House debates
Thursday, 30 October 2014
- Breast Cancer (1 speech)
Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women. It is estimated that 15,270 Australian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014. However, it is important to remember that most... - Australian National University: Divestments (1 speech)
Equities are traded every day of the week. It is the right and proper thing to happen. Institutions do not normally make grand statements as to what equities they have bought and sold. However,... - Moore, Mr Brian 'Chicka' (1 speech)
It is with sadness that I rise to speak of the passing of Brian 'Chicka' Moore and to pay tribute to his enormous contribution to Rugby League in this nation and particularly in the inner west of... - Early Childhood Education (2 speeches)
What started in this place as a lone voice calling for us to focus on zero- to five-year-old children and battle against vulnerability is now growing in momentum. This year we formed the... - High-Speed Rail (1 speech)
Australasian Railway Association held its high-speed rail bring it on conference on Monday in Parliament House. The major and most exciting recommendation was that a high-speed rail project... - Wannon Electorate: Centenary of Anzac (1 speech)
I would like to inform the House of a wonderful day I had the week before last in my electorate. On a beautiful, sunny day I drove to a very small rural community called Tahara and it is a... - Social Cohesion (1 speech)
This week in the parliament, we have some especially important reasons to be concerned about questions of social cohesion. We saw the release of the Scanlon Foundation's 2014 report in that... - 4Tracks4Kids (1 speech)
If you are in any way interested in horseracing—and let's face it, next week there are not many of us who are not—you would know the Callander name. The Callander family have been... - Lalor Electorate: Lalor Heroes (1 speech)
Recently, I had the honour of holding my inaugural Lalor Heroes awards night. In my own history, I owe an enormous debt to people who volunteer in our community. Since becoming the member for... - Medical Research (1 speech)
As members of this place know, investment in our health system and in particular in medical research to cure those diseases that are currently incurable is the centrepiece of this government's... - Chifley Electorate: WentWest Medicare Local, Live Animal Exports, International Financial Transactions (1 speech)
I have previously noted within this place the critical health challenges that confront the people I am proud to represent within federal parliament. Those challenges are not met by people from... - Brisbane electorate: Institute of Urban Indigenous Health (1 speech)
I have the absolute pleasure this morning of recognising and bringing to the attention of the House the wonderful work that is being undertaken by the Institute of Urban Indigenous Health, which... - Education: Disability Services (1 speech)
In the wake of the passing of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, there has been much reflection on many of the positive reforms that the Whitlam government introduced and the progress and new... - Maranoa Electorate: Coal Seam Gas (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the future livability of regional towns in my electorate in coal seam gas country—that is, in the Surat Basin. That is the Dalby, Chinchilla, Miles, Roma corridor,... - 24 Hour Fight Against Cancer Macarthur (1 speech)
A decade ago a small group of people met at the Court Tavern, Campbelltown. They had attitudes that characterise the Macarthur region in general. There has always been, I think, a sense of... - Gilmore Electorate: Royal Australian Navy (1 speech)
Last week I welcomed the Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon. David Johnston, and the Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, to my electorate to announce that Defence's new $700 million... - Chisholm Electorate: Ashwood Reserve (1 speech)
If you are going to run for any level of government, be it state, local or federal, you should have some connectivity with the community you are seeking to represent. If you do not, you should at... - Capricornia Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
There is a major issue impacting on Capricornia at this point in time, which is costing jobs, placing enormous pressures on regional business and causing small communities to virtually die a slow...
