House debates

Thursday, 18 June 2020

  • Assange, Mr Julian (1 speech)
    Julian Assange is an Australian citizen and was born in Townsville in 1971. He is the founder of WikiLeaks and an award-winning journalist. For the last decade, he has been in confinement or in...
  • Inland Rail (1 speech)
    The nation has welcomed the announcement by the Prime Minister that, as part of our economy's post COVID-19 economic recovery, the federal and state governments have agreed on the process of...
  • NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (1 speech)
    South Australians were, justifiably, horrified when they heard of Anne Marie Smith's cruel, tragic and unnecessary death in the cane chair which had become her bed and her toilet. Anne Marie was...
  • Lindsay Electorate: Dunheved Road Upgrade (1 speech)
    On the night of the 2019 election I promised my community of Lindsay that I wouldn't let them down. I'm here to tell you today that I am working really hard to deliver on that promise, and I'm...
  • Global MND Awareness Day, Cunningham Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
    I'm wearing this blue flower as Sunday is Global MND Awareness Day. Motor neurone disease affects more than 350,000 people across the world, and 2,100 Australians are currently living with it....
  • Child Abuse (2 speeches)
    I want to address the House this afternoon on the disturbing spike in child exploitation and sexual abuse that has occurred during the coronavirus pandemic. Due to social distancing and...
  • East West Link (2 speeches)
    It is now critically important to start building the East West Link, a road connecting two major highways in Melbourne so traffic in the city can be reduced. This project has been stalled by the...