House debates
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
- Casey Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
On Saturday I had the absolute privilege of going to the local women's football grand finals with my daughter. Firstly I want to congratulate the senior women's team from the Mooroolbark Football... - Community Canteen, Bhartiya Samaj (1 speech)
This is another first for me since being elected the member for Brisbane. It's my first opportunity to deliver a constituency statement. Today I want to shine a light on two community... - Artificial Intelligence (1 speech)
Artificial intelligence is already transforming our lives, from how we work and learn to how we make decisions and solve problems. It brings enormous potential to improve health outcomes and... - Gorton Electorate: Community Events (2 speeches)
Thirty-three veterans—that's how many Vietnam veterans are part of the Caroline Springs RSL. The stories, the history and the psychological scars these service men and women carry are... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I rise to speak on changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme pricing for providers on travel charges. These charges have reduced physiotherapy funding by $10 per hour and halved travel... - Darebin Child Care and Kindergarten, Assistance Dogs (1 speech)
In October 2023, I stood with early childhood educators, kindergarten teachers, parents and community members against Darebin City Council's plans to cut community childcare centre leases to just... - Hinkler Electorate: Community Services, Turner, Mr James and Mrs Gladys (1 speech)
I'll begin by celebrating the grassroots life-saving work of our local LifeFlight helicopter and its crew. During the past financial year, the Bundaberg based rescue chopper and crew completed a... - Burt Electorate: Volunteering (1 speech)
I want to highlight some local legends from the Burt electorate in Perth's south-eastern suburbs. A couple of weeks ago, I was so proud to host the biggest-ever annual Burt Volunteer Awards. Our... - Moncrieff Electorate: Vietnam Veterans' Day (1 speech)
I recently had the great privilege of joining my community for the annual Kokoda Day and Vietnam Veterans' Day commemorations. This year marked the 83rd Kokoda Day commemoration and, as I do each... - Asylum Seekers, Murdock, Ms Sara (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of meeting with my local chapter of Grandmothers for Refugees, a community group in my electorate. The Grandmothers for Refugees were established in 2014. They're a... - Native Title (1 speech)
Imagine you are inviting a group to lunch to discuss plans for next year, and this group proposed to charge you $16,000 to cover the cost to attend that lunch. This is exactly what happened to... - Ballarat International Foto Biennale (1 speech)
A great event happens every two years in the depths of winter in Ballarat. In contrast to the grey skies above, we start seeing a lot of yellow around the city—yellow signage, people... - Economic Reform Roundtable (1 speech)
The Labor government's touted productivity roundtable, or economic roundtable—whatever it was eventually called—seemed like a bit of a stunt to create the impression that one of the... - Brand Electorate: Stronger Communities (1 speech)
Today I would like to congratulate organisations in my electorate of Brand for receiving funding from this government under our Stronger Communities program. I want to congratulate the Seaside... - Cudal-Cargo and District Lions Club (1 speech)
Today in this House I acknowledge the Cudal-Cargo and District Lions Club. For close to 40 years the Cudal-Cargo Lions have been serving our local communities and our country. Cudal and Cargo are... - Leichhardt Electorate: Run and Roll (1 speech)
Seven years ago, Jen Rees walked into my office while I was still working at Sport and Rec in Cairns. She pitched an idea that she was going to bring wheelchair tennis to Cairns, creating a... - Macquarie Home Stay (1 speech)
Specialised healthcare services in the Parkes electorate are hard to find. When you need life-saving critical care, you need people around you who provide that care. That is exactly what... - Bennelong Electorate: Bennelong in One Room, Renewable Energy (1 speech)
Earlier this year, working with democracyCo, I hosted Bennelong in One Room, a deliberative democracy forum that brought participants from across Bennelong to discuss public policy. They were... - Community Events, Renewable Energy (1 speech)
On 18 August each year our nation pauses to mark Vietnam Veterans' Day, honouring the more than 60,000 Australians who served in that conflict and remembering the 500 who never came home and the... - Blair Electorate: Community Grants (2 speeches)
I'm delighted to report the Albanese Labor government is delivering around $5.8 million over five years for six organisations to provide emergency and food relief for struggling families and...
