House debates

Thursday, 4 April 2019

  • Kimberly-Clark (1 speech)
    A truly devastating decision was made yesterday by Kimberly-Clark, an American company, to close its Ingleburn mill. The site employs countless local Macarthur residents and this decision will...
  • Page Electorate: Events (1 speech)
    The northern beaches of Coffs Harbour are blessed in many ways, not least because of the significant Sikh population that lives there. Two significant events are happening soon. One is this...
  • Employment (1 speech)
    It's with great disappointment that I rise to join with the member for Macarthur to advise the House of the closure of the Ingleburn mill, as it is a dreadful loss for the manufacturing industry...
  • Quirk, Mr Graham (1 speech)
    I rise to acknowledge and thank the outgoing Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Graham Quirk, for 34 years of great service to our city of Brisbane. Graham Quirk was one of the first elected representatives...
  • Workplace Relations (1 speech)
    I'm here with the member for Longman to talk about something that's not in either of our electorates—it's actually taking place in the electorate of Gippsland—and that's a strike that...
  • Cairns Airport (1 speech)
    I rise this afternoon to highlight a success story in my electorate. The Cairns Airport recently topped the on-time performance for all airports across Australia and New Zealand. They have also...
  • Workplace Relations (1 speech)
    I stand here against this antiworker government and their agenda. As the member for Moreton said previously, him and I sat with a couple members of the metalworkers' union recently and heard...
  • Bush to Beach (1 speech)
    Today I rise to inform the parliament of the inspirational program Bush to Beach, founded by Jack Cannon AM, president of Variety, the international children's charity. The Bush to Beach program...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    In my electorate of Richmond, locals know that Tuesday night's budget was a desperate act by a desperate government. Here we are just six weeks before an election, and the Liberals and Nationals...
  • Boothby Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
    The Morrison government is busting congestion in Boothby. This week the Treasurer announced another fantastic congestion-busting project for my community, with $85.5 million to fix Hove rail...
  • Energy (1 speech)
    The government has decided to put the money in to do the engineering work on the Hells Gate Dam. It will arguably be the biggest irrigation project in the nation's history by itself, but it is...
  • Apprenticeships (1 speech)
    I rise to record that 40 new memberships have commenced across the beautiful Lyne electorate, helped in part by the Australian apprenticeship wage subsidy trial across regional Australia. There...
  • Northover, Lieutenant Cecil Ernest (1 speech)
    On the day before Anzac Day at the Gardens Cemetery in Darwin we will dedicate the newly installed headstone of the grave of Territorian Cecil Ernest Northover MC. Cecil Northover served...
  • Budget (2 speeches)
    With the budget moving into surplus, our government is now paying down debt to secure the future of our next generation. The Morrison government is on track to eliminate net debt by 2029-30. Our...
  • Federal Election (2 speeches)
    We are here on the last sitting of the 45th Parliament and the people of Cowper will have an important decision to make at the next election. They can choose a very fine National Party candidate...
  • Canning Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    This has been a fruitful 45th Parliament for the people of Canning. We have had many wins over the past three years. We have delivered funding of $25 million for Peel Health Campus. We have...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    If you look at this chamber, you could assume 57 is the average age of male politicians or the year that some of them were born. You might assume 57 is the number of times the Prime Minister...
  • Petrie Electorate: Mental Health (2 speeches)
    I want to talk about mental health. I rise to thank the locals and organisations in my electorate who selflessly support some of the most vulnerable people in our community. Last week I caught up...