House debates

Tuesday, 30 November 2021

  • Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Macquarie Electorate: Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
    Throughout the electorate of Macquarie, which I represent, there are families facing the challenges of cystic fibrosis. They've joined with more than 35,000 people to urge for a speeding-up of...
  • Covid-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
    Tonight, as the Victorian government looks set to pass this controversial pandemic bill, I feel compelled to acknowledge the Australians who, unlike me, have been forced to choose between getting...
  • Mayo Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    Australia's rural towns and outer metropolitan areas are home to millions of Australians. Many of these areas are experiencing fast population growth, far beyond the growth in infrastructure and...
  • Gippsland Electorate (9 speeches)
    I rise on a somewhat lighter note to let Gippslanders know that my annual calendar competition is over, so please stop sending me photographs! Mr Speaker, I know that you as the member for Fisher...
  • Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (1 speech)
    There are a lot of very important reports that come to this place, but not all of them get the attention and the action they deserve. Today we received Kate Jenkins's report, Set the standard:...
  • COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
    Philosopher Hannah Arendt, one of the greatest thinkers of our time, said: As citizens, we must prevent wrongdoing because the world in which we all live, wrong-doer, wrong sufferer and...