House debates

Thursday, 11 June 2020

  • Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
    Australian honours to be celebrated by members of community are something that this House often takes note of, and I am pleased to pay tribute today to Brother Nicholas Harsas, who was awarded an...
  • Lyne Electorate: Taree Universities Campus (1 speech)
    The Taree Universities Campus will now become a reality with the recent announcement that federal funding towards the new multimillion-dollar campus has been secured. This is a fantastic win for...
  • Corangamite Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
    This morning I rise to congratulate five constituents in Corangamite who received Queen's Birthday honours this week. They were: Rosemary and Bill Brown, from Queenscliff, for services to their...
  • Leichhardt Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
    Tourism is the single-most important economic driver in my electorate, and to say that we've been doing it tough is an absolute understatement. We were the first region to be hit and we'll be one...
  • Newcastle Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    With unemployment rates at record highs and so many businesses operating at reduced capacity, there can be no more urgent priorities for this nation than creating jobs and stimulating local...
  • Curtin Electorate: Children's Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation (1 speech)
    I rise today to acknowledge the 40th birthday of the Children's Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation in the electorate of Curtin. The idea was inspired by nine-year-old Jennifer Harper, who...
  • Blaxland Electorate: Canterbury-Bankstown Torch (1 speech)
    A 100th birthday is a pretty special thing, and tomorrow there is a very special 100th birthday in my local community: the Bankstown Torch newspaper is turning 100. While other newspapers across...
  • Chisholm Electorate: Surrey Park Swimming (1 speech)
    No doubt the recent months have been tough, but thanks to the JobKeeper program many Australian workers and businesses have been spared the worst economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Recently...
  • Perth City Deal (1 speech)
    My electorate has a very simple question for this government: where is the Perth City Deal? It was promised by this government in 2017, it was promised in 2018, it was promised in 2019 and it was...
  • Bonner Electorate: Centenarians (2 speeches)
    There must be something in the water, because in my electorate of Bonner we've recently celebrated several milestone centenary birthdays. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate...