House debates

Tuesday, 31 August 2021

  • COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
    [by video link] I appreciate the opportunity to speak in this adjournment debate. As my colleagues would be aware, I'm in Wollongong and we're part of the New South Wales lockdown area. I want to...
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy (1 speech)
    I rise tonight to speak on an extremely important matter and one that is very close to my heart. August is Spinal Muscular Atrophy—commonly known as SMA—Awareness Month. Sadly, one in...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    [by video link] Climate change is unquestionably one of the great threats facing the world in the 21st century. The consequences of failing to respond would be dire for humankind, peaceful...
  • Afghanistan (2 speeches)
    [by video link] Afghanistan really didn't need to end this way. It was simply not preordained that Afghanistan would fall back into the clutches of the Taliban. It was not preordained that we...
  • COVID-19: Mental Health (1 speech)
    [by video link] Tonight I want to talk about the challenges my community faces in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns. The Prime Minister rightly reminds us that the national plan...