House debates

Monday, 1 September 2025

  • Ryan Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    Why is it easier to imagine doubling the number of flights than building high-speed rail, or to imagine flying cars or drone taxis rather than a properly funded, fast, frequent, connected public...
  • Racism (1 speech)
    Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has said that you can't tell the full story of Australia without telling three stories: the story of our oldest continuous culture on earth, the story of our...
  • Carter, Mr Arnold (1 speech)
    I rise today to acknowledge the life of Arnold Carter of Port Hedland, whose recent passing will leave a hole in the heart of Port Hedland. Arnold wasn't just a long-term resident; he was Port...
  • Defence Exercises (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025, the 11th and largest iteration of Australia's premiere military training operation. It serves as a demonstration of our deepening alliances,...
  • McPherson Electorate: Community Events, Tertiary Education (1 speech)
    The past several weeks have been an incredibly busy time for the southern Gold Coast, and I would like to take a moment to put a very special achievement on the record. Recently, our community...
  • Reid Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
    Today, almost 800,000 students walked through the gates of a public school, and around 10,000 of those students live in my electorate of Reid. One of those students is my son. He follows in the...
  • Forrest Electorate: Renewable Energy (1 speech)
    Last Thursday, in a committee room just downstairs from this chamber, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, announced the granting of additional preliminary feasibility...
  • Bean Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
    I rise to speak about three leaders from my electorate and the values they embody. In Bean we are fortunate to have many impressive school leaders who guide and shape our school...
  • Hume Electorate: Volunteer Grants Program (1 speech)
    I rise today to acknowledge the extraordinary contribution of volunteers across my electorate of Hume and to congratulate the recipients of the 2024-25 Volunteer Grants Program, a program that we...
  • DV Safe Phone (2 speeches)
    Domestic and family violence remains one of the most pressing concerns in our community. Recently a young woman's life was tragically lost in my electorate of Hasluck in an alleged incident of...