House debates
Thursday, 19 March 2015
- Calwell Electorate: Food and Beverage Growth Plan Melbourne's North (1 speech)
At a time when the manufacturing sector is undergoing significant challenges with thousands of jobs going overseas as major manufacturers relocate offshore and Australia's overall unemployment... - Hasluck Electorate: Baseball (1 speech)
During my time serving the people of Hasluck, I have had the opportunity to meet with many inspiring people. One of those people is a fellow Western Australian who is little-known in the... - Central Coast Community Women's Health Centre (1 speech)
On 11 March this year, the Central Coast Community Women's Health Centre made a presentation to the Senate Select Committee on Health. This is an organisation that delivers on-the-ground services... - Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
The coalition government will resettle 13,750 refugees in Australia this year. We are increasing the size of our humanitarian program to 18,750 places by 2018-19. This will allow an extra 7,500... - Harmony Day (1 speech)
A few weeks ago in this chamber, I spoke about some of the disturbing incidents in which some law-abiding Australian citizens have been made to feel like they do not belong in our society,... - Wright electorate: Education (1 speech)
I acknowledge the previous speaker's contribution to this national Harmony Day, the impact that it has in this place and more broadly across our great nation, and the contributions that everyone... - Indi Electorate: Financial Assistance Grants (3 speeches)
I would like to second the comments of the member for Wright. It is just fantastic to see the passionate interest he has in education and to see him acknowledging all those wonderful people who... - Infrastructure (1 speech)
I often refer to a concept I call the 'country-city compact'—basically, the recognition that country Australia needs to have a fair share of attention and resources. It is about ensuring... - Blair Electorate: Ipswich Motorway (1 speech)
Why have the Prime Minister and the Liberal-National Party government reneged on their promises to fix the Darra to Rocklea section of the Ipswich Motorway? This is the remaining bottleneck on... - Dobell Electorate: Lifeline (1 speech)
I rise today to share the story of Lifeline Newcastle and Hunter and the Steel Magnolia Awards. Lifeline on the Central Coast was established in 1966, when Reverend John Chegwidden received a... - Bendigo Electorate: Financial Assistance Grants (1 speech)
I was going to speak today about the NBN and the lack of NBN service in Bendigo—the fact that Bendigo has been knocked off the map. But I want to take a moment to pick up on the... - Mainwaring, Mr Robert Geoffrey (Bob) OAM, JP (1 speech)
I rise to offer my thoughts on the wonderful life of Bob Mainwaring OAM, JP who passed away on 11 March—only last week. I had the privilege yesterday of attending his funeral. It was a... - Electorate of Fraser: Employment (1 speech)
Prime Minister Abbott told a press conference this week that the upcoming budget would be 'much less exciting' than last year's. This suggests to me that the Prime Minister found it exciting to... - Broadband (1 speech)
I was delighted earlier this week to receive an update on the rollout of the National Broadband Network from both the Minister for Communications and the Department of Communications. Prior to... - Domestic Violence (1 speech)
In my discussions with stakeholders as shadow parliamentary secretary to the shadow Attorney-General, the Hon. Mark Dreyfus QC, I have sadly found that family law and domestic violence,... - Queensland: Cyclone Marcia, Beef Australia 2015 (1 speech)
The recovery continues in my electorate of Capricornia following the devastating impact of Cyclone Marcia on 20 February. It impacted on primary producers, small business and the general... - Lalor Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the multiplicity of difficulties that we are having in my electorate in telecommunications. I say it is a multiplicity of difficulties because it is very difficult to... - Barton Electorate: Harmony Day (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House that this Saturday, 21 March is Harmony Day. Harmony Day is a very special celebration of our multicultural Australia, a nation we share with people from many different...
