House debates

Monday, 5 September 2022

  • ET Australia (1 speech)
    Earlier this year I was able to visit an excellent education and training institution in my electorate of Robertson, ET Australia. ET Australia is an adult training college and an independent...
  • New South Wales: Floods (1 speech)
    Hawkesbury businesses that are still struggling to recover from the most recent floods have been left high and dry by the New South Wales government. A program that provides a $10,000 business...
  • Mackellar Electorate: Easylink Community Transport (1 speech)
    Imagine if you have a specialist appointment about your knees. They are really making it difficult to get up and down the stairs and you can no longer walk long distances. You can no longer...
  • Macarthur Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
    My electorate of Macarthur is now the biggest electorate in the country by population. We are way bigger than many other electorates, from Tasmania to Western Australia et cetera. Names like...
  • Western Australia: Abortion (1 speech)
    The harmonisation of abortion laws across Australia is overdue. As a first step, revision of Medicare numbers would enable better access and better data on terminations. Western Australian women...
  • Exton, Mr Warwick, Dunkley Electorate: Sweetwater Creek Nature Reserve (1 speech)
    Last week I attended the book launch of Action Sweetwater Creek. The author, Warwick Exton, turns 100 years old in November and is a bit of a living legend in my community. He has been in...
  • Goode, Councillor Alison (1 speech)
    I rise today to pay tribute to Councillor Alison Goode, the inaugural mayor of the City of Albany, who passed away last week. In the late 1990s the rural shire of Albany merged with the historic...
  • Migration (1 speech)
    Last week I attended CRC in St Albans for a chat and a grilling by some of the student leaders. I was struck by the story of one of the student leaders. He was born in Iraq, and he and his family...
  • Crystal Brook Show (1 speech)
    On 13 August, I was very pleased to welcome back the 143rd Crystal Brook Show, which had had a couple of years off because of COVID. The show was opened by the newly decorated Commonwealth...
  • Latt, Dr Cyril (1 speech)
    I could stand here and thank every GP in my electorate, because heaven knows there are not enough of them, and every one of them works really hard across my regions. But I'm on my feet today to...
  • Taxation (1 speech)
    So it's a crime for a member of parliament to talk about taxation policy? It's a crime for a member of parliament to talk about a policy and a platform that were put in place six years ago? All...
  • Men's Shed Week (1 speech)
    Today I want to acknowledge the great work of men's sheds right across McEwen, as we celebrate national Men's Shed Week, from 4 to 10 September. The 2022 campaign promotes 'A global village,...
  • Rural Road Safety Month (1 speech)
    September is Rural Road Safety Month, an initiative of the Australian Road Safety Foundation. It's a chance to stop and reflect on road safety and what we can do to make our rural roads safer....
  • Boothby Electorate: City of Mitcham Community Renewable Energy Program (1 speech)
    Today I rise to talk about a wonderful initiative in Boothby: the City of Mitcham's Community Renewable Energy Program. As part of its commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, the City...
  • Cost of Living (2 speeches)
    I was standing in the supermarket the other week, and a woman was next to me. We were in the butter section, and she couldn't make up her mind about which butter to buy, because of the cost of...