House debates
Thursday, 20 March 2014
- National Harmony Day, Close the Gap Day (1 speech)
I want to talk today about two important days. One, the National Close the Gap Day, is today and relates to my role as shadow minister for Indigenous affairs, and the second is National Harmony... - Tasmanian Government (1 speech)
Some of you may have noticed that on the weekend there was a change of government in my home state of Tasmania. After 16 years, the Labor government has finally been moved on into a place where I... - Shortland Electorate: Lunn Family (1 speech)
This morning I would like to share with the House a very sad story of how the system has let down a long-suffering family, the Lunn family. The Lunn family were part owners of 100 shares in... - Western Australia Senate Election (3 speeches)
I congratulate you, Mr Deputy Speaker Randall, on your elevation to the Speakers' Panel. - Education Funding (1 speech)
Earlier this week four big, bright green vans rolled into Canberra, stopping first at Richardson Primary School in Tuggeranong and then travelling up to Parliament House. Over the last five weeks... - Lyne Electorate: Higher Education (3 speeches)
Mr Deputy Speaker, my congratulations. - Scullin Electorate: Light the Dark (1 speech)
I was not able to attend the Light the Dark rally a couple of weeks ago, although I would have liked to have done so. While I was flying to Canberra to start a week's deliberations in our... - Shipping (1 speech)
Today I want to talk about shipping from Weipa to Gladstone carried out by the Rio Tinto Alcan company. There is a study underway, and recommendations will eventually be handed down, on future... - Bendigo Electorate: HALT Initiative (1 speech)
Today I rise to inform the House of a wonderful new initiative in my electorate—the initiative being HALT. HALT was created and designed to raise awareness of mental health within the... - Wright Electorate (1 speech)
The electorate of Wright is an extraordinary, resilient electorate. Recently, we have suffered floods, but outside that we have also suffered drought. Whilst we have had our times of suffering,... - Malaysia: Missing Aircraft (1 speech)
An international consensus of Western, Chinese and Asian media would agree with Businessweek this week which says that the Malaysian government probably has done more over the past week to... - Petrie Electorate: The Evolve Group (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House that some manufacturing in the electorate of Petrie is actually thriving. We know Australia has a strong skills and manufacturing base and that Australians are in fact... - Road Safety (1 speech)
I rise to call on the government to introduce national regulation to mandate the use of electronic stability control, ESC, systems on dangerous goods tankers throughout the country. It might seem... - South Australia State Election (1 speech)
I rise today with great pleasure to speak about a vital decision made by the good people of Mount Gambier over the weekend. That decision, of course, was to collect the Liberal candidate for... - Lalor Electorate: ISIS Primary Care, GP Superclinics (1 speech)
I rise to today to commend to the House ISIS Primary Care and the work they have done in the community health sector across the west of Melbourne for more than 17 years. ISIS has an annual budget... - Buckeridge, Mr Leonard (Len) (1 speech)
Sadly, on 11 March, Len Buckeridge died at his family home in Peppermint Grove aged 77. Those not familiar with the name Len Buckeridge may be more familiar with the term BGC—Buckeridge... - Regional Funding (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the importance of regional infrastructure funding and the fact that the Abbott government have slashed regional funding, particularly through their very cruel cuts to... - Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
On Monday of last week the Prime Minister, the Hon. Tony Abbott, came to my electorate of Barton and visited food manufacturer Frutex. During the visit, the Prime Minister met with members of the...
