House debates
Monday, 29 May 2017
- Tasmania: Petrol Prices (1 speech)
I recently asked the Prime Minister in question time to intervene on the price of petrol and LPG in Tasmania because prices are absurdly high compared to the mainland. The difference is often in... - Tangney Electorate: Local Sporting Champions (1 speech)
Today I recognise Tangney's Local Sporting Champions. While the grant they receive of $500 does not go too far for young people in Tangney, who have to travel great distances to represent their... - Springwood United Football Club (1 speech)
If you have raised children in the Springwood-Winmalee area in the Blue Mountains in my electorate of Macquarie over the last 50 years, chances are you have had at least one season with the... - Jeff Morgan Gallery (1 speech)
It gives me great pleasure to thank Jeff and Miriam Morgan of Jeff Morgan Gallery in Hawker in the central Flinders Ranges for giving me the honour the last Friday of opening the latest addition... - Passfield, Mr Pat (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate a local Oxley resident, Mr Pat Passfield, who is a true champion in our community. Last Friday I was delighted to host the shadow minister for ageing and mental... - Country Fire Authority (1 speech)
) ( ): I rise to condemn the union attack, backed by Daniel Andrews, on Geelong and regional volunteer members of the Country Fire Authority. In last week's Geelong Advertiser, a full-page... - Tasmania: Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
Tasmanians are very concerned, as I have raised in this place before, about the federal government's inquiry into the GST distribution. Tasmanians are rightly concerned about this because it... - Page Electorate: Hockey, Lollback, Mr Neville (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate the Grafton men's over-50s hockey team that beat Bathurst two to one to win the New South Wales Masters state title recently. The team, which was led by captain... - Lindsay Electorate: Red Shield Appeal (1 speech)
Yesterday, like so many Australians across the country, I volunteered to collect for the Red Shield Appeal in my community of Lindsay. I started my Red Shield Appeal volunteer collection career... - Guteridge, Mr Kevin Robert (1 speech)
We were all saddened on Monday, 15 May 2017 when we learned that former senior sergeant of police and member of the Hervey Bay retired police association Kevin Robert Guteridge, 86 years old, of... - Calwell Electorate: Tanderrum Gardens, Keilor Downs College (1 speech)
Last Friday I had the opportunity to officially open the Tanderrum Gardens at the Keilor Downs Secondary College. It is a great school in my electorate, with excellent teaching and learning... - Swan Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise today to update the House on how the Aged Care Approvals Round, or ACAR, of the Capital Grants Program for 2016-17 will positively impact Swan. Firstly, I would like to congratulate the... - Member for Gilmore (1 speech)
Today I am taking the unusual step of calling on a National Party minister to guarantee $9.4 million in funding in a Liberal Party seat, or, that is, a seat that is currently held by a Liberal... - Egypt's Coptic Community (1 speech)
Last Friday a group of around 60 Coptic Christians headed off in a convoy in two buses making their way to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor, 135 kilometres south of Cairo. They were... - Broadband (1 speech)
It is with utter exasperation that I rise today. It is rare that I reach the point with constituent issues of WTF, but now I simply do not know what to do. I am making a plea to the Minister for... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
I am rising on behalf of the 1,111 clubs around this country, the 2.4 million visitors to clubs and the 21,000 Australians who work in community clubs. There is a constant Labor Party attack on... - Perth Electorate: HBF Run for a Reason (1 speech)
This may have escaped your attention, Madam Deputy Speaker Claydon, but today I have been hobbling around this place like a poor imitation of John Wayne! But I can assure you there is a very good... - Queensland Government (1 speech)
We know the Palaszczuk government needs Greens preferences to stay in power, but this latest move is a blatant insult to long-suffering regions outside the south east corner, including my... - Blair Electorate: St Edmund's College Ipswich Mentoring Program (1 speech)
Last Friday, at Brothers Leagues Club in Ipswich, I had the pleasure of attending the St Edmund's College in Ipswich for their 'Learning from the Professionals' mentoring program launch. It is a... - Berowra Electorate: Arcadia Playgroup (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the official opening of the Arcadia Playgroup shed at the Arcadia Public School markets on 6 May this year, which I performed. I want to particularly acknowledge Karen... - Mason, Mr Herbert (1 speech)
Just after dawn on Anzac Day, I was with many thousands of my constituents at Epping RSL, reflecting on a typically beautiful Anzac Day service, when Herb Mason, the president of the Epping RSL,... - Brookes, Mr Lane (1 speech)
Last week I was honoured to welcome to Parliament House a young community leader, Lane Brookes, from Roma in my electorate of Maranoa. Lane and 49 other young Indigenous men and women travelled... - Longman Electorate: Caboolture Neighbourhood Centre (1 speech)
I rise to give a statement in this final 92nd session in the Federation Chamber on a Monday afternoon. Opportunities to speak of the good of our electorates are important in representing the... - Road Safety (1 speech)
Last Friday, I attended the Fatality Free Friday event in my city of Toowoomba, chaired by the deputy mayor, Carol Taylor, and addressed by our mayor, Paul Antonio. This was a most significant... - Broadband (1 speech)
I rise to speak about the diabolical farce that is the rollout of the National Broadband Network in my electorate of Grayndler. My office is currently inundated with requests from constituents... - Moore Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
I welcome the announcement on Friday that the coalition government has allocated $9.5 million in federal funding for an additional 145 aged-care places within my electorate of Moore, including 60... - Port Stephens Koalas (1 speech)
Port Stephens Koalas is a volunteer organisation in my electorate of Paterson that works tirelessly to rescue and care for sick and injured koalas. The urban threats to our koala population are... - First Home Super Saver Scheme (1 speech)
Budget 2017 is a good budget. There has been a lot of talk about its demonstrated commitment to education, small business, infrastructure, jobs, families and seniors. But what about young people?... - Yeronga State School Fete (1 speech)
On Saturday I went to the Yeronga State School fete and helped out on the barbeque stall. On behalf of the organising committee, I want to thank many of the volunteers connected with that... - Fairfax Electorate: Seniors Advisory Committee (2 speeches)
There is no doubt that we Australians owe a great debt to our older citizens, our seniors. If it were not for them, our country would not be as safe, secure and prosperous as it is today. The...
