House debates
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
- Scullin Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
I have spoken often in this place, indeed, at every opportunity on the impacts of this government's budget on our economy and on our community. I have also been speaking with and listening to... - Petition: Community Pharmacy at Valla (1 speech)
This morning I present a petition from constituents in my electorate calling on the Minister for Health to exercise his discretionary powers to approve the development of the community pharmacy... - Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
Since its election, the Abbott government has systematically dismantled measures established to raise animal welfare standards associated with Australia's live export trade. The commitment by... - Exports (1 speech)
I rise this morning to talk about a very important subject—that is, Australia's food production systems. We have an important role to look very seriously at how we can identify Australia's... - Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (18 speeches)
I rise to express objections to the proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act, and specifically the weakening of section 18C. Racial discrimination cuts deep and leaves a lasting wound.... - O'Connor Electorate: Agriculture (6 speeches)
I rise today to hail a modern-day hero who resisted the bullying of the multinational Green movement. Michael Baxter is a humble farmer from the Shire of Kojonup in the heart of my electorate of... - Child Care (1 speech)
I recently visited the Home Road Kindergarten in Newport in my electorate to understand the impact of the Abbott government's budget on the young children and parents of Melbourne's west. While... - La Trobe Electorate: Emerald Secondary College (1 speech)
On Thursday, 22 May, Senator Scott Ryan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education and I visited Emerald Secondary College in my electorate of La Trobe. We were met by the principal,... - Budget (1 speech)
It has been a characteristic of the Abbott government's first budget that members on the government side seem to do whatever they can to avoid talking about it, to avoid drawing attention to it,... - Boothby Electorate: Brighton Rugby Club (1 speech)
I rise to speak on behalf of the Brighton Rugby Club. This club plays on the Brighton Oval sporting complex in Hove in my electorate. I would especially like to recognise the efforts of the new... - Corio Electorate: Geelong (2 speeches)
I spoke in this place on 15 May this year about the broken T&G clock and the dirty Ford sign. I am speaking about two icons in our city which did not have enough care and attention paid to... - Deakin Electorate: Central Ringwood Community Centre (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about two organisations in my electorate of Deakin which play a critical role in providing learning opportunities, social activities and family and children's services in... - Micah Challenge (1 speech)
Previously, I have spoken about the problem of large and growing global inequality and the fact that the world's richest 85 people own as much wealth as the bottom 3½ billion people in the... - Ashworth, Father Brian (1 speech)
I rise today with the melancholy duty of informing the House of the passing Father Brian Ashworth at the age of 83 on Thursday, 19 June. Father Brian was a very determined man who cared deeply... - Indi Electorate: Agriculture (1 speech)
My topic today is education, agriculture and the deregulation of university fees. I want to use the example I know best: Australian agricultural research and development. We have a documented... - Northern Rivers Children's Health Fund (1 speech)
I would like to talk today about a group in our community known as the Northern Rivers Children's Health Fund, more commonly known as Our Kids. Our Kids was founded by a well-respected and... - Budget (1 speech)
The Australian public was promised by the now Prime Minister that there would be no cuts to health. Many people took him at his word. So it came as a great surprise to people in my neck of the... - Robertson Electorate: Trade With Japan (1 speech)
I rise in relation to the strong partnership Australia has with Japan under this government. It is a relationship that is mutually beneficial, built on a strong trade agreement and a significant... - Poverty (1 speech)
On Monday I was visited by a number of young people who were in Canberra for the Micah Challenge national Voices for Justice event. They talked to me about Millennium Development Goals and the... - St George Hospital (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to commend the New South Wales government's recent announcement that the St George Hospital, within my electorate of Barton, will receive a $300 million upgrade package...
