House debates

Tuesday, 2 September 2025

  • Charitable Organisations (1 speech)
    In July this year, the Minister for Social Services published a media release stating: The Albanese Labor Government is boosting food relief and financial wellbeing support funding by 25 per cent...
  • Tasmania: Literacy and Numeracy (1 speech)
    Deputy Speaker, may I congratulate you on this role. Today I speak about Tasmania's literacy challenges. Data shows us that Tasmanians are up to, and around, 50 per cent illiterate. What that...
  • Mental Health (1 speech)
    Mental health is an issue that has been one of the four pillars that I have staked my parliamentary career on. It's very, very important to me, because I know it's important to the people of...
  • Kiama Municipal Council, New South Wales: Kiama By-Election (1 speech)
    I support the motion that grievances be noted, and I do have a grievance. It's a grievance that I really wish I didn't have to make, but I am at my wit's end. Kiama Municipal Council, it seems,...
  • Casey Electorate: Small Business, Casey Electorate: Roads, Victoria: Crime (1 speech)
    I'm very lucky to represent the electorate of Casey. It's where I've spent my life as a third-generation local. One of the core parts of our community is our small businesses, and I spent 15...
  • Werriwa Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    I rise to discuss my community in the south-west to ensure that our voice is heard in this place. I was disappointed to hear the New South Wales premier comment recently that building additional...