House debates

Thursday, 18 March 2021

  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    I rise today to talk about the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association's climate change forum, which I participated in via video link on Monday and Tuesday nights this week. The forum saw...
  • Travel Industry (1 speech)
    Prior to the pandemic, we had a booming travel industry. We had some 40,000 people working in the industry, 80 per cent of whom were women, and 60 per cent of those people were working in...
  • Coalition Government (1 speech)
    You can tell a lot about where this government's priorities lie by comparing their announcements with their follow through. We're about to wrap up the first parliamentary sitting week since the...
  • Euthanasia (2 speeches)
    Today I rise with a heavy heart to speak about something that's happened to our country. We all make assumptions about the enduring values that underpin our society, and when those assumptions...
  • JobKeeper Payment (3 speeches)
    If you're going to run up a trillion dollars worth of debt, then you want to have something to show for it. Today we learnt that not only has the government got nothing to show for it—not...
  • Papua New Guinea (1 speech)
    I rise today to make some commentary about the very dire situation that PNG finds itself in—our great neighbour and friend to the north—and to talk a bit about the importance of...