House debates
Monday, 1 September 2014
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I rise this morning to congratulate Mambourin Enterprises. Mambourin Enterprises was awarded the Australian Disability Enterprises Excellence Award last week by the Department of Social Services.... - Goldstein Electorate: Multiculturalism, Middle East (1 speech)
While the recent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians can be expected to prompt emotive responses, there is no place for anti-Semitism. Yet there is a palpable level of concern regarding... - Steel, Mr Kurt (1 speech)
It is fair to say that political staffers do not get a lot of love in the Australian public debate. But we who have the chance to serve in this place know how invaluable staffers are. It is not... - Swan Electorate: Como Hotel (1 speech)
I rise to update the House about the Como Hotel in my electorate. First, I would like to acknowledge the contributions that the member for Goldstein and the member for Fraser just made. Kurt... - Souths Cares (1 speech)
I wish to congratulate Souths Cares, the charity arm of the mighty South Sydney Rabbitohs, on the recent launch of their Indigenous Employment Program, Ngalya Banga. The South Sydney Rabbitohs... - Parkes Electorate: Drought (1 speech)
I would like to rise here this morning to speak about the drought that currently has in its grips north-western New South Wales and western Queensland. I would particularly like to talk about the... - Isaacs Electorate: Transport (1 speech)
I recently conducted a public transport survey in my electorate focusing on the needs of residents in Keysborough and Dandenong South. I am often told about the need for new bus services linking... - Herbert Electorate: 3rd Brigade (1 speech)
Residents of Townsville lined The Strand and Jezzine Barracks on Saturday afternoon as the community marked the centenary of the 3rd Brigade with a freedom of entry march. Fifteen hundred... - Memorial Oak Tree Ceremony (1 speech)
Hundreds of thousands of Australians would have wandered past the beautiful old oak tree out the front of Adelaide Oval but few would have recognised its significance. On Friday I had the... - Industrial Hemp (2 speeches)
On behalf of the many agricultural producers in my electorate, I raise the subject of industrial hemp and the unacceptably long delay nationally in deciding whether to legalise its cultivation...
