House debates
Wednesday, 12 August 2015
- Wakefield Electorate: Stretton Centre (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, it is a great pleasure to see you in the chair. We can only wish that you were in the chair in the House, but I will move on to other matters. It was my great pleasure to be on... - Lindsay Electorate: Volunteer of the Year Awards (1 speech)
I rise today in support of my wonderful community and, in particular, to honour many local residents who go above and beyond in service to our local community to ensure that Penrith and St Marys... - Kingston Electorate: Australia Post (1 speech)
I rise today to share the deep concern of many of my constituents and small businesses about the recent announcement that Australia Post will close its Lonsdale Business Centre in the southern... - Defence Equipment: Lithgow Small Arms Factory (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to speak today about the fact that on the 22nd of last month the Australian Defence Force signed a $100 million contract with Thales and the Lithgow Small Arms Factory.... - Family Court (1 speech)
Thank you Deputy Speaker, and it is good to see you back after the six-week break from Canberra. You were my pick for the Speaker. I can see that, on occasions, the Prime Minister calls in the... - Economy (2 speeches)
In recent speeches I have given an update to the House on what I think is one of our unplanned economic experiments: the comparison of employment growth between New South Wales and Victoria. They... - Corio Electorate: National Broadband Network (6 speeches)
A couple of weeks ago the Minister for Communications visited my electorate of Corio to spruik the government's second-rate broadband network. The minister came to Geelong with much fanfare,... - Defence Procurement (1 speech)
For the first time in Australia's history, the government will deliver a continuous naval shipbuilding plan that will give industry and employees security for years to come. Not only does this... - Holden, Mr Brien (1 speech)
) ( ): It is with great sadness that I pay tribute to the life of my mate, Brien Holden, an internationally acclaimed researcher and head of the Brien Holden Vision Institute at the University of... - Durack Electorate: FeNaCING Festival (2 speeches)
I am thrilled today to take this opportunity to speak about this year's FeNaCING Festival, which I attended in Karratha in the Pilbara earlier this month. The annual FeNaCING Festival is... - Greenway Electorate: Recall of Samsung Washing Machines (1 speech)
A few weeks ago, I received a letter from a local resident in Seven Hills, detailing her ongoing problems associated with the recall of certain Samsung washing machines. In making contact with... - Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
Along with probably most members in the room and indeed the other chamber, I see that the drug ice is becoming more of an issue in all of our communities. About 12 to 18 months ago when I was... - Abbott Government (1 speech)
I rise to give voice in this place to the concerns of the hundreds of constituents who have indicated to me their deep dissatisfaction with the Abbott government. During the winter break I held a... - Lyons Electorate: Norske Skog Boyer (1 speech)
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting a really important business in my electorate and that is the Norske Skog paper-manufacturing plant, at Boyer, in the Derwent Valley. I was joined by... - Shortland Electorate: NAIDOC Family Fun Day (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to the Bahtabah Local Aboriginal Land Council for the fantastic NAIDOC Day celebrations they organised in Eastlake Macquarie on the foreshore of Lake Macquarie in Pelican... - Ryan Electorate: Witton Barracks site (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the Witton Barracks site at Indooroopilly, in my electorate of Ryan. The Department of Defence has recently announced that they are going to dispose of this site as... - Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Australians do not often have a chance to see the reality behind the Abbott government's cruel policies against asylum seekers, but sometimes stories get out that let us see into the darkness of... - Bennelong Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House of milestone achievements for two great organisations in my electorate of Bennelong. The 1st Epping Scouts was founded in July 1915, and I had the absolute pleasure of... - Franklin Electorate: Aquaculture (1 speech)
It was a pleasure last week to visit Tassal, our salmon producer at Ranelagh in my electorate, with the shadow minister, the member for Hunter, Joel Fitzgibbon. We visited the hatchery down at... - Geelong: Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (2 speeches)
It was a great day in Geelong and Corangamite last week when the Prime Minister visited to announce a $14 million Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre. This is an incredibly important initiative...
