House debates
Monday, 2 March 2015
- Scullin Electorate: Clean Up Australia Day, Scullin Electorate: Australia Day Honours (1 speech)
Before flying to Canberra yesterday evening I was very pleased to be able to spend the day in beautiful Diamond Creek in the Scullin electorate. I spent the day in the company of my great friend... - Forde Electorate: Beenleigh CBD Redevelopment (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity today to commend the initiative shown by one of our local chambers of commerce in addressing the issue of vacant shop space in and around the heart of... - Isaacs Electorate: Community Grants Program (1 speech)
Early last month I held a meeting with community groups that have had their grant funding cut by the Abbott government. Each of these groups is either based in or services the great electorate of... - Carbon Pricing (1 speech)
One thing our history has taught us over a long period of time is that many of the leftist, feel-good policies that are introduced by governments actually have many unintended consequences, and... - Griffith Electorate: Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland (1 speech)
I recently had the honour and the privilege to speak at the ceremony to rename ECCQ House as Nick Xynias House. Nick Xynias AO BEM was a co-founder of the ECCQ, which is something that his family... - Boothby Electorate: Health (1 speech)
Last Friday there was a rally at the Repatriation General Hospital in my electorate. Six hundred to 700 people gathered to express their concern and outrage at the South Australian government's... - Perth Electorate: Public Transport (1 speech)
This coming Friday, 6 March, a midnight pyjama-party protest is being organised in Perth by a group of activists protesting the planned closure of the late-night train services on the Perth rail... - Capricornia Electorate: Cyclone Marcia (1 speech)
The clean-up continues following Cyclone Marcia on the Capricorn Coast, Rockhampton and surrounding areas in Central Queensland. This is the heart of my electorate of Capricornia. It has been 10... - Corio Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about health care, a service which means so much for so many in Australia. From paediatrics to palliative care, a quality health system equipped to meet the complex demands... - Food Labelling (2 speeches)
I rise today to speak on a very topical and important subject around food labelling, an issue which has been in the press recently, which is of great concern to the people in my electorate and of...
