House debates
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Newcastle Electorate: Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards (1 speech)
I rise to honour a team of Newcastle police officers who were recognised last week at the annual Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards here in Parliament House. I wish to congratulate... - Economy (1 speech)
Today is a great day for Australian jobs, particularly in the construction sector. I rise to celebrate how our government is getting on with the job of implementing our national economic plan and... - Sciacca, the Hon. Con, AO (1 speech)
I rise to speak about my friend the Hon. Con Sciacca AO—a great friend to many in this place and an amazing Australian. In my first speech in this place, I said there were people who had... - Page Electorate: Anniversary of Scouts Drowning Tragedy (1 speech)
On 12 December 73 years ago, Grafton experienced one of the worst tragedies it has ever had. It started as the annual Christmas picnic to Susan Island for 31 scouts and cubs. When they were... - McEwen Electorate: Breast Cancer Awareness (1 speech)
Today I want to congratulate two young women in my electorate who are working hard to raise awareness of breast cancer and to get funds for this important cause. Kiara lost her mother, Michaela,... - New Colombo Plan (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate Eloise Adsett from Scarborough, who was this week officially awarded a New Colombo Plan scholarship. The New Colombo Plan has been overseen by the Minister for... - Turnbull Government (1 speech)
Another parliamentary sitting day and another pratfall for the Prime Minister. Earlier today the Senate supported Labor's move to reduce the Turnbull-Joyce government's 32 per cent backpacker tax... - Kale, Ms Rebecca (1 speech)
On this momentous day, when the ABCC has been brought back to the Australian construction industry, I rise today to speak about one of my younger constituents, Rebecca Kale of South Perth.... - Broadband (1 speech)
I have spoken many, many times in this House about how my community has been totally neglected by the Turnbull government's NBN rollout map. This is despite some areas of Canberra having the... - Hughes Electorate: Community Awards (1 speech)
Volunteers are the glue that hold our community together. They are the ones we can count on in times of need to lend a helping hand and they ask nothing in return. And since 1997 the Hughes... - Law Enforcement (1 speech)
It is becoming an all-too-familiar story: like many of my Labor colleagues, my electorate was visited during the recent election by the Minister for Justice, who came promising federal funding... - Schools (1 speech)
The whole of Australia is grieving today with the results of an education study showing that we have fallen to 28th in the world—behind Kazakhstan, Slovenia and every other nation you have... - Health Care (1 speech)
It is with some sadness that I rise to inform the House about the loss of funding for the Kentish health service in my electorate, with four weeks' notice. They are now scrambling to tell staff... - Parliamentary Friendship Group for Armenia (1 speech)
Australia is home to one of the largest diasporas of people with an Armenian background. Some 50,000 Australians trace their heritage to this part of the world. Armenians have long been part of... - Work for the Dole (1 speech)
This lead paragraph in a Tory Shepherd piece featured in the Adelaide Advertiser is absolutely staggering: A SEMAPHORE man dug through a pile containing asbestos while part of a Work for the Dole... - Movember (1 speech)
I rise today on the very serious issue of men's health and also to explain the hairy abomination that has manifested itself on my top lip this month of 'Movember'. The idea of Movember was... - Townsville Hospital (1 speech)
I rise in this place today to give a huge vote of thanks to the amazing and dedicated doctors, nurses and all staff at the Townsville Hospital. Whilst I have been here in Canberra for these two... - Working Holiday Maker Program (5 speeches)
Yesterday, I rose in this place to speak about how relieved I was that I had finally been able to report back to my electorate of Murray that we had found a resolution on the backpacker tax... - Pest Control (1 speech)
Carenda Jenkins, in the Herbert River Express, says it all: 'The bats are smelling out the place in hot, steamy weather. Pigs and rats are chewing through millions of dollars of cane, whilst... - Groom Electorate: Pittsworth District Alliance (1 speech)
I have shared with the House the successes and the challenges in the electorate of Groom, particularly in Toowoomba and certainly around Oakey. The other important rural township of Pittsworth I...
