House debates
Thursday, 27 May 2021
- HomeBuilder Program (1 speech)
On A Current Affair this week it was revealed that there are hundreds of Aussies who've applied for the HomeBuilder grant and, because of a confusing online application form, have now missed out.... - Wide Bay Electorate: Tourism (1 speech)
Noosa is a world-class destination with surf to rival Hawaii, beaches to rival Fiji and rainforests as beautiful and wondrous as the Amazon, but Noosa is a destination that is within reach to... - EDWARDS, Sir Llewellyn AC (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to Sir Llew Edwards, the former state MP for Ipswich and former Deputy Premier of Queensland. My deepest condolences to Lady Jane; his sons, Mark and David, and their... - Cumberland Bird Observers' Club (1 speech)
A few weeks ago I went on a birdwatching expedition with the Cumberland Bird Observers' Club, which has been incredibly active in my community for 40 years through the passion of local... - Monaro High School (1 speech)
Last week I attended one of the coolest events I have ever been to in my life. I was invited to join some amazing students from Monaro High School in Cooma as they spoke live with NASA astronaut... - Chisholm Electorate: Constituency Meetings (1 speech)
Today's announcement of another lockdown is difficult for all Victorians, but we have got through this before and we will get through this again. Last week I had the resounding pleasure of... - Women in Parliament (2 speeches)
I give the call to the member for Perth and the junior member for Perth! - National Reconciliation Week (1 speech)
National Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn our shared history, spanning over 60,000 years. Indigenous Australians have a deep understanding of connection to the land,... - Middle East (1 speech)
All people have the right to peace and security, and our job is to make sure those rights are valued equally for all. This month Benjamin Netanyahu's military flattened buildings in Gaza that... - Bonner Electorate: Volunteering (1 speech)
Last week we celebrated National Volunteer Week, Australia's largest annual celebration of volunteers. I recently hosted my fifth annual Bonner Volunteer Awards to recognise some of the... - Covid-19 (1 speech)
In order to protect our health and the economic recovery, this government has had two KPIs: an effective quarantine system and the speedy rollout of the vaccine. It is failing on both counts.... - National Reconciliation Week (1 speech)
Today marks the beginning of National Reconciliation Week. With over 6,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in my electorate of Lindsay, this is an important occasion. Reconciliation... - Regional Services, Lyons Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
The big banks are failing regional Australia. They are nailing shut their branches across the regions. The town of St Marys in my electorate is losing its Commonwealth Bank branch and ATM in... - Covid-19 (2 speeches)
I rise today to talk about love. Love: it's not a topic we frequently talk about in this place—and I'm not thinking about the deep affection that those opposite feel towards me and my... - Callide Power Station (1 speech)
On Tuesday this week, just before 2 pm, there was an explosion at the Callide Power Station in Biloela in my electorate of Flynn. Catastrophic damage was done to the C4 generator and it was taken... - Members of Parliament: Staff (1 speech)
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister tabled a report undertaken by his chief of staff into whether staff in his office had backgrounded against Ms Higgins's loved ones. Contrary to the Prime Minister's... - Forest Industry (1 speech)
I rise today in support of the Australian forest industry, which is a foundational industry in the Limestone Coast in my electorate of Barker. It employs 7,500 people across the sector. The... - COVID-19: Quarantine (2 speeches)
My heart goes out to everyone in Victoria going into lockdown today. You've been through this before, and I know the next seven days are going to be tough for so many. As you know, the outbreak...
