House debates
Thursday, 5 May 2016
- Wakefield Electorate: Kapunda Football Club (1 speech)
It is my great pleasure to talk today about the 150th anniversary of the Kapunda Football Club, the Bombers, who are from my home town, and the anniversary dinner. In that club I played just a... - Sport (2 speeches)
I rise today to recognise and pay tribute to all the aspiring young sporting stars in my electorate of Ryan and to highlight the ways our government is encouraging participation in sport and... - Canberra Electorate: Budget (1 speech)
What Canberra has seen from this budget is what we have seen from Liberal government budgets for the last 20 years. Prime Minister Turnbull's budget for Canberra is one that would make his... - Rose, Reverend Peter, Budget (1 speech)
After that very positive contribution, I would like to start my address today by acknowledging the presence of Peter Rose here today. I would like to thank you, Peter, for your contribution and... - Budget (1 speech)
It is two days after the budget, and the details are becoming clearer. First of all, we need to note that this government's budget includes income tax cuts that will see income tax cuts for one... - Doncare, Rose, Reverend Peter (1 speech)
Last week I had the opportunity and the pleasure of attending Doncare's annual community showcase at the Veneto Club in Bulleen, in my electorate. Doncare is the major community welfare agency in... - Broadband (1 speech)
I might start where the member for Menzies left off and add my words of heartfelt appreciation to Reverend Peter Rose. I wish you all the best for the future. Your presence in this building makes... - Valedictory (1 speech)
I am here to place on record my thanks. My thanks go to the transport office, to Greg, Maureen, Joy, Jessica, Judy, Catherine and John. I will not tell you which ones are my favourites. I say... - Medicare (1 speech)
Thank you to the member for McMillan. One of the issues that I have been confronted with in Shortland electorate is the delays that my constituents have been experiencing with the processing of... - Valedictory (1 speech)
To my staff and the various people who have run my office over the years—Ev, Pinky, Melissa, my current staff like Cathy and Gordon, John McDonald, who I had for years, and Bernice, Anthony... - Same, Mr Saul (1 speech)
Avshalom Shmulewitz, the son of the Mukhtar of Kastiel, and better known as Saul Same, came to Australia from British mandated Palestine in 1918. His family became farmers in Western Australia,... - Page Electorate: Casino Beef Week, Page Electorate: Maclean Lower Clarence Hospital Auxiliary (2 speeches)
Casino is the beef capital of Australia. Others claim it; they are delusional. Deputy Speaker Landry, you are a friend of mine, you are a colleague of mine and you are the member for Capricornia,... - Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
I recently raised my grievance in this chamber about the manner in which some of my most vulnerable and disadvantaged constituents were treated by the private provider Keystone College prior to... - Defence Procurement (1 speech)
This week's announcement of 12 submarines being built in Adelaide is a great result not just for the state but also for our country, and let me explain why. As a South Australian member of... - Indi Electorate — Mobile Phone Services (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to be here today on our last day of term, as it feels, and to bring this really important matter to the attention of the House. I present two petitions that have been... - Penshurst RSL Youth Swim Club, Resourceful Australian Indian Network, St Cuthbert's Anglican Church (1 speech)
I am pleased to have the opportunity today to acknowledge the great efforts of the Penshurst RSL swim club. On 2 April, I attended the Penshurst RSL Youth Swim Club's annual presentation evening... - Melbourne Innovation Centre (1 speech)
I want to dedicate my constituency statement to another electorate as I visited the member for Batman's electorate the other day. I was going to make a contribution talking about how good... - Forde Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to speak about some of the wonderful community organisations in the electorate of Forde that have benefited from the coalition government's Stronger... - Infrastructure (1 speech, 1 comment)
I thought the Quarterly Essay by George Megalogenis was magnificent. In it he said that the country is in an almost impossible position because the Liberals will not borrow money, which means, of... - Petrie Electorate (2 speeches)
I rise to speak, as the 44th Parliament comes to a close, to give a bit of a personal recap. I want to say to the people of my electorate: I have really enjoyed being your federal member for the...
