House debates

Monday, 22 November 2021

  • Nundah Community Enterprise Cooperative (1 speech)
    Last week I had the pleasure of welcoming the shadow Treasurer, the member for Rankin, to the superior side of the Brisbane River to chat and meet with workers at the Nundah Community Enterprise...
  • Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (1 speech)
    This Friday the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide will begin, shedding light on the ingrained problems in how Australia cares for our Defence personnel. For many veterans and...
  • Centenary of St John's Anglican Church, Asquith (1 speech)
    I want to talk about St John's Church, Asquith, which is celebrating its centenary. St John's has a rich history in our community. From the early years of the twentieth century, Anglicans living...
  • Petition: Save Newcastle's After Hours GP Service (2 speeches)
    Last Friday I stood with my Labor colleagues from across the Hunter and local GPs in a fight to save, yet again, our GP-access after-hours service. This is a vital frontline health service, yet...
  • Eddy, Mr Trevor (1 speech)
    Today I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate an outstanding Chisholm local and one of the 2021 Victorian Senior of the Year award recipients, Mr Trevor Eddy. Trevor has worked with...
  • Ensuring Northern Territory Rights Bill 2021 (2 speeches)
    Today the Morrison government, in the Senate, had the opportunity to debate the Ensuring Northern Territory Rights Bill, put forward by NT senator Sam McMahon. They deliberately, purposefully...
  • Reid Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
    Small business is the lifeblood of our community and the key to our economic recovery. As a former small-business owner, I know what it's like to own and run a small business. COVID and repeated...
  • Climate Change (1 speech)
    As the dust settles on COP26 it's clear Australia is still the global laggard. We were awarded 'colossal fossil' at the conference. According to the International Energy Agency, global pledges...
  • Wyangala Dam (1 speech)
    Wyangala Dam wall needs to be raised! What is required at the end of that sentence is not just a full stop but an exclamation mark. Increasing the dam wall by the proposed 10 metres would provide...
  • Prime Minister, COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
    It has been pretty ugly to see the Prime Minister of Australia chase the votes of those people who brought gallows to the steps of the Victorian parliament, especially because more than 90 per...
  • Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton)Airport (1 speech)
    Western Sydney is a powerhouse. We make stuff and we build things. We're building our future, headlined by Australia's biggest infrastructure project, Western Sydney international airport....
  • Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
    Australians trust the ABC. The ABC tells our stories and provides us with accurate, independent information. In a pandemic where misinformation is putting lives at risk and creating divisions in...
  • DiDi Station (1 speech)
    This weekend the Duff family will be celebrating 100 years at DiDi Station and the launch of their book. DiDi Station is located near Durong and near the Boondooma Homestead in South Burnett in...
  • Morrison Government (1 speech)
    Our nation is suffering a failure of leadership, a lack of real leadership at all. Through this pandemic, the Morrison government has been no friend to Western Australia, continually attacking...
  • Environment: Feral Deer (1 speech)
    The presence of feral deer is a growing issue around our country. These deer cause significant economic and environmental damage. Their consumption of and damage to crops, pastures and saplings...
  • Macquarie Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
    There are small businesses in the Upper Blue Mountains who successfully operate in spite of the NBN. These are people with fibre to the node like Aaron from Bethany Manor B&B in Leura. He...
  • Tasmania: Economy (1 speech)
    [by video link] I'm pleased to report that, according to recent ABS advice, Tasmania has continued to outperform the national economy. It records the second-highest economic growth in any...
  • Coalition Government (1 speech)
    As we begin this final sitting block of 2021, it is clear that the clapped-out jalopy of the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison government has finally broken down. For eight long years, parts have been...