House debates
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
- Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (1 speech)
Later today a parliamentary committee will release a report into the future of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act and we will wait for the government to respond. There should be no... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
We who are elected to this place, our national parliament, spend an inordinate amount of time thinking, debating and legislating important matters of state, as we should. However, let us not... - International Women's Day (1 speech)
This year it was my honour to host an International Women's Day event in partnership with the Melbourne Period Project building on the International Women's Day theme: 'Be bold for change'. At... - Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise to support the coalition government's Increasing Choice in Home Care initiative, which gives elderly people the freedom to choose their home care provider. Many people as they age choose... - Western Australia: Infrastructure (1 speech)
For a government polling as poorly as the Turnbull Liberal government to try to hold Western Australia's infrastructure funding to ransom is a bold move, to say the least. If members in this... - La Trobe Electorate: Berwick and District Show (1 speech)
On the weekend the Berwick and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society hosted the Berwick show. I would like to thank the members of the society. They have a very strong tradition and... - Western Australia: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Since the turn of the year, Western Australia has taken the mantle of bearing the highest unemployment in the country. The Barnett government can now add that milestone to its other achievements,... - Crime (1 speech)
I rise to speak today about what I am doing to address crime and antisocial behaviour in the Pilbara. Last week I hosted a crime forum in Port Hedland, along with my colleagues the Liberal... - Perth Freight Link (1 speech)
I rise to condemn the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport in relation to a matter affecting all Western Australians, one that can only be characterised as conduct of extraordinary delay and... - Flinders, Mr Matthew (1 speech)
A new statue of Matthew Flinders has been unveiled in Port Lincoln. Flinders took three journeys to the Southern Ocean between 1791 and 1810 from his native England. He was only 28 when he... - Western Australia: Roads (1 speech)
I rise today to express my continual disappointment by the failure of the Western Australian state and the federal coalition governments to secure funding for much-needed improvements to Wanneroo... - Lockyer Valley Citizens of the Year (1 speech)
It is not every day that you get to see the sort of teamwork that we have seen from a very special couple from the Lockyer Valley. I speak of no other than Marjory and Lawrie Johansen. Marjory... - Perth Freight Link (1 speech)
Yesterday, in Senate estimates we had the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development confirm something that we have long suspected in relation to the federally funded Perth Freight... - Redman, Ms Heather (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Loganlea Community Association's outgoing centre coordinator Heather Redman for her hard work, dedication and passion to the Loganlea community.... - Perth Freight Link (1 speech)
When the current government announced the Perth Freight Link project in their 2014 budget, I was quite surprised. It was a project that no-one had ever heard of and for which there had been no... - Bonner Electorate: Bonner Bright Stars Award (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to discuss the importance of encouraging the young people of today. There are so many great young people doing incredible things in the electorate of Bonner, so this... - Dobell Electorate: Tacoma Public School (1 speech)
Great things are happening in the gardens of Tacoma Public School. Three days a week at lunchtime students can be found digging, planting, weeding, feeding, watering and harvesting a variety of... - Bennelong Electorate: Bennelong Innovation Fair (1 speech)
You will have received an invitation yesterday for the Bennelong Innovation Fair, which I am hosting in the Great Hall on 27 March. This may be the first time you have heard of it, but it will... - McMahon Electorate: Eastern Creek Incinerator (1 speech)
The New South Wales Liberal government is currently considering a proposal for a massive incinerator at Eastern Creek in my electorate. This proposal must be rejected. This will affect the people... - Robertson Electorate: Coastal Cruisers (2 speeches)
I rise to bring to the attention of the House some inspirational members of our community on the Central Coast who are cycling for a great cause, the Tour de Rocks charity cycle. It is a...
