House debates

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

  • Causley, Hon. Ian Raymond (2 speeches)
    I rise in the adjournment debate to speak of Ian Causley. He was a colleague of mine, and he got beaten by two votes for the deputy premiership of New South Wales. Ian started his adult life...
  • Covid-19 (2 speeches)
    Life in my community has been rattled by the coronavirus pandemic. I know that's been the case around Australia and also very sharply in other parts of the world. As a local member, I've heard...
  • Whitlam Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
    I'm lucky and privileged to represent the wonderful people of the Illawarra and Southern Highlands in this parliament. I want to start by thanking them for their community spirit and their...
  • Causley, Hon. Ian Raymond, More, Dr Amarjit Singh, COVID-19: Economy (1 speech)
    I'd like to acknowledge the passing of the Hon. Ian Causley. Ian was the state member for Clarence from 1984 to 1996 and was indeed a distinguished minister in the state parliament. He then...
  • Covid-19 (1 speech)
    I rise this afternoon to speak about the small businesses of Reid. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered a dual crisis—both a health crisis and a financial crisis—which has presented...
  • Jagajaga Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
    This is an opportunity for me to say thank you to the Jagajaga community. This has been a time of anxiety, uncertainty and, for too many, great hardship. Like many of us in this place during this...
  • Goldstein Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
    I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful people in the Goldstein electorate, who, like all other Australians, have endured the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic. I...
  • COVID-19: Morrison Government (3 speeches)
    Thank you, Deputy Speaker. It's good to be here with you and with that champion of free speech over there, the member for Goldstein. Of course, the government didn't want this sitting, did they....
  • Covid-19 (2 speeches)
    A number of years ago, because one of my sons was studying it at school, I read Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden. It's a story which is set in Australia and it's about a teenager,...
  • Building and Construction Industry (1 speech)
    We're all stuck in them, most of us can't wait to get out of them, and we need a hell of a lot more of them. I'm talking about housing. One of the many things we have learnt over the last few...
  • Child and Maternal Health Services (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on an issue that many constituents in my electorate of Higgins have raised concerns about with me—that is, the early years. I rise to speak on it because I have many mothers...