House debates
Thursday, 2 March 2017
- Housing Affordability (1 speech)
Twelve months ago, Labor announced our housing affordability policy, with reform of negative gearing and capital gains tax. That was 12 months ago. What has happened since? House prices continue... - Queensland: Sugar Industry (1 speech)
Last night the Queensland Labor government, along with Labor lackey Independents in the Queensland parliament, used their numbers to vote against Queensland cane farmers. They voted in favour of... - Housing Affordability (1 speech)
Not long ago, the Herald Sun published an article which called Brunswick East, a suburb in my electorate of Wills, the most difficult suburb in Melbourne in which to buy a house. According to a... - Banks Electorate: WestConnex (1 speech)
A big issue for many people in my electorate is congestion on the M5. Importantly, this is being addressed through the WestConnex project. In February this year, the King Georges Road Interchange... - Housing Affordability (1 speech)
All Australians need the security and stability of a home, yet this dream is increasingly out of reach. We have a housing crisis in Australia: home ownership rates are falling, first home buyers... - Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria: Urban Junior State Championships (1 speech)
Last Saturday I had the opportunity to attend the 44th Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria Urban Junior State Championships in Tatura. There were about 2,000 members and their families there at the... - Housing Affordability (1 speech)
As I move around Macquarie, I find that one subject people feel helpless about is housing, whether they are renters who can never see themselves owning their own home, older women who are fearful... - Leichhardt Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
Mental illness is an invisible barrier that prevents so many in our community from reaching their full potential. But the Junction Clubhouse in Cairns is playing a key role in providing a range... - Housing Affordability (1 speech)
There is a real issue in electorates like Werriwa in Australia at the moment with affordable housing. Young people trying to enter the housing market are being locked out because they just cannot... - Schools (1 speech)
It is the time of year when new school leaders get to put on their badges, and last week I attended the New Farm State School leadership ceremony. The year 6 students there took up their... - Housing Affordability (1 speech)
As we all well know, home ownership is a very important part of our culture. But the great Australian dream is quickly becoming a nightmare for young Australians. That home among the gum trees... - Rural and Regional Australia (1 speech)
To the young people of Petrie and elsewhere: have I got an opportunity for you! One of the best things I have done, back in 2011, right before I put my hand up to represent the people of Petrie,... - Centrelink (1 speech)
We have seen extraordinary scenes during Senate estimates today. We now know that the Minister for Human Services will do anything to distract from his error-prone robo-debt system. The Minister... - Boothby Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Today I would like to recognise Australia Day award recipients from two of my local councils. From the City of Holdfast Bay, I applaud Citizen of the Year Sarah Tinney for the outstanding service... - Building Better Regions Fund (1 speech)
There is a dispute between the Liberal and National parties which is threatening funding of critical projects in Western Australia and other regions. The dispute concerns the boundaries for the... - Calare Electorate: Lithgow Aged Care (1 speech)
Today I would like to draw the attention of this House to the important work that Lithgow Aged Care carries out for the people of the Lithgow area. Lithgow Aged Care Ltd is a community based... - Attorney-General (2 speeches)
Over the past two weeks, we have seen a series of revelations that show that this blundering Attorney-General, inexplicably kept on the front bench by this Prime Minister, has once again misled... - Moore Electorate: Joondalup Health Campus (1 speech)
I am pleased to inform the House that the WA state Liberal government has recently committed $140 million in funding towards the first stage of the master planned expansion of the Joondalup... - Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2 speeches, 1 comment)
This is a government that is utterly consumed with the leadership of its party. That is why the ministers are out the door and the Prime Minister is in the House—they are all discussing the... - Canning Electorate: Employment (3 speeches)
In Canning, 16 per cent of families are currently jobless. That translates to over 3,000 children under the age of 15 growing up with no working role model for the skills and experience that...
