House debates
Monday, 22 September 2014
- Gellibrand Electorate: Footscray Bulldogs (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the mighty Footscray Bulldogs team, who scored their third consecutive VFL grand final win yesterday. Ninety years after Con McCarthy led Footscray to... - Ormond College, University of Melbourne: Pitch Project (1 speech)
Last month I had the privilege of judging the Pitch Project at Ormond College at the University of Melbourne. This was a judging competition between two groups of students who had put together a... - Lymphoma Awareness Month (1 speech)
September is Lymphoma Awareness Month, a chance to raise awareness of Australia's most common blood cancer. September is a chance to promote symptom recognition for both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin... - Northern Territory Fashion Week (1 speech)
The Northern Territory has magnificent colour, style and beauty. From the ochre deserts of Central Australia to the majesty of Uluru, with the sparkling blue of our coastal waters and the lush... - Shortland Electorate: Education (1 speech)
Last week I was privileged to attend a number of year 12 farewells and presentations in the electorate. I was overwhelmed by the quality and the achievements of the young people who were present... - Boothby Electorate: Bushfires (1 speech)
With bushfire season approaching I would like to remind my constituents living in the Mitcham hills and upper Sturt that it is very important that they have a proper bushfire action plan and do... - Angel Flight (1 speech)
Charity organisation Angel Flight flies rural and regional patients and their families to vital medical appointments. For more than 10 years Angel Flight has carried out $50 million worth of... - Fremantle Dockers (4 speeches)
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the Fremantle Dockers on an outstanding 2014 AFL season. - Helensburgh Public School: First Lego League Open European Competition (1 speech)
I want to take the opportunity to report to the House in the brief time that I have available a fantastic achievement by a local public school in my area, Helensburgh Public School's Komplete... - Ryan Electorate: University of Queensland's Advanced Engineering Building (1 speech)
I was delighted to be asked to represent the Minister for Education to open the University of Queensland's Advanced Engineering Building, although I understand the rent-a-crowd protesters were a... - Canberra Electorate: Tuggeranong United Football Club (1 speech)
If any members were in Canberra last Tuesday, they might have noticed that Canberra's Telstra Tower was glowing an unusual shade of green. Like the rest of Canberra, Telstra Tower had a severe... - East West Link (1 speech)
I rise today to draw to the attention of the House the announcement by the Victorian Labor opposition of its intention to rip up contracts to build the East West Link should it win the state... - Windale Health and Safety Expo (1 speech)
Last Wednesday, I attended the Windale Health and Safety Expo. It was run by WICA, a community group based in the suburb of Windale. Windale is a fairly socially disadvantaged suburb and the WICA... - Fiji Elections (1 speech)
It is with great pride that I stand here today to tell of the small part Australian parliamentarians played in the Fijian elections, the first free elections in that country for eight years. I... - Indi Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
As you would know, Mr Deputy Speaker, schools in Indi have strong communities that take pride in providing the best possible learning environment for their students. The environment of teaching,... - Higgins Electorate: Chabad Malvern (1 speech)
On Sunday, 14 September, I was pleased to visit Chabad Malvern for the dedication of its new purpose-built youth and early learning centre. Chabad Malvern has been wonderfully led by Rabbi... - Illawarra Older Women's Network (1 speech)
On 8 September, I had the great joy of participating in a fifth birthday celebration. This fifth birthday celebration—as the member of Indi, I think, would appreciate—was for the... - Dobell Electorate: Wyong Creek Public School (1 speech)
Established in 1883 and nestled in the beautiful Yarramalong Valley, Wyong Creek Public School is a reminder of a simpler time, before urban development to the east of the M1. Home to 54... - Memory Walk & Jog, Big Red Kidney Walk (1 speech)
Yesterday, on a glorious Canberra spring day, my runners got a big-time work-out and I was reminded again that I need to get new runners, as a result of the work-out they got. I had the... - Page Electorate: School Graduation Ceremonies (1 speech)
Like for many, the last couple of weeks, or the last few days of last week, were very busy with year 12 graduation ceremonies around the state. I had the absolute privilege of going to the year... - Swansea Chamber of Commerce (1 speech)
On Saturday, in beautiful Lake Macquarie, in the wonderful electorate of Shortland, on the shores of Lake Macquarie, Swansea Chamber of Commerce held their spring festival. I would like to... - Swan Electorate: Greyhounds WA (1 speech)
I have previously spoken in this place about my support for a joint local campaign in my electorate of Swan between Greyhounds WA, stakeholders and the community to gain appropriate funding and a... - Indi Electorate: 50th Anniversary for Prime7 (1 speech)
Television in rural and regional Australia is much more than entertainment. It allows for connectivity, contact, information use, shared celebrations and shared tragedies—all through a... - Wright Electorate: Turning Canungra Pink (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and praise one of my local communities in the light of their upcoming fundraising event. The township of Canungra is a small, rural and... - Canberra Electorate: Lions Youth Haven, Canberra Electorate: Galilee School (1 speech)
Last week I had the opportunity to go out to the beautiful Lions Youth Haven in Kambah, a suburb in my electorate. It is quite an open area and its views of the Brindabellas are just... - Petition: Leichhardt Electorate (1 speech)
I rise to present a petition from residents and businesspeople from the Kuranda-Speewah region highlighting the dire state of telecommunications in their region. This petition has 579 signatures... - Education: Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (1 speech)
Thursday last week was national HIPPY week. I attended the HIPPY celebrations at Windale PCYC. It was a very positive experience. I have gone along and visited the HIPPY program on a number of... - Gladstone-Rockhampton: Black Dog Ball (1 speech)
The 2014 Black Dog Ball, a major event for Gladstone-Rockhampton, will be held at the Paradise Lagoons on 11 October, raising awareness for mental health and wellbeing within the families in the... - Australian Student Prize (2 speeches)
On Thursday, 17 September I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Olivia de Koning, one of the 49 secondary school students within Western Australia and one of the 500 nationally to receive an...
