House debates
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
- Tweed Hospital: MRI Licence (1 speech)
I call on the Turnbull government to urgently commit to a full Medicare MRI licence at the Tweed Hospital. Recently, the government rejected an application by Queensland Diagnostic Imaging for... - Calare Electorate: Light the Night (1 speech)
I wish to draw the attention of the House to the fact that, last Friday night, the Orange community came together in Cook Park to unite in hope and raise funds to support families with blood... - South Australia: Floods (1 speech)
Recently we had terrible storms in South Australia, with some 80,000 lightning strikes and severe blackouts. I was in my house in the Barossa Valley on that night and it was like being thrown... - Dawson Electorate: Sugar Cane Industry (1 speech)
I rise to highlight an issue of urgent concern in my electorate, which covers the two largest sugar-growing districts in the nation. All sugar mills in the Burdekin are owned by the Singaporean... - Mayo Electorate: Men's Sheds (1 speech)
I recently had the great opportunity and privilege to be invited to visit the Victor Harbor Men's Shed. Men's sheds are wonderful community organisations that provide men of all ages the chance... - Banks Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
This morning I would like to reflect on a number of important community organisations in my electorate that are doing great work in my area. Recently, I attended the 37th annual Lugarno Lions... - Cyprus (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about a wonderful event I attended on the weekend in my electorate and to pay tribute to those people that organised the event—that was the Cyprus Community Festival,... - Medicare (1 speech)
I have a view—some may call it ideological—that regardless of people's politics the main thing I am most proud of as an Australian is that, in times of crisis such as ill health,... - Marriage (1 speech)
The Turnbull government's proposed same-sex marriage plebiscite is a gross waste of money by a government that bemoans a 'budget emergency'. This plebiscite was never about achieving justice and... - Victorian Parliament (2 speeches)
It is my hope that today brings an end to one of Victoria's saddest political periods: hopefully the vacant position that exists in the Victorian Legislative Council—and has existed for the...
