House debates

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

  • Petition: Parramatta Female Factory Heritage Listing (3 speeches)
    I table this petition on behalf of the federal member for Of the 13 female convict factories built in Australia, the Parramatta Female Factory is the earliest surviving and most intact, predating...
  • Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance (1 speech)
    Australia plays a vital and proud role in improving the health care available to millions of people across the Indo-Pacific region. This contribution was affirmed recently by our government's...
  • Brand Electorate: Memorial (1 speech)
    In Esplanade Park in Fremantle, there is a monument to early explorers, which reads: … this Terra Incognita, attacked at night by treacherous natives were murdered at Boola Boola near Le...
  • Bennelong Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
    The past few months have been chaotic and terrifying for most of us. Normal life has gone out the window, replaced by uncertainty. For the lucky, it has simply meant a change of scenery, more...
  • Bean Electorate: 'Bloomsday' (1 speech)
    'Bloomsday' is the celebration of the life if Irish writer James Joyce, observed on 16 June, the day his 1922 novel Ulysses takes place in 1904 and named after its protagonist, Leopold Bloom....
  • Higgins Electorate: Student Services and Amenities Fee (1 speech)
    Higher education students have been doing it tough during this pandemic. Many study in cities far from their families. Many work in hospitality, which is among the hardest hit industries. All of...
  • Aged Care (1 speech)
    It's been more than three years since the Australian Law Reform Commission first recommended establishing a serious incident response scheme. It's been almost two years since the Royal Commission...
  • Menzies Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
    Volunteers are the lifeblood of this country, and their work is instrumental in supporting and strengthening all of our local communities. Volunteering Australia estimates that over six million...
  • Paterson Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
    I'm desperately worried about the young people in my electorate of Paterson. The latest youth unemployment figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics do not bode well for young people in...
  • Cha Cha for Charity (1 speech)
    Winter is always a particularly difficult time of the year for the most vulnerable in our community, and perhaps more so this year as we negotiate COVID-19. Mental health support has never been...
  • Perth (1 speech)
    Perth is a big and beautiful city: it is our nation's western capital, and we need big ideas for the future. It's estimated that as soon as 2021, and likely by 2040, Perth will overtake Brisbane...
  • Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
    Ten years ago next week is the anniversary of the toppling of the democratically elected Kevin Rudd by Julia Gillard. Australia woke up to a new government. So long ago—ten years. Since...
  • Racism (1 speech)
    We've seen new lows from the government this week as the Queensland LNP continue their live auditions for the upcoming top-of-the-ticket Senate stoush in Queensland by competing to see who can...
  • Stabilcorp (1 speech)
    I'd like to congratulate Stabilcorp. It's a local business in Wauchope in the Hastings valley. They've received $90,000 from the Manufacturing Modernisation Fund. Stabilcorp designed and...
  • Stoker, Senator Amanda (1 speech)
    Last week, LNP senator from Queensland Amanda Stoker said that the Queensland Premier was 'the knee on the throat of businesses of Queensland, stopping them from breathing'. She subsequently gave...
  • Child Abuse (3 speeches)
    I rise to make an apology and to make a promise to a friend. Last week my good friend and former colleague Mark Maxham let me know, 'Vince, I'm starting a campaign to raise awareness of child...
  • COVID-19: Live Music (1 speech)
    Before COVID-19 hit, 112,000 Melburnians attended a live music gig every weekend at many of the local venues around the city. Melbourne is the live music capital of Australia. In fact, Melbourne...
  • Melbourne Airport Rail Link (1 speech)
    I've been very vocal recently, urging the Victorian government to build a designated tunnel from Southern Cross Station to West Footscray Station as an integral part of the Melbourne Airport Rail...
  • Black Lives Matter Movement, Stoker, Senator Amanda (8 speeches)
    Three weeks ago in America, a black American man, an African-American man, was killed at the hands—or the knee—of a Minneapolis police officer. His name was George Floyd. He was knelt...