House debates
Tuesday, 26 May 2015
- Employment (1 speech)
As of today, there are over 800,000 Australians who are unemployed. This is an appalling waste and it is a crisis. It is also over 800,000 reasons for a plan from this government for the jobs of... - Fibre to Football (1 speech)
This year, the fibre has been put back into football! Thanks to the efforts of Australian Wool Innovation, AFL teams have begun to sell jumpers and other merchandise made from Australian Merino... - Budget (1 speech)
This government claims its second budget is about jobs. In my community, where we are losing jobs because of the automotive closures and flow-ons, and youth unemployment is growing, we would... - Pacific Motorway M1 (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the M1 motorway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast and, in particular, the bottleneck that runs from the Gateway Motorway merge to the Logan Motorway—and I see... - Budget (1 speech)
The now Prime Minister went to the last election mischievously and deceitfully claiming that the economic challenges we faced had nothing to do with the global situation but everything to do with... - Battle of Crete (1 speech)
Seventy-four years ago this month, Australians and Cretans fought alongside each other against an oppressive Nazi regime despite overwhelming odds. I was deeply honoured to have been able to... - Indi Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
I am very pleased to welcome into parliament today students, teachers and parents from Dederang, Tawonga and Mount Beauty primary schools—three beautiful schools nestled in the beautiful... - Bonner Electorate: Road Traffic (1 speech)
I rise today with extremely good news for commuters who travel between Brisbane and Redland City in and around my electorate of Bonner. Traffic congestion on certain roads between Brisbane and... - Australian Labor Party: Jobs for the Future (1 speech)
Aside from the fact that this year's budget is fundamentally unfair, one of its problems is its lack of vision for the future. In many areas of the budget, we see funding dropping off after two... - Braddon Electorate: Community Sport (1 speech)
Community sport is so important for the north-west, west coast and King Island communities. It is where athletes, families and communities come together week-in week-out to meet with friends and... - Education (1 speech)
Last week I spoke to several oil and gas industry executives, and they told me of their concerns about the need to train more science, technology, engineering and mathematics graduates. They... - Infrastructure (1 speech)
The people of the Central Coast deserve a future where they can live and work locally, so today I rise to call on the Labor Party to support this really important vision—a vision shared by... - Employment (1 speech)
In the budget we saw one figure that really jumped out at all of us: unemployment is increasing. Next year, the year after—in fact, unemployment in this country is the highest rate it has... - Jodi Lee Foundation (1 speech)
On Friday and Saturday I joined 300 tutu-clad people who hiked 80 kilometres of the Heysen Trail through South Australia's Copper Country from Kapunda to Burra to raise funds to support the Jodi... - Department of Agriculture (1 speech)
Twenty great jobs in the biotech industry in Bunbury have been lost following a problematic investigation by the Department of Agriculture. I am deeply concerned that the department is drawing... - Harrington, Mr Ray (1 speech)
I rise today to commend an outstanding farmer, innovator and inventor, Ray Harrington, who recently won the gold medal in the smart agriculture category of the prestigious Edison Awards in New... - Newcastle Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
My community of Newcastle is desperately in need of jobs. Since the Abbott Liberal government was elected, unemployment has climbed to decade-long highs—peaking at more than 10 per cent and... - Hasluck Leadership Award (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the 2015 Hasluck Leadership Award winners. Last week, I held a workshop where year 11 students in Hasluck competed in a range of public speaking and leadership... - Employment (1 speech)
Australia has a very long history of innovation and invention. We in this chamber know that Australians invented spray-on skin, wi-fi and the black box. These are parts of our history that many... - Hinkler Electorate: Carina Speedway (2 speeches)
I rise to inform the House of the reincarnation of the Bundaberg Motorsports Complex-Carina Speedway. The last meeting was held there in June 2006, but I am sure you can hear it, Madam...
