House debates
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
- Gellibrand Electorate: Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
On 30 August this year, Jagriti and the Western Integrated Family Violence Committee launched the Happy FAMILIES, Happy COMMUNITIES Western Suburbs Guide at the Indian consulate in Melbourne. It... - Dunkley Electorate (1 speech)
It is a pleasure to rise and give the House an update on things that are happening in the spectacular electorate of Dunkley. It is the Riviera of Melbourne. The place runs through my veins, and I... - Tweed Regional Art Gallery (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about an outstanding asset in my electorate of Richmond, which is the Tweed Regional Art Gallery. The gallery is one we are all very proud of, particularly with the addition... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
It is always a pleasure to rise in this place and talk about our local electorates. I would like to take this opportunity to talk about how Logan police have established a dedicated domestic... - Telecommunications (1 speech)
I wish to bring to the attention of the chamber a bold initiative that has been taken in the national interest by the Sunshine Coast City Council. On 21 July the Sunshine Coast council lodged a... - Flynn Electorate: Citrus Industry (1 speech)
Recently I visited Abbotsleigh Citrus farm and I saw a thriving family business that is 100 per cent Australian owned. It is situated at Wallaville, just off the Bruce Highway, near a town called... - Blair Electorate: Rugby League (1 speech)
A huge cheer erupted across Ipswich when the Stadium Australia siren sounded just before 5.30 pm on NRL Grand Final Day. The Ipswich Jets had defeated the Newcastle Knights 26 to 12 to be crowned... - Regional Broadcasting (1 speech)
There is an urgent need to modernise and streamline our media legislation. The Broadcasting Services Act is from a pre-internet era. It is an anachronism that is squeezing the life out of our... - Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
Animal cruelty as a result of our live export trade was the subject of a shocking report on 7.30 last night. The program highlighted how poorly the live export market has been monitored since the... - Pride of Australia Awards (2 speeches)
I rise to provide an update on the 2015 Pride of Australia awards. I talked about the nominations here a little while ago, and it gives me great pleasure to now reveal the following winners that... - Grayndler Electorate: National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Last week, I had the privilege of once again visiting the Ella Centre in Haberfield in my electorate. It is a local organisation that works hard to support people in the inner west with... - Calare Electorate: Bathurst Bicentenary (1 speech)
It has been a huge weekend—and a huge year, actually—in the electorate of Calare, particularly as last Friday night was the end of the formal proceedings of the bicentenary of the... - Attorney-General (1 speech)
When the historians come to look back at this 44th Parliament, they will look in amazement and say, 'How unlucky for a country to cop the worst Prime Minister since World War II, combined with... - Flavours of Tasmania (1 speech)
The Flavours of Tasmania event will be held tonight. More than 30 producers of fine Tasmanian goods will be on show to an expected audience of more than 400 in the Great Hall of Parliament House... - Bendigo Electorate: Multiculturalism (1 speech)
Today I wear yellow as part and in support of the Believe in Bendigo campaign, a great campaign and movement that started in my community to put out publicly how proud we are to be from Bendigo.... - Moore Electorate: St Stephen's School (1 speech)
St Stephen's School in my electorate has taken an entrepreneurial approach to capitalising on opportunities in international education which exist in emerging countries around the Indian Ocean... - Tasmania (1 speech)
As members in this place may be aware, the Tasmania task force co-chaired by me and our state Labor leader, Bryan Green, has spent the last few months moving around Tasmania holding public... - Swan Electorate: Youth (1 speech)
Youth in Australia is a vital resource and a very important part of our economy and our society. In a week where there has been a focus in parliament on troubled youth with the act of terrorism... - Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about an issue that is having a devastating impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of Australians—and that is ice. There would be no-one in this place who has... - Victoria: Bushfires (1 speech)
I rise today to convey the news to my electors in Corangamite that I have announced with Michael Keenan, the Minister for Justice, very important emergency relief for those who suffered in the...
