House debates
Wednesday, 14 June 2017
- Department of Immigration and Border Protection (1 speech)
Twenty thousand people—that is the approximate number of residents in Melbourne's south-east who attended the department of immigration office in Dandenong over the past year. Twenty... - Mackellar Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
It is an honour to stand here today and offer my congratulations to those who have given tireless service to their community and the nation. As a local member, I am continually astonished at the... - Chinese-Australian Community (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the Victorian government on its recent apology to the descendants of nearly 20,000 Chinese-Australian goldminers who were forced to walk 500 kilometres from South... - Bradfield Electorate: Innovation (1 speech)
I rise to speak about innovators in Bradfield, and I am pleased to say that there is an enormous amount of activity going on amongst businesses and innovators. I recently had the chance to visit... - Kennedy Electorate: Mining (3 speeches)
This place has been rife with—it is on the news this morning, again, and the Labor people should particularly tune in here—the anti-coal movement. Let's just face it: it is an... - Boothby Electorate: Rail (1 speech)
I am delighted that my electorate of Boothby will see not one but two major rail projects commenced and concluded in the near future. As my local residents and businesses know, one of these is... - Kingston Electorate: Port Noarlunga Beach Sculpture (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge the efforts of the Port Noarlunga community in completing a new sculpture at Port Noarlunga beach. My electorate of Kingston is home to many beautiful beaches,... - Calare Electorate: Portland, Cudal and Blayney Men's Sheds (1 speech)
Last week I visited the Portland, Cudal and Blayney men's sheds. They have each received funding under the 2017 community volunteer grants program. The Portland Men's Shed are receiving $1,500,... - Duffy, Reverend Frank, OAM (1 speech)
Today I want to pay tribute to Reverend Frank Duffy of Corlette from my electorate of Paterson, who was awarded the Order of Australia medal in the Queen's Birthday honours list this week.... - Edith Cowan University (2 speeches)
Edith Cowan University in my electorate has been named, today, as an academic centre of cybersecurity excellence by the minister for education and the minister for cyber security. The federal...
