• Gas Industry: Taxation (1 speech)
    If I said, 'Let's sell off all of our public schools and have them all run for profit,' I'd rightly be called a nutter. If I said, 'Let's flog off all our public hospitals and let the private...
  • Hawke Electorate: Child Care, Mental Health Month, Hawke Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    It was great to drop by Goodstart Early Learning in Sunbury last week to talk about Labor's commitment to local workers in our area. Quality learning begins with quality educators, but for too...
  • Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
    Cameron, from my electorate of Mallee, is an engineer who wrote to me on 2 October. Cameron runs multiple businesses and farms and consults with mines in our region and around the world. He asked...
  • Medicare, Redcliffe Peninsula Rail Line (1 speech)
    The Murrumba Downs Medicare urgent care clinic is turning three years old. And what a difference it has made to our community! Whilst the clinic sits just outside of my electorate of Petrie, it...
  • Raise Our Voice in Parliament (3 speeches)
    I rise to recognise Nate Ralph from Mackay, whose speech was selected by the Raise our Voice committee as the winning entry from Dawson. Nate's speech is as follows: The future of Australia is in...
  • Laverton Hospital (1 speech)
    I rise today to acknowledge a landmark achievement for the Northern Goldfields town of Laverton and the many remote O'Connor communities that it serves. Last week, the new Laverton Hospital...
  • Clifton Hill Scouts, Yeronga State High School Mental Health Week, Yeronga Devils (1 speech)
    If you've ever wanted to know how to pitch a tent, how to start a fire or how to tie a knot, all you have to do, if you live on Brisbane's south side, is ask Brolga, Scorpion or Badger. These are...
  • Goldstein Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
    Raise Our Voice Australia is an initiative that gives young Australians the chance to speak directly into the nation's parliament. Each year, students write a speech on an issue that matters to...
  • Barton Electorate: Community Events (2 speeches)
    Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the jubilee community celebration hosted by the Moslem Alawi Youth Movement at Gough Whitlam Park. The event brought together local families, community...