House debates
Monday, 27 March 2017
- Legal Aid: Southern Community Justice Centre (1 speech)
I rise today to express the outrage that many in my electorate are feeling over the Attorney-General's reckless cuts to our community legal centres. As a result of a very poor decision by the... - Bonner Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hosting the student leaders afternoon tea for new school leaders around the Bonner electorate. Joining me on the day was my good friend Andy Gourley, the... - Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
The Commonwealth Grants Commission announced last week that WA's return from GST, collected in that state, will be 34c in the dollar and that is up from 30c. There is understandable outrage... - Deakin Electorate: Deakin Twilight Cup (1 speech)
A couple of weeks ago the Melbourne East Netball Association held the annual Deakin Twilight Cup, an event that I have been thrilled to jointly host over the past four years. The tournament sees... - Centrelink (1 speech)
Every week my office takes on new cases that emerge from the torrent of issues generated by the Centrelink system, which is in crisis. The cases are new; the issues are well worn. They typically... - Hume Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
Today I want to salute just some of the many thousands of highly-valued volunteers in my electorate. The tireless community work of these quiet achievers has in many cases, quite literally, been... - Hume Electorate: Men's Shed (1 speech)
This morning I have come to talk about the men's shed in my electorate. I was very pleased to be at the opening of the shed on March 4, alongside the shed boss man and president, Michael Siegle,... - Forde Electorate: Building Stronger Communities Grants Program (1 speech)
It is always good to see my neighbour, the member for Wright, in the chair. The coalition government's Stronger Communities program is a tremendous success. I would like to take this opportunity... - Broadband (1 speech, 1 comment)
What has happened to broadband in this country is nothing short of a travesty. Labor's full fibre NBN had indeed the potential to be the single greatest economic enabler for our country in... - Bowman Electorate: Survey (2 speeches)
In the coming weeks, we will again be conducting Redland's biggest survey, which has been held four years in a row now and probably has the largest collation of electorate-wide data in the...
