House debates

Tuesday, 12 February 2019

  • Australian Parliamentary Delegation to Kuwait, Jordan, Palestine and Israel (1 speech)
    From 7 January to 15 January, as co-convener of the Australian Parliamentary Friends of Palestine, I led a fact-finding mission to Kuwait, Jordan, Palestine and Israel. This was a cross-party...
  • Murray-Darling Basin Plan, National Security (1 speech)
    Earlier this month, the Centre Alliance political party—for those who don't know they are the remnants of the former Nick Xenophon party, a party which, by the way, Nick Xenophon is no...
  • Racism (1 speech)
    Last Sunday the people of Wentworth woke up to the shocking discovery that public places in Bondi Beach and Bondi Junction had been vandalised with anti-Semitic graffiti, including more than 20...
  • Wide Bay Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    I'd like to reflect on some of the key achievements and the progress that we have made in Wide Bay in the past 12 months or so. Safer roads save lives, and, since being elected, I've worked with...
  • al-Araibi, Mr Hakeem, Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
    Last night we heard the fantastic news that the Bahrain government's extradition proceedings against footballer Hakeem al-Araibi, a refugee and resident of Australia who has spent the last two...
  • Federal Election (1 speech)
    This year the Australian people have a big decision to make. It is one of those years where they face a fork in the road. On the one hand they have the opportunity to stay with a strong...