House debates
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
- Freeman, Mr Desmond Allan (1 speech)
In December last year, Ipswich lost one of its greatest leaders. Former mayor Des Freeman passed away at the age of 95. He lived with his wife Colleen in East Ipswich for many decades. Des was a... - Headspace Gympie (1 speech)
With up to one in four young people suffering from mental ill health, the headspace Gympie service makes a very positive difference in the lives of hundreds of young people, providing services... - Corangamite Electorate: Local Government (1 speech)
Like many people who sit in this House, I spend a lot of time out in my local community talking to people about what matters to them. It's one of the best parts of my job. Time after time, the... - Leichhardt Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I rise this afternoon to place on the record those in my community that were recently recognised at the Cairns Regional Council Australia Day Awards. These awards are always one of the highlights... - New South Wales Government: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise today to speak on the failures of the New South Wales government and the New South Wales Premier in providing infrastructure in my rapidly-growing community. Governments like the... - Mackellar Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Over the Christmas new year period, my community was locked down, and I want to thank them for their sacrifice. Because of them, Australians were not locked down and Sydney was not locked down.... - Sheean, Ordinary Seaman Edward (Teddy) (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about a true Australian hero, Teddy Sheean VC. It was an absolute honour recently to unveil a commemorative tribute to Teddy at the Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum in my... - Boothby Electorate: Citizen of the Year Awards (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate and thank all the citizens of the year in the seat of Boothby. Our local community is immensely proud that the City of Unley citizen of the year is Craig Scott, and... - Donations to Political Parties (1 speech)
The poker machine industry bankrolled the Tasmanian Liberal Party's most-recent state election win. Now it's in line for a thumping $350 million windfall in virtually gifted poker machine... - Lyne Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge and congratulate Port Macquarie-Hastings Senior Citizen of the Year, Phyllis Hollis, who has a long history of volunteering within our area. She's put her time into... - COVID 19: Australians Overseas (1 speech)
I want to share with the House some of the words of one of the many Australians that are stuck overseas. This particular person is a constituent of mine, aged 31, who lives in Castlemaine. She's... - Goldstein Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
This year's Bayside Australia Day awards have highlighted the incredible work of our local Goldstein community, which is doing an amazing job to build a stronger community as the foundation for... - Eden-Monaro Electorate: Water Quality (1 speech)
Some MPs might be surprised to hear that many regional communities struggle with reliable supply of quality drinking water. Yes, in 2021 the colour of tap water in a number of the towns I serve... - Western Australia: COVID-19, Western Australia: Bushfires (1 speech)
This week, hundreds of school students in WA were set to return to school for a new and exciting year, including about 30,000 in my electorate and two in my house. Backpacks that had been left... - COVID 19: Australian Universities (1 speech)
() (): Australian universities saw over 17,300 jobs lost last year. Yet the Morrison government stood by, choosing to exclude universities from JobKeeper. Now there are more losses expected to... - Swan Electorate: Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program, Swan Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
On 22 May 2020, the Morrison government announced the $500 million Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program. In the 2021 budget, the Morrison government announced a $1 billion extension... - Women's Economic Security (1 speech)
The past 12 months have been extremely difficult for everyone, but they have been so much more difficult for women. Gender Equity Victoria's submission to the Victorian government's budget,... - Jeitz, Ms Denise (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about those who help our party and help this political process. Denise Jeitz, a lady from Dalby who joined the National Party in 1985, was instrumental in so many careers,... - Moore, Captain Sir Thomas (2 speeches)
When Captain Sir Tom Moore started doing laps of his garden to raise money for Britain's National Health Service, he thought he might just crack a thousand pounds. Armed with his walking frame,...
