House debates

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

  • Jackman, Charlie (1 speech)
    One of the upsides of the last year and a half with COVID has been the ability to spend some time at home with the family and reconnecting with the community by walking the streets—in my...
  • Mitchell Youth Leadership Forum (1 speech)
    On Friday 8 October, the annual Mitchell Youth Leadership Forum, which has been widely successful over the last 20 years, was again held, and it was as a huge success. This year, however, it was...
  • Airport Noise (1 speech)
    Since the opening of Brisbane Airport's second runway, many Brisbane residents have been bearing the brunt of excessive and unreasonable aircraft flight noise from new flight paths overhead, so...
  • Workplace Relations: Amazon, Genesis Owusu (1 speech)
    Members of this chamber have an opportunity to provide an early Christmas present to retail, warehouse and transport workers by joining with the SDA, TWU and unions across the world calling for...
  • Robertson Electorate: Health on The Streets, Robertson Electorate: Peninsula Recreation Precinct (1 speech)
    I rise to update the House on two very important commitments that were made at the last election by the Morrison government for my electorate of Robertson. We made a first of its kind commitment...
  • COVID-19: Western Sydney (1 speech)
    Western Sydney was at the centre of the New South Wales lockdown. We were subjected to some of the harshest regulations in New South Wales and, indeed, the nation. Our small businesses closed...
  • O'Connor Electorate: Main Streets (1 speech)
    Today I want to recognise the Morrison government's efforts to re-energise the main streets in the Wheatbelt region of my electorate of O'Connor. Following the recent WA redistribution, O'Connor...
  • Wages (1 speech)
    I am very proud to be a member of the Labor Party, a party that has stood up for working people in this country for many, many decades and particularly has stood up for the protection of wages...
  • Banks Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
    The pool at Peakhurst West has a very proud history, dating back to the 1960s, when the community got together and raised the funds to open it. Since that time, many tens of thousands of people...
  • Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (1 speech)
    This year we witnessed a powerful reckoning, with tens of thousands of women marching across Australia demanding an end to violence. The brave women who came forward inspired many others to share...
  • Parker, Ms Frances Belle, Leadbeater, Mr Pat, Sear, Ms Gail (1 speech)
    I'd like to acknowledge Frances Belle Parker. Frances is an artist, a mother and proud Yaegl woman from Maclean. Frances was born to Tony and Lenore. Tony was a respected barrister with the...
  • Afghanistan (1 speech)
    I rise to inform the chamber about a constituent of mine, Bibi. She's a young woman in her mid-20s. She's articulate, she can navigate bureaucracy and she is close to her family, but right now...
  • Road Safety (1 speech)
    Sarah Lloyd was a beautiful, caring, confident, vivacious young Riverina woman. She was loved by many, especially her parents, Daniel and Tracey, and her family. Early on the morning of 12 August...
  • Wills Electorate (1 speech)
    KHALIL () (): A big part of the last three years has been about working for my constituents, the people of Wills. Today, I want to share a few examples of how, when you listen to people in your...
  • Martin, Mrs Cathryn Fay, OAM (1 speech)
    Today I rise to pay tribute to one of our region's much-loved and highly respected leading citizens, the matriarch of the National Party in the Central West, a tireless volunteer and dedicated...
  • National Broadband Network (1 speech)
    I rise today to talk about Labor's plans to fix our National Broadband Network. I don't need to tell Canberrans how important this is. We know, because we've got some of the worst access to the...
  • Two Sisters Campaign (1 speech)
    In our role of representatives of our community we're fortunate to meet ordinary people doing extraordinary things sometimes amidst distressing or tragic life events. Over the past few months...
  • Malibu School Markets, Rockingham Beach Cup, Jay, Mrs Ivy Esther Grace (2 speeches)
    INE KING () (): Summer's coming and, as happens every year, my electorate of Brand is filling with festivals and markets. Between parliamentary sitting weeks and mandatory quarantine, I haven't...