House debates

Monday, 29 July 2019

  • Canberra Electorate: Waterways (1 speech)
    In my first speech in parliament I talked of Canberra's immense natural beauty. Ours is a unique city planned to complement and sit within that beauty. Set within a ring of mountains, our...
  • Road Safety (1 speech)
    As my first constituency statement, I would like to acknowledge the work of the Little Blue Dinosaur Foundation, an organisation I have built a strong relationship with over five years. Prior to...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    The elected officers of members of parliament do a lot of individual work for people in our electorates—people struggling with Centrelink, the ATO or aged care. If things go wrong with the...
  • Lindsay Electorate: Cranebrook Breakfast Club (1 speech)
    I have long had a connection to the suburb of Cranebrook, having lived there. It's in the electorate of Lindsay. I am proud to say that now I'm their federal representative in parliament. I talk...
  • Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
    I want to make a statement today about Newstart and I do so on the basis of a number of people who have recently come into contact with my electorate office but also three organisations in my...
  • Groom Electorate: O'Callaghan Cup (1 speech)
    Certainly it was an exciting weekend in Toowoomba, with the O'Callaghan Cup rugby game played between Downlands and Toowoomba Grammar School before a crowd of about 6,000 this year at the Grammar...
  • Gorton Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    The Morrison government is failing the good residents of my electorate of Gorton in many ways. The lack of investment locally by this government is destructive, insulting and unacceptable. At the...
  • Ridgley Saints Football Club, Motor Neurone Disease (1 speech)
    Deep in the heart of my electorate of Braddon is the town of Ridgley. It's a gem of a town about 15 minutes drive south of Burnie. It's a place where you can count the population in the hundreds...
  • Barty, Ms Ashleigh (Ash), Somerset Art Society (1 speech)
    I talk today of an individual from Ipswich excelling in her endeavours and an organisation from the Somerset region making a difference. Iconic sporting individuals such as Allan Langer, Kevin...
  • Sunshine Coast: Small Business (2 speeches)
    Everybody knows the Australian economy is going strong. We know that we're back in surplus. We know that we've maintained our AAA credit rating. We know that we have recorded the largest growth...