House debates

Monday, 18 February 2019

  • Australian Greens (1 speech)
    Following meticulous research by the Parliamentary Library, I published a series of advertisements throughout Victoria on the record of the Greens political party in voting against every piece of...
  • National Servicemen (1 speech)
    Yesterday, I had the honour of attending the memorial day service to the National Servicemen of Australia hosted by the Nambucca Valley sub branch of the Australian National Servicemen's...
  • Music Festivals, Petitions: Mining (2 speeches)
    I rise firstly today to echo my community's concerns about the implementation of the New South Wales Liberal-National government's rushed new guidelines for music festivals. This of course will...
  • Canning Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    As this Chamber is aware, one of my priorities for the last three years has been the upgrade and expansion of road and rail in the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale. Serpentine Jarrahdale is one of...
  • Isaacs Electorate: Kingston Toy Library (1 speech)
    The Kingston Toy Library is a fantastic local service in my community of Isaacs. Located in Lewis Street, Mordialloc, it provides an essential service to local mums and dads, lending out toys to...
  • Roberts, Ms Rhoda, McGillivray, Mr Max (1 speech)
    I'd like to acknowledge a member of my community today, Rhoda Roberts, who was recently described in The Sydney Morning Herald as 'one of the pre-eminent Australian arts figures of her...
  • Mining (1 speech)
    Throughout the past 10 years, the instability in our politics and indeed in our economy has made for challenging times. Fluctuating employment and growing uncertainty over the future have...
  • Petrie Electorate: Bracken Ridge (1 speech)
    I want to talk about Bracken Ridge, in the Brisbane City Council area, where I grew up. I grew up at 11 Toolang Street Bracken Ridge, a home that my father and mother built, and then at 19 Talgai...
  • Adelaide Electorate: Road Safety (1 speech)
    I regret that I can't also talk about cane toad sniffer dogs—something I haven't been able to do in my 15 years here! Instead I rise today, as I have on more than one occasion, to argue in...
  • Canning Electorate: Peel Health Campus, Member for Holt (1 speech)
    I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the many constituents who got behind our push for an upgrade to the Peel Health Campus, as the Peel Health Campus is more than 20 years old and was...
  • National Security (2 speeches)
    I'd say the same for the chair of the PJCIS, the member for Canning. Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking and being called upon to speak at short notice without having a speech prepared, I did...