House debates
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
- Riverina Electorate: Melanoma (1 speech)
Amie St Clair was a confident, happy, strong willed, talented and enormously popular sportswoman with a positive attitude. Born and bred in Wagga Wagga, she loved all sport but had a real passion... - Petrie Electorate: St John Fisher College (1 speech)
I rise to speak about an important activity that has been initiated by the BBC leading up to the London Olympics. The BBC is following 26 young athletes from across the world and connecting the... - Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
The Monash University's Centre of Policy Studies has just released a report that I have found so extraordinary that I have to make reference to it. The study claims that it is in fact a waste of... - Fowler Electorate: Immigration (1 speech)
Last Sunday, together with the member for Banks, I attended the launch of the Immigrant Workers Speak Out campaign, co-hosted by Asian Women at Work and the Immigrant Women's Speakout... - Mental Health (1 speech)
I rise to speak today on an important topic, which, in my almost four years here in parliament, is getting increasing attention and rightly so and that is the issue of mental health service... - Same-Sex Marriage (1 speech)
I rise in the chamber to discuss a matter of profound importance; marriage equality. My view on this issue has changed and I want to explain why. We in this House, regardless of political... - Baltic States: Commemoration of Mass Deportations (1 speech)
Every year on 14 June Baltic communities all over the world commemorate the mass deportations from their homelands by Stalin's Soviet communist forces to Soviet gulags during and after World War... - Griffith Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
Community organisations are the lifeblood of Australian society. They cause us to remember that we are not just individuals, we are not just families; we are part of a wider social fabric upon... - Longman Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
Last Friday, I hosted the launch of the Longman Executive Business Branch with 70 key business people from my community. I take the opinions of business owners and managers in my electorate very... - Richmond Electorate: Development Grants (2 speeches)
I am really excited to talk about some major events and announcements in my electorate over the past couple of weeks that really show how much the federal Labor government has been delivering to...
