House debates
Thursday, 25 May 2017
- Environment (1 speech)
Just before Easter this year, I received an email from concerned grade 3 students from Wilmott Park Primary School, in my electorate of McEwen. Amalia, Kiana, Montana and Phoenix told me that... - Veterans (1 speech)
Members of the Australian Ex-Services Atomic Survivors Association were present at a morning tea, which I held with the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, at the Belmont RSL last week—at the... - National Security (1 speech)
On behalf of Labor, I want to again express my utmost condolences to the families of Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson, who tragically lost their lives in the Lindt Cafe siege in 2014. This was a... - Bowman Electorate: Radio Facility (1 speech)
There is a very important radio receiving facility in Birkdale, Queensland along Old Cleveland Road East. It was there that General Macarthur had his communications with the entire Pacific... - National Institutions: Funding (1 speech)
Yesterday's estimates confirmed what we already know about the Turnbull government's harsh, cruel cuts to our national institutions. The Turnbull government's cuts to our national institutions... - Queensland Government (1 speech)
The Queensland Labor government has shown complete ineptitude in its ability to deliver job-creating projects for Central Queensland. The Palaszczuk government has once again shown its inability... - Wombats: Sarcoptic Mange (1 speech)
It gives me no pleasure to rise in my place today to talk yet again about the terrible situation with sarcoptic mange affecting Tasmania's wombats—95 per cent dead in Narawntapu National... - Education (4 speeches)
I would like to ensure that my constituents in the electorate of Hughes are not hoodwinked by the deceptive claims of cuts to school funding. The fact is, if we compare this year to next year, my... - Indonesia: Human Rights (1 speech)
Australia values its close relationship with Indonesia. We enjoy a high degree of cooperation, and so many Australians have experienced the warmth of Indonesian hospitality and the vibrancy of... - Shipping (1 speech)
Next week marks the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the Iron Chieftain off Newcastle. It is a little known fact that, outside of Bomber Command, merchant mariners suffered more casualties than... - Energy (1 speech)
I wish to highlight the damage that rising electricity prices are doing in my electorate of Farrer. The High Court decision to reject restrictions on the amount electricity networks can charge... - Education (1 speech)
Today is Public Education Day. On this side of the House, it is a day we celebrate. It is a day on which we also recommit ourselves to the fight for fairness when it comes to public education in... - Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
The sheer devastation associated with ice use is perhaps one of the most confronting issues facing communities right across my electorate of Maranoa. While sadly weaving a paralysing path through... - Education (1 speech)
Today is Public Education Day, and I stand here absolutely astonished that we in this place have been debating the fact that $22.3 billion has been cut from the education system. The public... - Red Shield Appeal (1 speech)
It was a great honour to attend and speak at the launch of the 2017 Toowoomba Red Shield Appeal official opening function at Fitzy's Tapestry Function Room last week. Together with local business... - National Indigenous Youth Parliament: Aretha Stewart-Brown (1 speech)
Today, on Public Education Day, I want to rise to congratulate an outstanding public school student from my electorate, Williamstown High School student and Gumbaynggirr woman, Aretha... - Veterans (1 speech)
The budget announcement that the government will provide DVA gold cards to participants in the British nuclear testing program of the 1950s and '60s is welcome relief for our veterans—then... - Solomon Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Today marks national public school day, and I want to thank the teachers and staff of the public schools around our great nation. There is a school in my electorate in Darwin called Anula Primary... - South Gippsland Rural Australians for Refugees, Manchester: Attacks (2 speeches)
I have received a letter from the South Gippsland Rural Australians for Refugees, outlining their concerns about the plight of refugees. I would like to table that letter. Leave granted. This...
