House debates

Wednesday, 12 May 2021

  • COVID-19: International Travel (1 speech)
    I've been privileged to preside over many citizenship ceremonies in Moreton, including for new citizens from the local Indian community. Becoming an Australian is a wonderful celebration, and the...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    Around 48,500 taxpayers in the Lyne electorate will benefit from tax relief of up to $2,745 this year. We have extended the low and middle income tax offset, which means people receiving that...
  • Kingston Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
    Despite the government standing up last night and bragging about infrastructure spending that we may never see, I was very disappointed after I went through the budget papers to see that not a...
  • Lindsay Electorate: Floods (1 speech)
    I will take the opportunity later today to talk about our budget and the measures that will be impacting our community in Lindsay and the benefits to people in my community. But, before that, I...
  • Asylum Seekers, COVID-19: Income Support Payments (1 speech)
    Since November 2019, refugees have been detained cruelly and indefinitely in Melbourne, first at the Mantra hotel in Preston and now at the Park Hotel in Carlton, right in the heart of my...
  • Wide Bay Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
    The future of Wide Bay is all about jobs in manufacturing—not in the old-school mass-production of labour-intensive goods but in the manufacturing of high-quality innovative products that...
  • Gilmore Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
    What I've known since coming to this parliament is that the Morrison government is big on announcements but poor on delivery. And we can see that nowhere more than on the bushfire ravaged New...
  • Petrie Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
    As the local federal member for Petrie, I see the effort every day that goes into our comeback. Australia's greatest asset in securing our future prosperity is people, of course—the people...
  • Ballarat Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    Right now one of the issues across my electorate is the proposal to build new transmission lines that will stretch about 120 kilometres, from Bulgana to north of Creswick right through to...
  • Hyde, Mr Cameron Rodney (Cammo), Page Electorate: Sport (2 speeches)
    I would like to acknowledge today a very emotional win for the South Lismore Celtic Football Club, who recently won the Football Far North Coast ANZAC Day Cup this year. It was an emotional win...