House debates
Monday, 18 April 2016
- Anzac Day (1 speech)
Next Monday will be Anzac Day 2016. I was in Royal Melbourne Hospital last year on the Centenary of Anzac Day, having had open heart surgery following a heart attack, and very inconvenient it was... - Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, I was not expecting to be spending 18 April 2016 with you and our colleagues, as enjoyable as that is! The recall of parliament does not happen very often, but it is necessary... - Nguyen, Mr Van Dai (1 speech)
Tonight I rise to speak about a prominent Vietnamese human rights activist and lawyer, Mr Nguyen Van Dai, who, since his arrest on 16 December last year, has been held in a prison in Hanoi... - Flynn Electorate (1 speech)
Flynn is a very large and very diverse electorate. It covers 133,000 square kilometres. Many electorates have multiple local governments; Flynn has eight. With the House's indulgence, I would... - Broadband (1 speech)
The rollout of the National Broadband Network in my electorate and the Hunter region broadly has had serious problems. In recent months my office has been inundated with complaints from people... - Judd, Mr William Thomas (1 speech)
This evening I rise to farewell William Thomas Judd, who left us on 11 February of this year. 'Bill', as he was known to all, was a loving father to his children, Kerry and Maurie, and a...