House debates

Thursday, 3 December 2020

  • International Day of People with Disability (1 speech)
    I rise to mark the International Day of People with Disability, 3 December. Today is the day which was created by the United Nations and initiated in 1992. It is a day when we recognise the...
  • Wentworth Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
    With no cases of community transmission of COVID-19 in New south Wales over the last few weeks, I was delighted to be able to visit several local primary schools in my electorate to congratulate...
  • Immigration Detention (1 speech)
    I rise to remind the House of a shameful anniversary. On this day a year ago this parliament voted to repeal the medevac laws. On this side of the House and in the Australian community, we...
  • Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (1 speech)
    This week I had the pleasure of hosting Commander Jacqueline Swinton of the Royal Australian Navy in my office here in parliament—and she's in the gallery—as part of the outstanding...
  • Werriwa Electorate: CNA-Italian Australian Services (1 speech)
    I recently had the pleasure of attending the opening of the CNA-Italian Australian Services community garden. Work on the My Garden Your Garden project began in August and aims to promote...
  • Australian of the Year: Dr James Muecke (1 speech)
    Yesterday, Dr James Muecke, the Australian of the Year, was here at Parliament House. Since he was elevated to that august title this year, his focus has been on raising awareness of diabetes and...
  • Australian Parliament Sports Club (1 speech)
    There's a sports competition going on at the moment , with t he Australian Parliament Sports Club playing a variety of teams made up of members o f our Australian Federal Police and Australian...
  • Queensland Government (1 speech)
    It's just 33 days since the Queensland state election, and already the state Labor government has delivered a multibillion-dollar broken promise, and it's going to seriously hurt my community in...
  • Petition: Kurdish People (1 speech)
    I rise on behalf of the Kurdish Society of Tasmania to table a petition that has been considered by the Petitions Committee and found to be in order. The petition calls on the Australian...
  • Forde Electorate: STEPS 4208 (1 speech)
    I rise today to talk about a fantastic Christmas initiative that happened in Forde on the weekend. Community group STEPS 4208, based in Ormeau, arranged for a motorcyclist to dress as Santa and...
  • Brooke, Mr Don (1 speech)
    Twenty years ago Don Brooke had throat cancer; he survived. Ten years ago Don had prostate cancer; he survived. In March this year, pancreatic cancer was strike 3; this time the treatment didn't...
  • Bonner Electorate: Lindum Rail Crossing Upgrade (1 speech)
    Following the disappointing election announcement by the Queensland Labor government that they would not fund an upgrade to the Lindum level crossing, I have been working directly with Councillor...
  • La Trobe University (1 speech)
    () (): I am deeply concerned that La Trobe University are moving their arts degree online only for regional students. An online-only option for arts will mean that many students may not choose to...
  • Mallee Electorate: Agricultural Shows and Field Days (1 speech)
    This week I had the pleasure of informing 16 agricultural show committees that they were recipients of funding through the Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days Program. Every...
  • Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
    I rise today in this place to call for a royal commission into the government's robodebt scandal. I do so because of the number of people in my electorate who were impacted by this diabolical...
  • Ryan Electorate: Coo-ee Walk (1 speech)
    Last week I had the honour of attending St Andrew's Catholic Primary School in Ferny Grove for the official opening of their Defence Family Memorial. Located near the Gallipoli Barracks, St...
  • Wavecare Inc. (1 speech)
    I would like to take a moment to talk about an invaluable organisation based in Glen Waverley. I had the pleasure of recently attending the AGM of Wavecare Counselling and following up with a...
  • Employment (1 speech)
    It's good to see the Prime Minister is going to be back in parliament again with long pants on. He'll be missing the close company of his image advisor. He can cover his knees, but he can't cover...
  • International Day of People with Disability (1 speech)
    How we treat the most vulnerable in society is truly a mark of our humanity. That we seek to uphold the dignity of each individual person marks our society—indeed, I would say, our...
  • Prime Minister (2 speeches)
    I rise to welcome back our Prime Minister to question time, in the flesh—our marketing-man Prime Minister! Last question time, I counted the number of references to the advertising company...