House debates

Wednesday, 10 June 2020

  • Centrelink, COVID-19, Bean Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
    In this debate, I would like to raise a few matters that relate to my electorate of Bean. Most items are of much pride but one, unfortunately, is of deep disappointment to many in my electorate....
  • COVID-19: Manufacturing (1 speech)
    In the time that I have this evening, I would like to make some remarks about the need to grow our manufacturing sector in Australia. I believe that, as a nation, we have navigated the COVID-19...
  • Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
    I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which I currently stand, the Ngunawal and Ngambri people, and I pay respect to their elders, past, present and emerging. I would also like...
  • Infrastructure (1 speech)
    In a conversation with the CEO of Stockland, Mark Steinert, some years ago, he made the observation that the principal reason for the high cost of major infrastructure projects in Australia was...
  • Education (1 speech)
    I want to remark upon the government's ongoing failure to save the international education sector. It's a stunning Australian success story of growth, post the global financial crisis. It's been...
  • Indigenous Australians (1 speech)
    The protests sparked by the events in America have sent reverberations around the world and expressed hurt, anger, and disappointment about the systemic challenges faced by our black and First...