House debates
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
- Parramatta Electorate: Community Legal Centres (1 speech)
We all remember the dreadful 2014 Abbott-Hockey budget but many would not know that in the middle of all the other punitive cuts was a 30 per cent cut to community legal centres to take place on... - Bradfield Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
Australia Day was very significant in the electorate of Bradfield, as it was around the country. Some eight constituents received a Medal of the Order of Australia, and I want to acknowledge... - Workplace Relations (3 speeches)
There has been no greater asset to Australia than the Australian trade union movement, both in protecting wages and conditions and in service to the country. We saw this best through the accord... - Bangerang Nation (1 speech)
I wish to acknowledge the Ngunnawal people, the traditional owners of the land on which this parliament meets, and pay my respect to elders past and present. There is a Bangerang cultural centre... - Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital (1 speech)
I am pleased to announce to the parliament today that from 6 March the Mount Barker District Soldiers' Memorial Hospital will begin a three-month trial of having an overnight doctor. This is... - HMAS Perth (1 speech)
Seventy-five years ago today Australia was marred with the loss of 350 lives during the fierce sinking of HMAS Perth. In the days before the Battle of Sunda Strait, the American, British, Dutch... - National Cervical Screening Program (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the government's bungling of the life-saving Cervical Screening Program. This is the program that, of course, was tendered to Telstra Health. This is something that... - Boothby Electorate: Seacliff Recreation Centre (1 speech)
Last week I visited the Seacliff Recreation Centre to meet with the wonderful centre volunteers and to see how our coalition government community grant has helped the centre do what it does best... - Community Legal Centres (1 speech)
Last year the National Association of Community Legal Centres held their annual conference in Fremantle, and it was a privilege to be in the company of people from around Australia who undertake... - Calare Electorate: Gulgong Show (2 speeches)
I often tell people that if you want to know what country communities are all about then come and have a look at a country show. It is show season in central western New South Wales at the...
