House debates

Thursday, 5 August 2021

  • National Anti-corruption Commission (1 speech)
    [by video link] A federal Labor government will establish a powerful, transparent and independent national anticorruption commission. The people of Australia are, frankly, sick of this federal...
  • Religious Freedom Legislation (1 speech)
    Australians pride ourselves on being fiercely patriotic and free. In fact, we also have a spirit of egalitarianism. As a former army officer, I can attest that we were always very familiar with...
  • Morrison Government (1 speech)
    We all remember the Prime Minister saying repeatedly that the vaccine rollout was not a race and that we didn't have to hurry. And we all know where that has got us, with my own home state of...
  • Cowper Electorate, Aviation (1 speech)
    I'd like to start by thanking all the business owners in my electorate for the efforts that they have put in over the past two years, over and above COVID. For almost six months in Port Macquarie...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
    Sixteen per cent of Australians are vaccinated, the second-lowest rate in the advanced world. The Grattan Institute estimates that we need to reach 80 per cent vaccination of the entire...
  • Inland Rail (1 speech)
    I'd just like to update the House on the progress of the Inland Rail. There would be no one in this place that wouldn't know about the Inland Rail—that corridor of commerce that will...