House debates

Monday, 22 February 2021

  • Spirits Industry (1 speech)
    As some of you may know, I, along with Senator Perin Davey, am the co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Australian Spirits. In the first sitting week of the year, we here at Parliament House...
  • Petrie Electorate: Deception Bay (1 speech)
    I just wanted to talk a little bit about Deception Bay, one of the suburbs in my electorate. It is a great suburb. Recently the Morrison government announced a new grant for them, which has come...
  • Workplace Relations, Gregson, Mr Ross (1 speech)
    Time and time again we come into this place and we discuss what the government are doing to screw over the working class. Are they making it easier for employers to fire their employees? Are they...
  • Lyne Electorate: Bushfires, Lyne Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
    In my most recent tour of the wonderful Lyne electorate, I visited communities in the upper valleys of the Hastings and Manning. Both these communities were severely affected by the bushfires...
  • Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (1 speech)
    This Friday the government will receive the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. Many Australians will remember that this was the royal commission the...
  • Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
    On Friday we paused to remember the loss of three innocent souls through one of the most callous and devastating acts of domestic violence Australian had ever seen. The murder of Hannah Clarke...
  • Employment (1 speech)
    Senior members of this government like to come into this place and claim that jobs are being created and then unfurl the mission-accomplished banner behind themselves, as though the job were...
  • Burgess, Mr Richard (1 speech)
    I rise today to acknowledge an incredible individual in Narrabeen who is living an eventful century. Mr Richard Burgess, being one of seven children, was born in 1920 and turned 100 last year....
  • Eden-Monaro Electorate: COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, Canberra Raiders (1 speech)
    I rise with an update on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for frontline healthcare workers in the mighty Eden-Monaro. Last week I was contacted by doctors and nurses in the Bega valley, who were...
  • Casino Beef Week, Vickery, Ms Jean (2 speeches)
    Madam Deputy Speaker Bird, you know, I know, we all know that Casino is the true beef capital of Australia. After it was cancelled last year, we're all very much looking forward to beef week...