House debates
Wednesday, 16 September 2015
- Parkinson's Disease (1 speech)
It was a privilege to attend a breakfast event this morning hosted by Parkinson's Australia to mark the launch of the Deloitte report titled Living with Parkinson's disease: an updated economic... - Forrest Electorate: Bunbury Port (1 speech)
The port of Bunbury is a vital part of economic life in the South West. There are some excellent plans afoot to expand the social aspects of the port of Bunbury, including proposals for a marina... - Nicol, Mr John, OAM (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to local man John Nicol OAM, who left us on 26 August. John Nicol was a great community member. He came to Werribee as shire engineer on our council and stayed to... - Lyons Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
I want to congratulate two young women in my electorate of Lyons—both, as it happens, from the town of Evandale in the Northern Midlands. Firstly, I congratulate Meg Phillips, who is 19... - Filipino-Australian Community Association (1 speech)
On 5 September, I was privileged to join members of our local Filipino community for the establishment of the Filipino-Australian Community Association, Eastern Sydney, and the induction of their... - Gateway WA (1 speech)
The Grand Gateway section of the Gateway WA project, Western Australia's largest ever road project, has been completed, four months ahead of schedule and reportedly under budget, under the... - Hussaini, Mr Rohullah (1 speech)
At 11 o'clock this morning I went out the front of Parliament House to meet a young man, Rohullah Hussaini. Rohullah is from a Hazara background, and he had ridden a bicycle from Swan Hill via... - Battle of Britain: 75th Anniversary (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Battle of Britain Day is the name given to 15 September 1940, when the Luftwaffe launched its largest and most... - Herbert Electorate: Football (1 speech)
It is football final season in Townsville, and it is all over the place. In the local TDRL finals, the Burdekin Roosters beat the Herbert River Crushers, who were the favourites. In the NRL this... - Newcastle Electorate: Arts (1 speech)
Today I want to pay tribute to the creative spirit of Novocastrians and to celebrate the contribution that artists and creative minds make to our city. Newcastle is home to more artists per... - Science in Australia Gender Equity Pilot (1 speech)
This afternoon, I attended the launch of the Science in Australia Gender Equity Pilot of the Athena SWAN Charter, which aims to help improve gender equity and diversity in science, technology,... - New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission (1 speech)
I rise to speak on a recent decision by the New South Wales Planning Assessment Commission on what they call the resource recovery facility at Moorebank. It is more accurate to call this a... - Chandler, Mr William (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge William Chandler from Centenary State High School who is undertaking work experience here in Canberra. William has spent the past two days at the Australian War Memorial and... - Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption (1 speech)
I do not really care how anyone votes—you would be shocked if you knew that, in this country, in this day and age, kickbacks were being paid to union officials as part of agreements with... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Today I rise to welcome the announcement that finally we have a start date for the NDIS in Victoria. It is great to be able to stand here and say that my area of Bendigo, the City of Greater... - Cowan Electorate: Koondoola Primary School (1 speech)
I would like to speak about Koondoola Primary School, in the south of the Cowan electorate and in the suburb of Koondoola. The good news is that Koondoola Primary School has been providing... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Before I was elected to this place, I spent many years as a community worker, including many years working for people with disabilities—including young kids with developmental disabilities... - Moore Electorate: City of Joondalup (1 speech)
I am pleased to support the City of Joondalup in its endeavour to develop a regional performing arts and cultural centre in the heart of Joondalup. Recently, I facilitated a meeting between Mayor... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I want to say huge congratulations to everyone who has been involved in getting the agreement signed between the Commonwealth, the Victorian and New South Wales governments to see the full... - Macquarie Electorate (2 speeches)
The bushfire building expo and community forum will be held at the Blue Mountains Theatre and Community Hub at Springwood, and I look forward to attending it. The funding was delivered for this...
