House debates
Monday, 2 December 2019
- Goss, Mr Wayne (1 speech)
On 2 December it is a very special day for the Labor Party. It is the date in 1972 that Gough ended 23 years of conservative rule but also the date in 1989 when Wayne Goss ended 32 years of... - EDMONDS, Mr Douglas Montgomerie (Monty) (1 speech)
Today I pay tribute to one of Mackay's World War II veterans, Douglas Montgomerie Edmonds, better known as Monty, who died on 22 November aged 95 and whose funeral is being held in Mackay today.... - Economy (1 speech, 1 comment)
Soaring profits but weakness in pretty much everything else, that is how the Deloitte economics report sums up the Australian economy and that's what my community is feeling. Wages growth is... - Stirling Electorate: Business (1 speech)
Since being elected, I have visited as many of the 19,818 small to medium businesses in my electorate of Stirling as I can. I was pleased to be joined by some of my ministerial colleagues as... - Newcastle Airport (1 speech)
I stand here today to implore this government to fund the $50 million upgrade of Newcastle Airport. The upgrade will allow a code E runway, which will in turn provide our region with the ability... - Meldrum, Ms Arcadia (1 speech)
I rise to talk about an inspiring young woman from my electorate, Arcadia Meldrum. Arcadia won the Australian School-based Apprentice of the Year Award for 2019, and her work ethic and attitude... - Climate Change (1 speech)
I'm going to ask the House today to do some imagining: 12 years after Kevin Rudd declared climate change was the greatest moral challenge of our time, I want us to stop and imagine what would... - Type 1 Diabetes (1 speech)
I received my first Christmas card of the season this week from an energetic young man from Birchip named Blair Gould. Many people across Australia will understand the impact that type 1 diabetes... - Melbourne Electorate: Albanian Australian Islamic Society (1 speech)
Last month, I was proud to attend the 50th anniversary of Melbourne's first mosque, in Carlton. Albanian Australian Islamic Society hosted a lively festival on Drummond Street, which was closed... - Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (1 speech)
The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility is delivering for the city and people of Townsville. The NAIF, as it's more commonly known, is supporting three major projects in my electorate of... - Climate Change (1 speech)
Happy anniversary of the 10 years since the flat-earthers took over the Liberal Party. It has been 10 years since the hard Right of the Liberal Party gained power. The good news is that Malcolm... - New South Wales Bushfires (1 speech)
I can't follow that. I rise today to commend some Australian heroes, our Rural Fire Service. Australia has suffered a devastating bushfire season already. New South Wales has been hit severely... - Climate Change (1 speech)
Most people are raised to know that, when you make a mistake, you say sorry, but today is 10 years of the Greens political party refusing to say sorry for giving us a decade of inaction on... - Repatriation General Hospital (1 speech)
Sunday 24 November saw another significant milestone in the reactivation of the Repat hospital site in my electorate of Boothby. On the 24th I joined Premier Steven Marshall, Health Minister... - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (1 speech)
Ten years ago this parliament had the opportunity of coming together and doing something important: reducing carbon pollution, reducing power prices and improving power reliability. Instead of... - Speedflow Products, DownTown Kustoms (1 speech)
Recently I had the pleasure of visiting a local Taree company called Speedflow manufacturing operations. It's a wonderful local Manning Valley company that has been operating for 37 years and... - Climate Change (3 speeches)
Ten years ago today, on this very day, the Greens betrayed the planet they were formed to protect. They betrayed the planet they profess to love so much, because on that day they joined in an... - Curtin Electorate: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (1 speech)
I'm delighted to say world-leading research is going to continue to take place in my electorate of Curtin, with over $2 million awarded to fund five research projects at UWA through the... - Climate Change (1 speech)
It is indeed 10 years since the coalition and the Greens political party combined in the Senate to oppose the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. We need to look back and analyse what a lost... - Pollies versus Press Cricket Match (2 speeches)
It's my distinct privilege to announce to the House that the annual pollie versus press cricket game was played on the weekend at Reid Oval. We of course contest the Peter Veness Memorial Cup,...
