House debates

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

  • Waste Management and Recycling (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on the issue of plastic pollution that is overrunning our streets and our beaches. Over the last 10 years there has been a large shift in conversations to address the issues posed...
  • Migration (1 speech)
    I want to record a few words to explain to the House how truly life changing it is for thousands of people living in my electorate the government's announcement yesterday implementing our...
  • Queensland: Dams (1 speech)
    I bring to the attention of the House the dire situation that farmers and businesses in the Pioneer Valley and Eungella region are finding themselves in. On 28 September last year, the Queensland...
  • Climate Change: Manufacturing (1 speech)
    I came to this House to drive change. I'm familiar with change. I was a doctor, as you know; I served for a very long time in the Public Service; and I became an activist. I chose politics...
  • Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
    I'm calling on the federal Labor government to immediately expand the listing of Trikafta on the PBS to children aged six to 11 with cystic fibrosis. In November 2022 the PBAC recommended that...
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (1 speech)
    'Coming from all points of the southern sky'—does that sound familiar? It's part of the opening sentence of the Uluru Statement from the Heart: We, gathered at the 2017 National...