House debates
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
- South Australia: Marine Environment (1 speech)
Former treasury secretary Ken Henry said just last week that Australia's environment protection laws have both failed to stop the degradation of Australia's natural environment and held back... - Karnib, Mr Ali (1 speech)
Before entering this place, I served on Liverpool City Council as a councillor. During this time, I was fortunate to make many friends and also had the benefit of wonderful mentors—in... - AgriFutures Australia: Scholarships (1 speech)
It's a great thing for Australia's future when young people are interested in involving themselves in agriculture and rural industries, and AgriFutures Australia is supporting the next generation... - Doran, Ms Margaret Mary Madeline (1 speech)
I wish to pay tribute to a friend of mine, a pillar of the Labor Party in Ipswich, Margaret Doran. Margie was born in Ipswich on 15 April 1935 and died after a short illness at St Andrew's... - Middle East (1 speech)
Let's call it what it is—a genocide. It's a genocide when half a million people are on the brink of starvation with almost the entire population of Gaza experiencing acute food insecurity.... - End of Second World War: 80th Anniversary (1 speech)
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. This holds significance to my electorate of Solomon and the Northern Territory as a whole, where the war reached our... - Shalom Collective, Kinghorn Cancer Centre (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to showcase the work of two wonderful organisations within Wentworth. Earlier this month I had the pleasure of meeting Rabbi Alon Meltzer, the director of programs... - Hunter Valley Legends Awards (1 speech)
We all know the Hunter is full of legends, but, recently, the biggest legends of them all were crowned. I was lucky enough to attend the 2025 Hunter Valley Legends Awards, where icons were... - Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
For my first 90-second statement of the 48th Parliament, I was hoping to speak on a positive topic but, once again, it's all about the decline of banking services in regional Australia. This... - Committee for Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Student Voice Forum (1 speech)
In my first speech, I spoke about my lifelong commitment to listening and supporting young people and my commitment to engaging young people in community leadership and politics. I heard more on... - Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (1 speech)
Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall on 9 March. The largest contributor to GDP in my electorate is agriculture. We grow and produce the vegetables that end up on Australians' plates. I want to... - Hasluck Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
On a day of first speeches, a little less than three years ago I too stood in this place and gave my own, and, when I got to my feet, I reflected on why I was here. I want to help make people's... - Fadden Electorate: Sport Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise today to champion one of the backbone parts of our community in my electorate of Fadden: our local sporting clubs—clubs like the Coomera Colts, Helensvale Pacific Pines Hawks,... - Chisholm Electorate: Tertiary Education (1 speech)
Today is an important day for my electorate of Chisholm, for 26,053 students with a student loan debt in Chisholm are in line for a 20 per cent cut to their student debt following the... - Momentum Mental Health (1 speech)
Congratulations on your re-election, Deputy Speaker Claydon. I begin my contribution to this term of parliament by reaching across the aisle and thanking the Minister for Health and Ageing and... - South Australia: Marine Environment (1 speech)
Climate change is an existential threat to our way of life, the environment, our health and our economy. In South Australia we are seeing the impacts very directly. An algal plaque twice the size... - New South Wales: Storms (1 speech)
Today I speak on behalf of small businesses in my electorate that have been left behind in the wake of the catastrophic floods in May. It's been over two months since primary producers,... - Tertiary Education (1 speech)
Thank you, Deputy Speaker. It is so good to get the call. This is my first speech in the 48th Parliament, and I have to confess there was a little moment on 2 May that I thought that my last... - Regional Australia (3 speeches)
I take this opportunity to congratulate the Labor Party on its election success and remind the Prime Minister as he enters the chamber that he's promised to govern for all Australians. But, if... - Tertiary Education (2 speeches)
Today we introduced a bill to help young people, a bill to help rebalance the scales of intergenerational equity. Today we introduced a bill to take 20 per cent off student debt. It'll help over...
