House debates
Thursday, 25 February 2016
- Rethink the Link, Human Rights: Western Australia (1 speech)
Rethink the Link is a grassroots collective of community groups from across the Fremantle electorate which is fighting the state and federal Liberal governments' imposition of the ill-conceived... - Hume Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
As this government knows, one of the biggest drivers of jobs and growth is investment in infrastructure. In my electorate of Hume, there is a strong case in point. The federal government has... - Holt Electorate: Community Spirit and Leadership Awards (1 speech)
On 14 December 2015, I was delighted to host the Holt Community Spirit and Leadership Awards and award 41 students from 39 schools. This was an event that was held at the Cranbourne Community... - Macarthur Electorate: Campbelltown Public School (1 speech)
Today I would like to congratulate the staff, students and parents at Campbelltown Public School on its 140th anniversary. Campbelltown Public School is a fantastic school in my electorate, made... - Franklin Electorate: Centrelink and Medicare (1 speech)
I want to start with a big congratulations to members of my community. Since earlier this year, the residents of the Kingborough and Huon Valley communities have been lobbying to overturn the... - Broadband (1 speech)
Superfast broadband is coming to more than 88,000 homes and businesses in my electorate of Brisbane under an accelerated three-year rollout of the NBN. Across Australia, the NBN is powering ahead... - Education Funding (1 speech)
Member for Brisbane, your problems will start the moment they turn the NBN on. It has been rolled out across the Shortland electorate, with a lot of houses being connected to the NBN. I have to... - Cowper Electorate: Port Macquarie (1 speech)
The new electorate boundaries in New South Wales will be gazetted today. This means that Port Macquarie is officially part of Cowper for any election called from today onwards. I know there are a... - Marriage (1 speech)
Last Sunday I joined my fellow Labor representatives Tanya Plibersek, Jo Haylen, Penny Sharpe and Linda Scott at Fair Day in Victoria Park. Like many years before, we took the opportunity to... - Lyons Electorate: Norske Skog Boyer Mill (2 speeches)
I am looking forward very much to attending on Saturday a family fun day at the Norske Skog Boyer Mill to celebrate its 75th anniversary. The Norske Skog mill, as it is known today, has been a... - Chifley Electorate: Bidwill Shopping Centre, Chifley Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
Today I want to speak up for frustrated Bidwill residents. For years, their shopping plaza stood empty, with one lonely food outlet left standing at the centre after it initially closed its... - Page Electorate: Surf-Lifesaving, Grafton Jacaranda Festival (1 speech)
Every summer many people visit, and obviously many of our locals enjoy, the great beauty of the beaches on the North Coast. Every year our volunteer lifesavers save the lives of many people using... - Throsby Electorate: National Broadband Network (2 speeches)
I want to bring to the attention of parliament the results of the Throsby broadband report, which has been informed by responses to over 1,000 surveys in my local electorate. It concludes that... - Petrie Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
The coalition government is a government for small business—very much so. Just last year we announced possibly the best small business package Australia has ever seen. You would be well... - Tran Minh Nhat (1 speech)
Recently I spoke in this place about the treatment of human rights activist Tran Minh Nhat at the hands of the Vietnamese authorities. Last week I received an email from him, and I would like to... - Solomon Electorate (1 speech)
I rise this morning to talk about the Council on the Ageing in the Northern Territory. COTA does great work advocating for a just, inclusive and equitable society for senior Territorians. That is... - Griffith Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I was honoured this January to present 26 locals with Griffith Australia Day awards at a ceremony held at the Queensland Cricket Club venue at the Gabba. The Griffith Australia Day awards,... - Capricornia Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I am pleased to inform the House of progress that the coalition government and I have made in delivering serious and tangible infrastructure projects to my electorate of Capricornia. Such... - Defence Procurement (1 speech)
In a few hours, if not in a couple of minutes, this government will release its defence white paper, which yesterday was touted in the media as being an extra $30 billion to be spent in defence... - Taxation (2 speeches)
I rise on the issue of housing affordability. We do have a problem with housing affordability in this country, especially in our major cities. But a bigger problem than housing affordability...
