House debates
Monday, 14 September 2015
- Abbott Government (5 speeches)
Oh, the sweet irony of this place! I was going to stand up today and grieve about a whole range of issues. I was going to talk about all the failings of the government. I was going to talk about... - Trade with China (1 speech)
This free trade agreement with our biggest trading partner and the second largest economy in the world, China, with total trade worth almost $160 billion in 2013-14 and a growing source of... - Abbott Government (1 speech)
I am aggrieved on behalf of the people of Blair and also the nation. Before the last election, the current Prime Minister made promise after promise to the Australian people. In the last two... - Leichhardt Electorate: Regional Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement Program (2 speeches)
Cairns has a long, proud history in ship building. More than 270 vessels have been built in Cairns, including the Fremantle class patrol boat and the hydrographic ships for the Navy—on time... - Throsby Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
Only two weeks ago the member for Cunningham and I wrote to the Prime Minister with some urgency. The BlueScope steelworks, in Port Kembla, in our electorate, is facing its toughest trading... - Parramatta Electorate: Multiculturalism (1 speech)
I am going to start my grievance by talking about something positive, just to lay the context! I had the best weekend. On Friday night—or it might have been Saturday night—I went to a... - Cowan Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
Today I would like to once again speak about a modern problem, a problem that concerns many of my constituents in Cowan. It is a problem—well, a challenge—that has become such an... - Human Rights (1 speech)
It seems that hardly a day goes by without news of reports of grave human rights abuses occurring in countries across the globe. Whether it is violations relating to civil, cultural, economic,... - Braddon Electorate, World Suicide Prevention Day, National Stroke Week (1 speech)
All too often, members of parliament get into a frenzy of communication with their constituents—especially around election time, when there is a flood of doorknocking, community meetings... - Health Funding, Ice Epidemic (1 speech)
I rise tonight to speak about two related topics. This government's cruel cuts to health funding and their lack of understanding of the support needed for those experiencing drug addition issues.... - Swan Electorate: Belmont Community Group (1 speech)
I have stood in this place before and spoken about a group in my electorate called the Belmont Community Group. At that particular time I linked them as an exact replica of Craig Thomson's... - Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
There are times when an image cuts through the noise and haste of life and speaks directly to our core beliefs and values. The image of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose lifeless...
