House debates
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
- Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
Last weekend I was very pleased to attend the opening of the Regional Rail Link in Melbourne's west, a joint venture of state and federal Labor governments that began during the height of the... - Limbs 4 Kids (1 speech)
Limbs 4 Life is Australia's peak organisation for amputees and persons with limb difference. This month, they launched a new program—Limbs 4 Kids. For the first time, all Australian... - Indi Electorate: Community Services (1 speech)
Bucket loads of resilience are needed by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community members, their friends and families wherever they live but most particularly in rural... - Lindgren, Senator Joanna (1 speech)
I rise to welcome a senator from Queensland into the other House, Joanna Lindgren. Jo was selected as the new Queensland senator after a marathon six-hour preselection meeting in Brisbane... - Rail Infrastructure (1 speech)
Like the member for Gellibrand, I had enormous pleasure in attending the opening of the Regional Rail Link on Sunday, a project that was jointly conducted by both Labor governments federally and... - Jobs and Small Business Package (1 speech)
I rise today to welcome the parliament passing the government's new era for small business with the passage of the small business and jobs package. It has been well received in my electorate,... - Regional Rail Link (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the Regional Rail Link project in Victoria, a project that was opened on Sunday, the largest ever Commonwealth investment in an urban public transport project, a project... - Broadband (1 speech)
I rise to celebrate more good news about the rollout of the NBN in Corangamite. Today I announce that work has started to deliver the NBN to around 8,000 premises in Torquay and Jan Juc. The... - Regional Rail Link (1 speech)
I was very proud to attend Sunday's opening of the new Regional Rail Link, which untangles the lines used by Melbourne's suburban railway lines from those used by regional services to and from... - Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
I want to report to the House that I conducted two community forums on the drug ice—crystal methamphetamine—in my electorate last week, involving 70 people in Mackay and Bowen who are... - Regional Rail Link (1 speech)
I too, like so many on this side of the House, was proud to be part of the opening of the Regional Rail Link. The Regional Rail Link in my part of the world will make a difference. In the seat of... - Vinnies CEO Sleepout (1 speech)
Today in the chamber we will have students from St Joseph's school, Bardon, join us for question time. When I visited them last week, I challenged them to draft a 90-second speech about our local... - Regional Rail Link (1 speech)
It will be no surprise to anyone in the chamber that I rise today to speak about the Regional Rail Link. I do so with great pride, being the member for Lalor, where two of the new stations are... - King, Mrs Lisa (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge a remarkable woman in my electorate of Bass who recently received well-deserved recognition for her commitment to her family in the face of challenges that very few of us... - Regional Rail Link (1 speech)
It will come as no surprise to those opposite or in fact those here that I rise also to speak about the opening of the Regional Rail Link. This is a tremendous initiative dealing with congestion... - Beef Australia 2015 (1 speech)
Recently, Rockhampton, the true beef capital of Australia, in Capricornia, hosted our nation's biggest cattle industry expo, Beef Australia 2015. This event was the most successful ever held in... - Regional Rail Link (1 speech)
I, like everybody else on this side of the House, was wrapped on Saturday night to see so many people on a train ride in outer metropolitan Melbourne, in a regional area—people... - Swan Electorate: National Ice Action Strategy (1 speech)
Last week, I had the pleasure of welcoming the Minister for Justice, the Hon. Michael Keenan, to Swan to co-host an important round table with community and experts from across Swan which was... - Regional Rail Link (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the opening on Sunday of the Regional Rail Link in Victoria, a magnificent piece of infrastructure, a magnificent piece of investment in our state. I am glad to say that the... - Tangney Electorate: Aussie Tourism Apps (2 speeches)
I wish to highlight an exciting new 'app-treneur' from my electorate of Tangney. Richard Meyers has an app to kick-start tourism in our regional cities and towns. Tourism is an exciting part of...
