House debates
Monday, 6 February 2023
- Beecroft Rotary Club (1 speech)
The Rotary Club of Beecroft recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, and its 51st year is proving to be its best yet. The club's annual events for Australia Day and Anzac Day are a centrepiece... - Dempsey, Ms Valmai (Val), First Aid (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the contribution of a resident of Bean. Val Dempsey was the 2022 Senior Australian of the Year, an accolade she earned for decades of service as a St John Ambulance... - Oil and Gas Exploration (2 speeches)
On Friday, my community was deeply concerned to hear that the door had been reopened on the PEP-11 offshore oil and gas project. Stretching from Manly to Newcastle, the PEP-11 exploration zone... - Ryan Electorate: Education (1 speech)
My office recently ran a back-to-school grants program for parents in need of help to get supplies for their kids. We put the call out and within four hours we had more applications than we could... - Shackleton, Mrs Shirley, Jolliffe, Ms Jill (1 speech)
I'm very saddened by the passing of Shirley Shackleton in Melbourne on 15 January at the age of 91. She was a lifelong campaigner for Timor-Leste's freedom. Shirley Vern married Channel 7's Greg... - Really, Mr Aidan (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge an inspirational young man in my community. Twelve year old Aidan Really raises funds and donates the money as petrol vouchers to the Grafton Base Hospital oncology unit.... - Jenkins, Ms Wendy Elizabeth (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge the death of Fremantle poet, writer and editor Wendy Jenkins, who made a skilled and substantial and sharply felt contribution to Australian literature for decades. Wendy... - Sri Guru Singh Sabah Gurdwara, Carlton South Public School (1 speech)
On Saturday 4 February I went down to the gurdwara in Revesby, and it was great see everyone in the Sikh community in the temple. One of the really good things about the event on Saturday was we... - Dunkley Electorate: Community Support Frankston (1 speech)
One of the organisations in my community that we are immensely proud of is Community Support Frankston. We are proud of the work the organisation does, the people who work there and the amazing... - Lyne Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate Lyne constituents named in the recent Australia Day Awards. Many of my constituents have demonstrated outstanding service and exceptional achievement that benefit and... - Gilmore Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
Last week the New South Wales government once again proved that they only care about our community at election time. After leaving local homelessness shelter Safe Shelter Shoalhaven hanging four... - Petrie Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
It's been a cracking start to 2023, and I'd like to speak about Australia Day, a day that holds significance and importance for the majority of Australians. Australia Day is the day when we... - Domestic And Family Violence (1 speech)
This past Saturday I joined the Pay Our Respects vigil to remember Australian women murdered in 2022. We gathered on the steps of South Australia's Parliament House holding placards numbered one... - Capricornia Electorate: Rockhampton Airport (1 speech)
Last week I attended the official opening of Rockhampton Airport's redevelopment and security upgrade. I am proud to state that I fought for and secured just under $45 million to make this... - National Cultural Policy (1 speech)
Australia's arts community has been waiting a long time for a government that values its work. The Albanese government's new National Cultural Policy, Revive, begins to repair the damage caused... - Adler, Ms Bianca (1 speech)
Last week I had the honour of presenting a young constituent with the Goldstein medal. The Goldstein medal recognises young leaders who demonstrate Vida Goldstein's values of leadership, of... - Stevenson, Mr Ian (1 speech)
Deputy Captain Ian Stevenson from the Branxton Fire and Rescue station 237 joined the New South Wales Fire Brigade on 1 June 1984. Ian served as a volunteer and then a retained firefighter until... - Western Australia: Bushfires (1 speech)
I want to thank once again our volunteer and professional fire and emergency response services, who have recently been battling fires in my electorate of Forrest. Two days of severe lightning... - Macnamara Electorate: Arts Industry (3 speeches)
In my electorate of Macnamara, one in 10 people works in the creative sector. It is without doubt that Macnamara is the arts capital of Australia. - O'Connell, Mr Garnet Thomas (Garry) (1 speech)
Osborne is a football and netball club 122 years young. It is a club without a town. And, for most of the years that Osborne has been in existence, it has had Garry O'Connell doing something for... - Housing (1 speech)
Many of us have risen in this place to speak about the housing crisis that we are currently experiencing across Australia. And it is acute. There is hardly a sector of our community that hasn't... - Lindsay Electorate: Health Care (3 speeches)
During the 2019 federal election and then the 2022 election, the Labor Party made promises. In particular, they made a big promise for an urgent care clinic in my community of Lindsay. - Barfield, Ms Katy, OAM (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to Katy Barfield, awarded an Order of Australia recently for service to business and the environment, specifically for years tackling food waste. Katy's eureka moment came... - Flinders Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
I rise to reflect on the great community celebration across the Mornington Peninsula on Australia Day this year. There were activities all across the peninsula, mounted through the tireless work... - Robertson Electorate: St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School (1 speech)
St John the Baptist Catholic primary school in Woy Woy last year turned not 98 years old, not 99 years old, but 100 years old. I wish to congratulate the school community and the Catholic parish... - Wide Bay Electorate: General Practitioners (1 speech)
The closure of GP medical practices in Imbil and Pomona by a Brisbane based company leaves these communities without access to a local doctor. One of the reasons cited for the closures is the... - Iran: Human Rights (1 speech)
Iranian women have spent decades fighting for their rights. It is a feminist movement that stretches back to the early 1900s. When the modern constitution in Iran was enacted in 1906, it promised... - Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
The last week of parliament last year was Youth Voice in Parliament Week. The theme was 'What should Australia's new parliament accomplish?' A successful applicant for Casey is Caity Richards,... - South Australian Government: Autism (2 speeches)
Next Monday 13 February, commencing at 6 pm, the South Australian Assistant Minister for Autism, the Hon. Emily Bourke MLC; the member for King, Rhiannon Pearce; and the member for Newland, Oliva...
