House debates

Thursday, 23 March 2023

  • Western Australia: Hospitals (1 speech)
    The hospital system in Western Australia is in crisis. As the member for Canning, I have a duty to speak up for the people of my electorate, particularly when Labor's failure to manage the...
  • Vaping (1 speech)
    A recent ANU study found that people are three times more likely to take up smoking if they've tried vaping. Three times—that's a scary number. After Labor governments have put in so much...
  • University of Canberra Sydney Hills (1 speech)
    It was a great privilege to recently launch and welcome the University of Canberra Sydney Hills campus, which opened in my electorate of Mitchell. In the heart of my electorate at Castle Hill,...
  • Laverty, Mr Declan (1 speech)
    On Sunday night at Darwin's Airport Tavern, 20-year-old Declan Laverty was finishing his shift when a 19-year-old customer allegedly stabbed him. Declan texted his parents, 'Love you, being...
  • Calare Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
    Since the days of the gold rush, the communities of the Central West of New South Wales have been advocating for a new crossing over the Macquarie River at Dixons Long Point between Mudgee and...
  • Blair Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    This week I had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from the City of Ipswich in Southeast Queensland. They came to raise awareness of the need for a rail link between Ipswich CBD and...
  • North Sydney Electorate: Energy (1 speech)
    TINK () (): When I was running for the seat of North Sydney, an idea emerged from our community that we could be one of the first net zero urban energy zones in the country, meaning homes across...
  • 10th Light Horse Regiment (1 speech)
    On Sunday 12 March, I represented the Minister for Veterans' Affairs at Guildford, in my electorate of Hasluck, to commemorate the 10th Light Horse Regiment with the unveiling of an emotionally...
  • Coeliac Disease (1 speech)
    I give a shout-out today to all coeliacs in Australia. Coeliac disease affects approximately one in 70 Australians, making it one of the most common autoimmune diseases. It is also one of...
  • Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) (1 speech)
    BAPS is a global socio-spiritual and volunteer-driven organisation with a commitment to empowering individuals to engage in projects that improve the community, country and world. I have had the...
  • World's Greatest Shave (1 speech)
    Today there are more than 135,000 Australians that are currently living with blood cancer, and sadly one in three of those people will have lost their cancer battle within five years of...
  • New South Wales State Election (1 speech)
    There once was a premier called Perrottet. To privatise stuff was his only play. As hard as he tried, the impulse he couldn't hide, and he sold every one of our assets away. The New South Wales...
  • Australian Constitution: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice (4 speeches)
    We've seen the details, or some of the details because there's lots we don't see, of the Voice. But we do know it's going to differentiate people not on circumstances they find themselves in but...
  • New South Wales State Election (3 speeches)
    Thanks. I didn't hear you, Deputy Speaker, over the—
  • Environmental Activism (1 speech)
    Every Australian has a right to go to work and feel safe. It goes without saying that this is the expected norm for every workplace right across the country. Yet workers at the Carmichael Mine in...
  • New South Wales State Election (2 speeches)
    On Saturday, New South Wales has a choice: a choice of a tired, old, rorting, wasting government, the government that we currently have, which Perrottet leads, or the fresh start of a Chris Minns...
  • National Rugby League Pacific Showcase (1 speech)
    I am, indeed. I have with me the inaugural NRL Pacific Showcase trophy, from the touch football game on Tuesday! It was played in very good spirits. It will go on to be an annual event. I want to...
  • Liberal Party of Australia (1 speech)
    This Saturday, the people of New South Wales will vote for a new government. To assist the House I thought I'd remind them of all the scandals that have riddled the current Liberal opposition,...
  • Prime Minister (8 speeches)
    This is a dishonest prime minister who deceives the Australian people day in and day out.