House debates

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

  • Housing Affordability (1 speech)
    As a Victorian, I come to this place after almost five months of not being here. In that time, Victoria has been under immense pressure, and Victorians have done something absolutely remarkable....
  • Moncrieff Electorate: Economy (3 speeches)
    I would say to the member opposite that the Property Council on the Gold Coast informed me that the HomeBuilder program is in fact having quite a large impact on the Gold Coast, a 40 per cent...
  • Remembrance Day, Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
    As you know, Mr Speaker, today marks the 102nd anniversary of the end of World War I, what we now call Remembrance Day. If I hadn't been in parliament today I would have been commemorating this...
  • Fisher Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    No-one could deny that public transport on the Sunshine Coast is in a parlous state. Thanks to decades of neglect from successive Queensland Labor state governments, we have infrequent buses that...
  • Remembrance Day, Griffith Electorate: NAIDOC Week, Dismissal of the Whitlam Government (1 speech)
    In 1997, Governor-General Sir William Deane issued a proclamation formally declaring that 11 November would be known and observed as Remembrance Day and urging all Australians to observe one...
  • Child Abuse, Law Enforcement: Operation Arkstone (1 speech)
    Prior to coming into this place, I spent 12 years as a police officer in the New South Wales Police Force, for five of which I was a detective. I saw many things during that time but none so...