House debates
Monday, 24 May 2021
- COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
So much for being at the front of the vaccination queue. Some of the most vulnerable Australians—people with disabilities who live in residential care in my electorate—are still... - Arrow, Ms Gloria Jean (1 speech)
A valuable link to Mackay's pioneering past was lost this month with the sad passing of Gloria Arrow, a faithful and steadfast protector and promoter of a bygone era through her 60 year tenure... - Migration (1 speech)
Recently I was lucky enough to visit with Kayaan Katyal and his parents, Varun and Priyanka, in my electorate. I spent time with Varun and Priyanka talking about how our community could stop... - Victorian Government: Suppliers (1 speech)
I've been shocked this afternoon to learn that the Victorian government has set up a new method whereby they are going to send their contracts out, or another group of state purchasing contracts,... - Somalia: Operation Solace (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the lack of official recognition of those deployed to Somalia on Operation Solace in 1993. This was a peace enforcement deployment based around the 1st Battalion of the... - Cowper Electorate: Rapid Relief Team (1 speech)
The farmers in my electorate are certainly the backbone of our economy, and it would be an understatement to say that the last few years have been extremely tough for them. A long drought,... - Middle East (1 speech)
It is with relief that I rise today to commend Israel and Palestine for agreeing to a ceasefire, as well as Egypt for mediating the truce. The violence and loss of life that we have seen in... - Stirling Electorate: Infrastructure, Western Australia: Economy, COVID-19: Testing and Detection (1 speech)
It was wonderful to be joined in Stirling last week by my colleague the Minister for Finance. We West Aussies love to show off everything that our great state has to offer to our interstate... - Cancer (1 speech)
Last month I met with a Forest Lake mum of three, Susan Riley. Last year, at the age of 45, she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, five years after she started getting regular... - The Agile Project (1 speech)
I recently attended a special event in my electorate to mark the start of the relocation of hundreds of agile wallabies to a safer habitat. It will be Australia's largest ever macropod... - Kabul: Attacks (1 speech)
On 9 May, Sayed ul-Shuhada High School in Kabul, Afghanistan was bombed, killing at least 85 people, mostly Hazara schoolgirls, and injuring another 147. The attack happened in the afternoon,... - Fighting Chance (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the extraordinary work done by Fighting Chance, a remarkable not-for-profit group on the Northern Beaches. Fighting Chance, which opened its doors in 2011, designs and... - McEwen Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
Every week I'm inundated by calls from my constituents: the scared parents of young children; families and partners of those struggling with chronic illness; and healthcare workers who are... - Swift, Dr Rachel (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate Dr Rachel Swift who has been preselected by the Liberal Party members in Boothby to be the Liberal candidate for Boothby at the next election. Boothby is where Dr... - Australian Vietnamese Women's Association (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the important role that the Australian Vietnamese Women's Association plays in the Fraser community. The Australian Vietnamese Women's Association assists with the... - New South Wales: Upper Hunter By-Election (1 speech)
The people of the New South Wales seat of Upper Hunter have spoken. They're good, practical people and they are full of common sense. On Saturday night, I was delighted to congratulate the New... - Dunkley Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
The importance of community and connectivity to good mental health has been pointed out to us over the past 18 months perhaps more than ever. Today I want to congratulate the people who ran two... - Red Shield Appeal (1 speech)
This coming weekend, thousands of volunteers across Australia will be joining the Salvos in knocking on doors for the annual Red Shield Appeal. The Salvation Army does such incredible work for... - COVID-19: Young Women (1 speech)
We know that young Australians have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a recent report, led by young South Australian women and supported by the Working Women's Centre, demonstrated... - TradeMutt (1 speech)
TradeMutt is a clothing company, and this is part of their story, from Dan: Towards the end of 2016, everything for me came to a grinding halt. I was floored by the news that one of my best mates... - Middle East (1 speech)
The violence in the Israeli and the Palestinian territories that occurred over the past fortnight was awful and barbaric. It's a mercy there is now a ceasefire in place. Those who have suffered,... - Palaszczuk Government (1 speech)
The Queensland Premier has been caught out in a lie. It gives me no pleasure to report that her supposedly detailed proposal for a quarantine facility at Wellcamp airport was revealed in the... - COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
Max Good is 84. He contacted my office a few weeks ago, explaining that he had to make a round trip of more than 110 kilometres—past, literally, dozens and dozens of GP offices—to get... - Curtin Electorate: Memory Cafes (1 speech)
Forget-me-not cafes are a great initiative where people can come together to support others with dementia and their carers. They provide a safe place for people to visit, socialise and interact... - Climate Change (1 speech)
Last Friday I was very proud to support thousands of heroes who gathered in my electorate of Melbourne for the School Strike 4 Climate. There were of course the witty signs—'I've seen... - Member for Shortland (8 speeches)
I want to quote what a union official from the Hunter Valley said to me: 'The miners have lost faith in the Labor Party, mate, but the Nats and One Nation did some damage with the IR legislation... - Aged Care (1 speech)
Older Australians deserve better than this government. They deserve a government that's committed to fixing our broken aged-care system. Instead they've got a government that is still failing to... - Bowman Electorate: Redland Hospital (1 speech)
After Logan Hospital, Redland Hospital has the worst ramping in Queensland. Back in 2019 37 per cent of all admissions were being ramped, 500 hours of ambulance time was being spent just sitting... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
This morning a number of frontline domestic and family violence workers from the Hunter held the dresses of sorrow protest at the front of building. It was an incredibly powerful event... - Berowra Electorate: Floating Oyster Wine Bar (2 speeches)
Recently, I attended the grand opening of a fantastic new business in my electorate, the Floating Oyster Wine Bar, located on the beautiful Hawkesbury River. This charming new floating restaurant...
