House debates

Monday, 2 December 2019

  • Burge, Mr Dennis (1 speech)
    On Sunday 17 November, members of the South Australian branch of the Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia, Northern Suburbs Sub Branch, held a committal service at their clubrooms at the...
  • Petrie Electorate: Morrison Government (1 speech)
    As we move into the last sitting week of the year and we prepare ourselves for Christmas and the new year season to come, I'd like to take this moment to acknowledge the continuation of the...
  • Defence Procurement (1 speech)
    The government has a decision to make in terms of the full-cycle docking of the Collins class submarines. For Western Australia it will be a watershed decision that could literally be the...
  • Forde Electorate: City of Logan Safe City Awards (1 speech)
    I take this opportunity to recognise some of the fantastic volunteer groups and individuals across my electorate of Forde who have recently been recognised in the City of Logan Safe City Awards...
  • International Day of People with Disability, Lilley Electorate: School Awards (1 speech)
    Happy International Day of People with Disability. It has looked likely for some time that we parliamentarians will be trapped here in Canberra for the day itself, so I took the opportunity a few...
  • Townsville: Crime (1 speech)
    It has been about six weeks since I rose in this place to talk about Townsville's crime crisis, and I'm sorry to say: very little has changed. Despite major public outcry, houses are still being...
  • Internet Content: TikTok (1 speech)
    It began with a tutorial on eyelash curling and ended with Chinese video-sharing app TikTok suspending a US teenager's account, to international headlines. The teenager's offence was using...
  • Longman Electorate: Police-Citizens Youth Club Caboolture (1 speech)
    A few weeks ago I met with Senior Sergeant Ashley Freyling, from the Caboolture Police-Citizens Youth Club—or PCYC, as it's more affectionately known—and Kel Clarke, from PCYC...
  • Calwell Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
    Being in Canberra last week saw me miss out on the Mount Ridley College graduation night, where year 12 student Dean Ieremia was awarded the inaugural Arthur Calwell Rising Star Award—an...
  • Robertson Electorate: Local Sporting Champions (2 speeches)
    The Federal government's Local Sporting Champions program provides some financial assistance to students aged between 12 and 18 to participate in state, national and international championships....