House debates
Thursday, 5 June 2014
- Ageing (1 speech)
In Australia the number of people aged 65 and over is expected to increase from 13.4 per cent of the total population in June 2007 to 25.3 per cent by 2047. That means there will be substantial... - Page Electorate: Constituent Concerns (1 speech)
One of the great privileges that many of us in this room have as members of parliament is that we meet a lot of people in our community. We have lots of people come to see us and therefore we... - Fremantle Electorate: Live Sheep Exports (1 speech)
I represent an electorate that has lived with the reality of live export for many years and which has direct and regular experience of the endemic shortcomings in this trade. The decision by the... - Macarthur Electorate: Eco-Schools Program (1 speech)
It is my great pleasure to rise today to congratulate the students and teachers at Harrington Park Public School becoming the first registered eco-school in Australia. The Eco-Schools program is... - Budget (1 speech)
I rise today to place on the record the outrage of the community that I present over the government's extreme, ill-considered and unfair attacks on our higher education sector. Since the surprise... - Budget, Fisher Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
I cannot help but comment on the member for Adelaide, who said that this generation will pay and the next generation will pay. She is absolutely right, because we are going to be paying $667... - Budget (1 speech)
Earlier this week I wrote to the gen Ys in my electorate of Perth to highlight some of the ways in which the Abbott government's first budget will affect their future. It is pretty clear from the... - Hughes Electorate (1 speech)
Earlier this week I was privileged to attend the Champions of the West awards at Rooty Hill RSL. It was the culmination of the Fair Go for the West campaign. I would like to congratulate the... - Budget (1 speech)
I wish to raise my concerns and the concerns of the constituents I represent within this parliament over the cuts to ABC and SBS funding. On election night Tony Abbott, the now Prime Minister,... - Durack Electorate: Education (2 speeches)
I recently had the pleasure of officially opening the Broome cluster education conference at Broome Senior High School. It was there that I was able to witness firsthand what can be achieved when...
