- Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Bill 2021, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2021; Second Reading (9 speeches)
These bills are about maintaining the high quality of higher education that Australia is renowned for, while ensuring the sustainability of the sector now and into the future. At present the... - Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Charges) Bill 2021, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2021; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time. - Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2021; Second Reading (1 speech)
The question is that this bill be now read a second time. - Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2021; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time. - Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending the Student Loan Fee Exemption) Bill 2021; Second Reading (15 speeches)
I speak today on the Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending the Student Loan Fee Exemption) Bill 2021, and I move: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the... - Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending the Student Loan Fee Exemption) Bill 2021; Third Reading (1 speech)
by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time. - Financial Regulator Assessment Authority Bill 2021, Financial Regulator Assessment Authority (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2021 (2 speeches)
I am pleased to be speaking on the motion and on the second reading amendment which has been circulated in my name. This bill establishes the Financial Regulator Assessment Authority, and as... - Housing Affordability (1 speech)
Housing is a basic human right. Having a roof over your head at night is something that all Australians deserve, whether it's those in need of social housing, women fleeing domestic and family... - Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
As many of us look back, decades from now, at what we worked on in this place, we'll often look at one or two achievements of which we're most proud. For me, of course, that moment was 15 years... - Environment (1 speech)
It was Sea Turtle Week last week in North Queensland. We have a great affection for our turtles. The figure for pigs in North Queensland is four million. I, like all of north Queenslanders, have... - Middle East (1 speech)
I welcome the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and I mourn the loss of innocent lives, both Israeli and Palestinian. Israelis and Palestinians need to be able to live in peace and security and... - Women in the Workforce (1 speech)
I rise to address a matter of great import in my community and, no doubt, right around Australia, and that is women's workforce participation. The pandemic has changed the very way Australians... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Last week I had the honour and the privilege of speaking at a women's empowerment workshop on family violence in my electorate of Chisholm. For me, it was truly an honour to be asked to deliver... - Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2021-2022, Appropriation Bill (No. 2) 2021-2022, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2021-2022; Second Reading (7 speeches)
The Prime Minister had two jobs this year: get quarantine right and get the vaccine rollout right, and this budget fails to do either. Our press-hungry Prime Minister is continuing to bumble his...