was well and truly showing its... - Macquarie Electorate: Anniversaries (1 speech)
When a lyrebird interrupts your journey, you know you must be in Mount Wilson, at the top of the Blue Mountains, in the beautiful electorate of Macquarie. On the weekend, the Mount Wilson and... - Nur, Mr Bashir (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate one of the fantastic young students in my electorate of Forde. Bashir Nur, who has recently been selected to join Logan Lightning FC, is an... - Scullin Electorate: Seniors Forum (1 speech)
It's a pleasure to get the call from you, Mr Deputy Speaker Laundy—an unexpected one in a couple of senses. Like most of us, I'm very fortunate to have very active seniors groups in the... - European Carp (1 speech)
Cyprinus carpio, the European carp, is one of the worst pests in Australian waterways. At times it is up to between 80 per cent and 90 per cent of the biomass. That means that, if you weighed... - Indonesia (1 speech)
Darwin is Australia's gateway to Asia and the growing markets there. For Darwin, Indonesia offers great opportunities. It's obvious that people in the Territory want to see further connectivity... - Road Safety (1 speech)
We recently commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, recognising the end of the First World War, where over 61,000 Australians lost their lives. Two decades later, a further 39,000... - ParlyFOF (2 speeches)
It's that time of the year again, when ParlyFOF takes over the halls of parliament: each November, the 'Parliamentary Friends of Aussie Fashion', also known as ParlyFOF, encourage members and... - Bowman Electorate: Hospitals, Local Government (1 speech)
Forty million dollars ripped from your local hospital service, courtesy of Kim Richards and Don Brown, the local state members, is nothing to be proud of. Nor do I derive any great pleasure in... - Werriwa Electorate: Public Transport, Local Government (1 speech)
Labor is for a fair go in south-western Sydney. As their local member, it's my job to stand up for the residents of the south-west, and I stand in this place to help give them the best possible... - Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Kye Beisler from Dungog, who is a retail baking apprentice. He has been chosen to represent Australia in the WorldSkills competition in Kazan, Russia, next year.... - WestConnex (1 speech)
I rise once again to expose the pathetic lack of planning and proper community consultation that has plagued the WestConnex project. Due to the underground construction of tunnels that are... - Berowra Electorate: Mt Wilga Private Rehabilitation Hospital (1 speech)
I was honoured to open the Eileen Perrottet Therapy and Wellness Centre at Mt Wilga Private Rehabilitation Hospital at Hornsby on Wednesday, 7 November. Mt Wilga played an important role in the... - Australian Breastfeeding Association (1 speech)
I rise to give my support to the Australian Breastfeeding Association. Recently, I met with ABA adviser Kay Whitby, who told me about the support for mothers, babies and families in my electorate... - Lilly Pilly (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to highlight the great work of Lilly Pilly, a supervised children's contact centre in my electorate of Forde. Two years ago, Darren Caulfield, together with... - Mining (1 speech)
On Friday, I met with four wonderful young people—Rosie, Claire, Nicholas and Michael—who are members of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition branch at the University of Wollongong.... - Rotary Jacaranda Festival 2018 (2 speeches)
In Tangney you know when the jacaranda festival is coming because those jacarandas start to bloom. The jacaranda festival in Applecross village attracted record numbers last weekend for this...
