House debates
Thursday, 10 December 2020
- Fraser Electorate: Vietnamese Australians (1 speech)
Fraser is a community with remarkable diversity. Over 30,000 Vietnamese Australians call Fraser home. Vietnamese Australians have made an extraordinary and enriching contribution to our nation.... - Forde Electorate: Logan and Albert Rivers (1 speech)
Stretching over 286 kilometres, the Logan and Albert rivers have sustained the people of Forde for generations past and will do for generations to come. Over tens of thousands of years, the... - Housing (1 speech)
The rental affordability index released last week shows Hobart is still the most unaffordable city to rent in Australia. Indeed, despite amendments to residential tenancy laws during COVID-19... - Fisher Electorate: 2021 (1 speech)
This year has been an incredibly difficult time on the Sunshine Coast and right across Australia. However, there are important signs that our economic comeback is well underway. The road ahead... - Blair Electorate: Coalmining (1 speech)
Coalmining has had a long and proud history in the Ipswich region. In fact, Ipswich was the home to the first coalmine in Queensland, although we were still part of the colony of New South Wales... - Cashless Debit Card (1 speech)
I welcome the fact that the cashless debit card trials have been extended for two years in Australia. But, at the same time, I must say I'm really disappointed that they haven't become permanent... - Australia: 2020 (1 speech)
As we near the end of one of the most extraordinary years that many of us have ever experienced, I'd like to reflect on some of the highs and lows of 2020—which will surely be a year to... - Trade with China (1 speech)
Australia learnt this week that yet another Australian business has been banned from exporting their product to China. On Monday, Chinese customs authorities announced that abattoir and beef... - Superannuation, Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
The Liberals never liked superannuation. Tony Abbott called it a con job. Bronwyn Bishop said it was designed to penalise business. Paul Keating got universal superannuation going. John Howard... - Energy (1 speech)
Renewable technologies are creating opportunities to decentralise Australia's energy grid and cut our emissions—and we got data about that in only the past 24 hours—while also... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
The expression 'never waste a crisis' has never been used so many times in so many contexts this year. Of course, the Liberals and Nationals have truly taken this to heart. Yesterday, the... - Bennelong Electorate (1 speech)
As we seek to adjourn this chamber for the final time in 2020, it's an opportune time to reflect on the year that has just been, one unlike any we have seen before and, hopefully, unlike any we...
