House debates

Monday, 26 October 2020

  • Veterans Health Week, Heart Health: Automated External Defibrillators (1 speech)
    At Seiffert Oval in Queanbeyan on the weekend, I celebrated the launch of Veterans Health Week with the federal Veterans Motorcycle Club, Open Arms and the Yellow Wiggle, Greg Page, who was there...
  • COVID-19: Employment (1 speech)
    I rise today to pay tribute to young Australians, particularly young Australians in the seat of Fairfax on the Sunshine Coast. We've all been hit by COVID-19 in many different ways. The youth...
  • Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
    (   I've been contacted by many of my constituents concerned about the financial difficulties that they're facing as pensioners. There's no doubt that the COVID-19 health and economic crisis...
  • Barker Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
    I rise to discuss an issue of great concern in my electorate of Barker. I appreciate that the 151 electorates around this country, I think it's fair to say, are all unique. The issue is the...
  • Cleanaway (1 speech)
    I want to draw to the attention of the House an article written by Michael Roddan of The Australian Financial Reviewthat indicated that the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority...
  • Braddon Electorate: Economy (1 speech)
    'Burnie booms' was the headline of a full-page newspaper ad that was recently placed in The Advocate, our great local regional newspaper. The ad was placed by Hampton Peters Real Estate, and I...
  • COVID-19: Queensland (1 speech)
    Mr Deputy Speaker, as you well know, 2020 has been a year like no other, challenging even the most resilient of us, particularly our Victorian colleagues. Queenslanders have been relatively...
  • Pedestrian Road Safety (1 speech)
    I have spoken in this place before about the importance of pedestrian road safety. As the ambassador of Little Blue Dinosaur Foundation, an organisation that promotes child pedestrian safety...
  • Racism (1 speech)
    I rise to talk about priorities, about the standards we set in public life, the choices we make and the signals that they send. It took the Prime Minister an hour to act when it came to the...
  • Herne, Mr Nathan, The Buckleys (2 speeches)
    ():I'd like to recognise 17-year-old Nathan Herne from Lismore. Nathan recently raced in the Aussie Tin Tops, a support race of the famous Bathurst 1000. He came third overall and placed first in...