House debates
Thursday, 16 February 2017
- Macquarie Electorate: St Albans Common (1 speech)
St Albans Common in the electorate of Macquarie was granted to early settlers and residents of the Macdonald Valley by Queen Victoria, and has been successfully managed since 1824 by valley... - Murray Electorate: Murray-Darling Basin Authority (1 speech)
Strong rural and regional growth is critical to Australia's future, and investments in infrastructure and decentralisation are the cornerstones to this growth. The National Party, as part of the... - Parramatta Electorate: Parramatta War Memorial Pool (1 speech)
When Rob Stokes, the former planning minister in New South Wales, left his position recently, he started to call for the Warringah pool in his electorate to remain open. It is a shame that when... - Ikin, Ms Noeline (1 speech)
On Tuesday next week, in the small community of Mareeba, west of Cairns, there will be a huge outpouring of community loss and grief at the funeral of Noeline Ikin, a very special woman who has... - Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
Here is a good question for the government: what have coalition governments ever really done for Australia? What has this mob done lately for Australians? The same as all coalition governments of... - Nightlife Music: crowdDJ (1 speech)
Mr Deputy Speaker, did you know that there are more than 40 million songs in circulation around the world today? If you tried to listen to them back to back, you would be listening for over 200... - Ovarian Cancer (1 speech)
Last night, my fellow ovarian cancer ambassadors the member for Higgins and Senator Sarah Hanson-Young and I hosted our fifth annual Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month drinks for female politicians... - Manly Warringah Gymnastics Club (1 speech)
Last Saturday I had the great pleasure to tour the Manly Warringah Gymnastics Club in Cromer. The achievements of this club are nothing short of astounding. The club has 2,371 members and over... - Women's Legal Service Victoria (1 speech)
I rise today to share with the House the state of funding for the Women's Legal Service Victoria. I met yesterday with Helen Matthews and Joanna Fletcher, like many of my Victorian colleagues, to... - Fall of Singapore: 75th Anniversary (1 speech)
Of the 65 nurses who boarded the SS Vyner Brooke as Singapore fell, this week in February 1942, only 24 returned to Australia. This was the single biggest loss of Australian nurses during the two... - National Affordable Housing Agreement (1 speech)
Today I am calling on all members of parliament, in particular members of the coalition parties, to back my call to save the National Affordable Housing Agreement, because we know it is under... - Medical Workforce (1 speech)
The current system of training doctors is failing the communities of western New South Wales and it is failing country communities across Australia. Charles Sturt University has a plan to do... - Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017 (1 speech)
I rise to condemn this Prime Minister and this government for their conduct in this place in the last 24 hours in attempting to ram through substantial legislation in relation to a historic land... - Fisher Electorate: Maleny Dairies (3 speeches)
I rise today to congratulate Maleny Dairies on their outstanding win in the 2017 Australian Grand Dairy Awards last Thursday. This local business in my electorate of Fisher had their Farmers... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I have just been to a barbecue—which is a great, Aussie thing to do—hosted by the Parliamentary Friends of Rare Disease. I bet many members in this House do not realise that two... - Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
I am pleased to rise today and reflect on the Turnbull government's reforms of the VET FEE-HELP system, Labor's failed policy, last year. Here is why. Last week I was contacted by a young... - International Women's Day (1 speech)
For this year's International Women's Day I will be hosting the Inaugural Women of Lindsay Awards in Penrith to celebrate the incredible and dedicated work of the women in my community who are... - Telecommunications (1 speech)
Today I call on telecommunication companies to provide accurate and truthful information to consumers when they purchase an NBN broadband plan. Increasingly, retail service providers are... - Politics (1 speech)
It has only been two months in 2017 and a lot has changed in the world, a lot of it because of what has happened on the other side of the Pacific. A country that you may have your views about... - Renewable Energy (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, I am sure you have seen the scene from A Few Good Menwhen Jack Nicholson's character, Colonel Nathan R Jessep, says to Tom Cruise's character, Daniel Kaffee, 'You can't handle the...
