House debates

Tuesday, 4 December 2018

  • Taxation (1 speech)
    For many years Australia's largest company, BHP, has been gaming our tax system, and it has been involved in disputes with the ATO over unpaid taxes in excess of a billion dollars. BHP has been...
  • Energy (1 speech)
    One of the core tenets of John Stuart Mill was that producers and sellers should be perfectly free. He did create one sole check on that, and that is the equal freedom for the buyer to supply...
  • Washington, Mr Amos (1 speech)
    Amos Washington is a young person from my electorate of Mayo. He's this year's Australia's youth representative to the United Nations. As part of his role, Amos embarked on a nationwide listening...
  • Climate Change (1 speech, 1 comment)
    Over the past week, we have seen riots on the streets of Paris. They started over the French government's plans to increase their despised carbon tax on the price of diesel and petrol. France's...
  • Biosecurity (1 speech)
    As we approach the Christmas period, many of us will put in our orders for fresh prawns to add to the Christmas table. The great Australian tradition of throwing a prawn or two on the barbie will...
  • Bowman Electorate: Hospitals, Roads (1 speech)
    Obviously, the seat of Bowman, on the outer metro fringe of Brisbane, and hugging the Moreton Bay islands, presents significant but also unique infrastructure challenges. We're deeply concerned...