House debates
Thursday, 21 October 2021
- Prime Minister (1 speech)
[by video link] For the Prime Minister, every problem is someone else's problem; every crisis is someone else's responsibility. When he's called out on his failures—and he has been many... - Childhood Cancer (1 speech)
[by video link] According to the Children's Cancer Institute, in Australia more than 1,000 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer each year. Cancer kills more children than any other... - Defence Procurement (1 speech)
[by video link] Alongside the member for Fremantle, I recently spent 24 hours off the Western Australian coast on HMAS Collins, living, overnight, the life of our submariners. It gave us a... - Victoria: Forestry (1 speech)
Victoria is home to a world-class, environmentally sustainable and highly regulated native timber industry. It's an industry which is innovative. It has invested in technology to maximise yield... - Aged Care (1 speech)
Today I wish to raise the issue of massive management and administration fees eroding the value of aged-care packages in my electorate and across the country. A constituent has written to me,... - Youth Voice in Parliament Week: Australia (1 speech)
I would like to present a speech by Edward Sethaphanich, a 15-year-old at Narrabeen Sports High School who lives in Dee Why, in my electorate. This is his speech for Raise Our Voice in... - COVID-19: Rapid Antigen Testing (1 speech)
Why is the Morrison government so slow to act and so mute on a tool that can help us get back to some sort of normality? I'm talking about rapid antigen testing, an extra tool the world has in... - Working Spirit (1 speech)
Yesterday, I had the great pleasure of speaking with my good friend Karyn Hinder, who's the founder of Working Spirit. I congratulated Karen on receiving a Prime Minister's Veterans' Employment... - Petition: Afghanistan (2 speeches)
Almost 20 years ago, Australia was one of the first nations to join the US-led intervention in Afghanistan that removed the Taliban. My community and others around Australia are deeply concerned... - Cowper Electorate: Hailstorms (1 speech)
Yesterday, parts of my electorate in Coffs Harbour, Sawtell and Toormina were hammered by a ferocious hailstorm, which caused major damage to Toormina Gardens Shopping Centre as well as nursing... - Social Media (1 speech)
Labor recently wrote to YouTube highlighting a number of videos posted by the member for Hughes that violated its COVID-19 misinformation policy. Responding to this letter, Google agreed that... - Parkes Electorate (1 speech)
At the moment there is a terrific air of optimism across the Parkes electorate. On just under 400,000 square kilometres of New South Wales on the eastern side of Parkes the harvest of one of the... - Climate Change (5 speeches)
I want to thank Adele. She lives in a regional community in Victoria in the electorate of Indi. She knitted me this beautiful scarf as part of the Common Grace Knit for Climate Action project.... - Youth Voice In Parliament Week (1 speech)
As part of Raise Our Voice's Youth Voice in Parliament Week, today I want to read to the House a speech written by 12-year-old Poppy Broomhall, who attends school at St Mary's College Seymour,... - Building Better Regions Fund (1 speech)
Well, we've heard a lot in the House this week about the Building Better Regions Fund. I'm here to say that I am very disappointed in the announcement that was made just last week about who the... - 2021 North Queensland and Northern Territory Restaurant & Catering Hostplus Awards for Excellence (1 speech)
Last Wednesday evening, my beautiful wife and I had the pleasure of attending the 2021 North Queensland and Northern Territory Restaurant & Catering Hostplus Awards for Excellence, at the... - Covid-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
Today, Victoria hit 70 per cent vaccinated for those aged 16-plus, which will trigger the easing of restrictions after our second COVID winter. Wyndham, my home town, hit 70 per cent earlier this... - Moore Electorate: Junior Baseball (1 speech)
The Carine Cats Ball Club Incorporated is the second-largest junior baseball club in Western Australia, fielding 19 junior teams registered for the 2021-22 season. The club has a growing rate of... - Covid-19: Health Care (2 speeches)
Among all the big things we have in Australia, nothing is as huge as the debt of gratitude that we owe our healthcare workers. As we start to see glimmers of life beyond the pandemic, I want to...
