House debates
Monday, 29 February 2016
- Safeguarding Democracy Report (1 speech)
Last week, this parliament was the site for the launch of an important and also very challenging report, Safeguarding democracy, prepared by a very important community organisation, the Human... - Second Sydney Airport (1 speech)
I rise to speak on Labor's deception regarding the Western Sydney airport. I wish to speak particularly with regard to the duplicitous behaviour from the Labor candidate in Macquarie regarding... - Veterans (1 speech)
In the last week, around my electorate and other parts of Sydney, I have seen some rather large billboards being placed up, and these remind us of the significant problem that we have in our... - Beazley, Ms Betty (1 speech)
I speak today in eulogy of Betty Beazley. Betty was born on 21 March 1921 in Fremantle, Western Australia, married in February of 1948 at Christ Church, Claremont, Western Australia, and died in... - Employment (1 speech)
It is pretty shocking when a campaign is started because a person is sacked for being an Australian. That has become a campaign, and many workers are now saying that has been their circumstance... - Barker Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
Madam Deputy Speaker Price, I should begin by congratulating you on your appointment to the Speaker's panel. We share the odd conversation in the House of Representatives, and I have been waiting... - Homeownership (1 speech)
I congratulate the member for Fremantle on an excellent speech in a 20-minute grievance debate that she managed to deliver eloquently in 10. Congratulations. I want to turn to a more domestic... - National Student Travel Concession Card (1 speech)
Tonight I would like to talk about the need for a national student travel concession card. It is an issue that is dear to the heart of the young people living in my electorate of Indi,... - Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
Today, there were some pretty frightening statistics published by the Medical Journal of Australia online. That is in regard to ice usage through our community. In the past five years, since... - Broadband (1 speech)
By now, my parliamentary colleagues would have heard me speaking about my constituents' frustrations when it comes to the NBN. They would have heard me talking about it—and they would have... - Page Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
In my first speech in this chamber just over two years ago, I spoke about the remarkable resilience of the Kyogle community, a community that is so proudly self-reliant that in the late 60s when...
