House debates
Thursday, 27 November 2014
- Calwell Electorate: Community Awards, Calwell Electorate: Women's Forum (1 speech)
I want today to take the opportunity to talk about a very important project in my electorate funded under the previous Labor government's Better Futures Local Solutions. Unfortunately, that has... - Bass Electorate: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1 speech)
I rise to highlight the unnecessary and misguided disinvestment by the ABC in rural and regional Australia. When it comes to interpreting their own charter, their duty to the taxpayers of... - Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service (1 speech)
It was the night before the election and Mr Abbott looked down the barrel of the SBS camera and told the Australian people there would be no cuts to education, no cuts to health, no changes to... - International Day of People with Disability (1 speech)
On 3 December we will recognise the United Nations International Day of People with Disability. My first association with disability was blindness—although, apart from cooking, it did not... - Asbestos (1 speech)
I seek leave to table the Fluffy Owners and Residents' Action Group impact statement, 'Hope in grief: confronting Mr Fluffy's toxic legacy in Canberra and Queanbeyan'. Leave granted. For people... - Coal Seam Gas (1 speech)
Today I would like to give an update on the progress of the Gladstone-Curtis LNG QGC project, which is one of three companies developing coal seam gas in Central Queensland. The first shipment of... - Domestic Violence (1 speech)
I rise to make a statement about one of the most critical issues facing Australia today, and that is the issue of family violence. The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an... - Lindsay Electorate: Shop Small Campaign (4 speeches)
Today I rise to urge the people of Lindsay to shop small this Christmas. I know in this place we can all be a bit parochial, with each of us believing that our electorates are the best and that... - Indigenous Affairs (1 speech)
As the representative of a community that has a strong, proud, and active Indigenous culture, and is moving to strengthen its recognition of Indigenous people and its efforts to close the gap... - Telstra Business Women's Awards (2 speeches)
It is with great pride that I inform the House that the Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year for 2014 is Anne Cross, the CEO of UnitingCare Queensland, who just happens to be one of my...
