House debates
Thursday, 25 June 2015
- Indi Electorate: Murray Valley Sanctuary Refugee Group (1 speech)
My speech today is about a very special organisation in my electorate—the Murray Valley Sanctuary Refugee Group, a group which resettles refugees as part of the humanitarian visa program.... - Renewable Energy (1 speech)
I rise to welcome the successful passage of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015 through the Senate a couple of nights ago and particularly the inclusion of wood biomass as a... - Food Labelling (1 speech)
I will talk about food labelling this morning. I am quite convinced I will not do justice to the topic because there are enormous issues and so many different dimensions to food labelling. There... - Braddon Electorate: Phoenix House, Braddon Electorate: Telecommunications (1 speech)
It is a great opportunity in the adjournment debate to raise issues that are of importance to my constituents. I am not sure how many of my fellow members and colleagues have been to the great... - Parliamentary Friends of Innovation and Enterprise (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, as you know, I am the co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Innovation and Enterprise, a bipartisan group that has been established to draw greater connections between... - Hinkler Electorate: Childers (1 speech)
I would like to speak about a little town with a big heart. At the centre of my electorate is the town of Childers. It is a town which is surrounded by red soil, blue sky and rolling greenfields... - China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (1 speech)
Yesterday in the Federation Chamber I raised the concern of a range of national trade unions about the impacts of the China free trade agreement on their members and on working people more... - City of Brisbane (1 speech)
one of the roles I particularly enjoy is that of Honorary Ambassador for the City of Brisbane and I am very honoured to have been reappointed by Lord Mayor Graham Quirk to this role. So I thought... - Petition: General Practice (2 speeches)
Today I regret having to do what I am now going to do. I will be tabling a petition calling on the government to help a struggling doctor in my electorate. More than 1,400 people have signed this... - Cowan Electorate: Organisation of African Communities (1 speech)
I welcome this opportunity to speak about a very good organisation within Western Australia, the Organisation of African Communities of Western Australia. On Saturday night I attended the OAC... - Chifley Electorate: NSW Liberal Government, Miss Universe Australia, StartupAUS (1 speech)
People say, 'Mike Baird is a nice guy but his government doesn't seem like that.' In my area, he has presided over or sat on his hands as people in the suburbs I represent are stuffed over by... - Deakin Electorate: Crime (1 speech)
I rise again today to draw the attention of this House to an issue that is of great concern in my electorate of Deakin. The basic freedom that we all take for granted. The right to walk our... - Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
It was National TAFE Day yesterday, and last night I attended a function celebrating National TAFE Day here at Parliament House. It is important to acknowledge and celebrate the importance that... - Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Special Broadcasting Service (1 speech)
If ever we need proof of just how out of touch our national broadcaster, the ABC, has become, this week provided it to us in spades. We saw their production team, especially at Q&A,show how... - Greenway Electorate: National Broadband Network (1 speech)
Of all of the promises broken by this government, the big game they talked on the National Broadband Network before they came into government is right up there. Let us have a look at this... - Page Electorate: Community 2020 (1 speech)
I want to talk about a brochure called Community 2020that I have just sent to my electorate. There is a lot happening in my electorate with different infrastructure projects and, obviously, the... - Bendigo Electorate: Political Processes (1 speech)
In rising today I want to reflect on a few things that have been happening this week in the Canberra bubble and in politics, but also more broadly, since this government was elected and in fact... - La Trobe Electorate: St Brigid's Primary School (1 speech)
On 14 May this year I had the great pleasure of opening the St Bridget's Primary School and it was a tremendous event. I was lucky enough to open it as a result of another great capital grants... - Dobell Electorate: Mars Food Australia (2 speeches)
It is a pleasure to share with the House the achievements of Mars Food Australia, an outstanding successful local manufacturer located at Berkeley Vale in my electorate of Dobell. Mars Food...
