House debates
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
- Bali Attacks: 14th Anniversary (1 speech)
Today marks 14 years since the tragic Bali bombings that took place in Kuta killing 202 people, among them 88 Australians. Through it was not an attack experienced on our soil, it was an attack... - Brisbane Electorate: The Broncos Leagues Club (1 speech)
I rise today to dedicate one of my first speeches in this parliament to the importance of the local organisations, clubs, associations and groups in the electorate of Brisbane, and to pledge my... - Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
This is a speech about institutional responses to child sexual abuse—in particular, the response of the school that I attended—and a statement in support of the boys who were... - Science and Innovation (1 speech)
A myth often told about Australia is that our wealth and success was built on the sheep's back. But we all know that while we may literally be the lucky country our fortune has derived not from... - Same-Sex Marriage (1 speech)
I want to speak tonight on the way forward for marriage equality after this week's decision by the Labor Party not to support the proposed plebiscite put forward by the Abbott-Turnbull... - Boothby Electorate: Oaklands Rail Crossing (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, during my election campaign I was proud to be able to join the Prime Minister to announce that the Turnbull coalition government would commit $40 million dollars towards fixing the...
