House debates
Thursday, 26 February 2015
- Disability Employment (1 speech)
I would like to speak about Employ-Ability Week. Next week in Dubbo a local organisation is promoting Employ-Ability Week. For over 20 years Break Thru People Solutions has been helping job... - Defence Procurement (1 speech)
I too would like to welcome our friends visiting from the parliament of Papua New Guinea. Welcome to this place. The week before last, the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union organised an... - Dobell Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Too often, the discussion regarding youth on the Central Coast is focused on challenges such as unemployment and mental health—and I have raised these important issues many times in this... - Royal Australian Mint (1 speech)
Over the last few weeks I have been raising my concerns about the Abbott government's plans to privatise the Royal Australian Mint. The Royal Australian Mint, located just down the road from... - Queensland: Cyclone Marcia (1 speech)
Work continues in the recovery phase of ex-tropical cyclone Marcia in my electorate of Capricornia. This was the biggest storm in a generation to strike the Capricorn Coast. Destructive winds of... - Veterans Access Network (1 speech)
I rise this morning to speak about the Veterans Access Network. This network was introduced under the former Labor government to meet the unique needs of our veterans communities. However, the... - Wannon Electorate: Road Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a very successful event I was able to participate in on behalf of the community last week, and that was the opening of a brand-new section of duplicated road on the... - Bandler, Mrs Faith (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to Faith Bandler, who passed away on 13 February at age 96. Faith was a woman of great courage, who was a fierce campaigner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights... - Tasmania: Infrastructure (1 speech)
A week ago my colleagues the member for Lyons and the member for Braddon welcomed the Prime Minister to Northern Tasmania where he announced a major government investment in Tasmania's irrigation... - Burwell, Mr Leon (1 speech)
Every member of parliament has members of the community who are very special. Today I would like to talk about one of the very special people in the Shortland electorate. This person has made an... - Papua New Guinea (1 speech)
I have spoken before about the challenges faced by our neighbours in Papua New Guinea. They have some of the biggest health problems in the Pacific region, often lacking the most basic health... - Vietnamese Australians (1 speech)
Last week I joined the Vietnamese community in my electorate to welcome in the lunar new year. At the 'East Meets West' festival in Footscray, at Quang Minh Temple in Braybrook and at the Tet... - Hawkesbury Agricultural College Cairo Centenary Memorial Dinner (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Hawkesbury Agricultural College Cairo Centenary Memorial Dinner held last Friday evening in the Soldiers Memorial Hall, at the University of Western Sydney in Richmond.... - International Mother Language Day (1 speech)
On Sunday, I was delighted to join the Ekushe Academy to celebrate International Mother Language Day. It is a day celebrated on 21 February all around the world, and it is a day that commemorates... - Durack Electorate: Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of opening the Newman Trade Training Centre, which is located in Newman Senior High School, allowing the young people of Newman to embark on a new lifelong journey.... - Throsby Electorate: National Broadband Network (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate the residents of Tullimbar near Albion Park in my electorate of Throsby. I attended a meeting with them on Sunday last to further their campaign to... - Barker Electorate: Mr Giovanni 'John' Bueti OAM (2 speeches)
Yesterday I was given the opportunity to attend the funeral of John Bueti, a Mount Gambier icon who, sadly, passed away on 20 February after a long and courageous battle with cancer....
