House debates
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
- Pensions and Benefits, Youth Jobs PaTH Program (1 speech)
I rise today to raise in this place my concerns about the direction that this government is taking in relation to unemployed people across this country. It seems that its continuing obsession... - Berowra Electorate: Local Government (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge three councillors not seeking re-election to the local council on Saturday. I didn't know Steve Russell until after he was elected as Mayor of Hornsby, and I played no... - Child Care (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about the importance of appreciating and valuing our childcare workers, often referred to, importantly, as our early educators. Ask any parent who sends their child to child... - Fisher Electorate: Sunshine Coast University Hospital (1 speech)
I want to ensure that the seat of Fisher is the place to be for education, employment and retirement. This mission is the driving force behind the campaigns that I fight for at a local level and... - Climate Change (3 speeches)
I have been presented with a climate justice petition signed by nearly 800 residents from my electorate of Mayo. These signatures are among the more than 25,000 signatures collected in 90... - Capricornia Electorate: Awal Medical Centre (1 speech)
Last month, I had the fortune of meeting Dr Rajendra Awal and Yogita Awal, a formidable team delivering medical care for the people of Sarina. I was in Sarina to announce that their practice,... - Macarthur Electorate: Ganeshotsav Festival (1 speech)
Last Saturday, 2 September, I attended the 22nd Ganeshotsav Festival at the Whitlam Leisure Centre in Liverpool. This is an event to celebrate Lord Ganesh, the Hindu god of learning and of... - Dunkley Electorate (1 speech)
It has been an honour and a privilege to serve the people of Dunkley over the past 12 months and the extraordinary area in which we live. Dunkley has, as I like to say, the best of the city, the... - Parramatta Electorate: Merrylands Soccer Football Club, Parramatta Electorate: Wentworthville Tamil Study Centre (1 speech)
I would like to congratulate the Merrylands Soccer Football Club premier league team for their success not only on the field but in making our community a better place. Most of the team are... - Groom Electorate: Highfields and District (2 speeches)
I rise to speak of the magnificent community of Highfields, which is just north to my home city of Toowoomba. It was settled many years ago by originally largely German families as a rural area.... - Paterson Electorate: Hunter Youth Transition Advisory Group (1 speech)
High unemployment is a continuing blight on my electorate of Paterson. It currently stands at 10.8 per cent, while general unemployment is 4.1 per cent. I'm therefore really pleased to be helping... - Banks Electorate: St. Raphael's Catholic Primary School, Australian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce (1 speech)
On 21 August, I visited St Raphael's Catholic Primary School in South Hurstville to talk to kids in year 5 and 6 about government. They had visited Parliament House on 11 August. It was really... - Tasmania: Broadband (1 speech)
Senator Urquhart and I are again calling on the Prime Minister to direct NBN Co to deliver fibre-to-the-curb technology to the west coast of Tasmania. NBN Co's response last week to questions on... - Farrer Electorate: Business (1 speech)
I rise to provide the House with an overview of a very welcome visit by the Prime Minister to my electorate a fortnight ago, despite his enormously busy schedule. It was my pleasure to show the... - Chifley Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I extend my congratulations to two major businesses that have opened up in the last couple of weeks in the Chifley electorate that are providing hundreds of jobs to locals. To Costco, I extend my... - Hinkler Electorate: HMAS Tobruk (1 speech)
I want to update the Fed Chamber on the HMAS Tobruk and progress on hopefully soon creating a dive wreck in my region of Hinkler, about 15 nautical miles off the beach from a lovely place,... - Petition: Climate Change (2 speeches)
Today I want to table, with the indulgence of the chair, a community petition on climate change signed by around 200 of my constituents. They came to see me in my office. This shows that, as we... - Goldstein Electorate: Community Planning Forums (1 speech)
I'd like to talk about two upcoming forums in the wonderful electorate of Goldstein. On 12 September there will be two community planning forums held, in Highett and Beaumaris. They will be... - Wakefield Electorate: Holden (1 speech)
If I have my figures right, we're coming up to the four-year anniversary of the Abbott-Turnbull government— An opposition member: Shame! A government member: Four years too short! An... - Junior Mineral Exploration Tax Credit (2 speeches)
I rise today to thank the Prime Minister for his visit last week to your home town, Madam Acting Deputy Speaker Price, the city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. While the big-ticket item was the welcome...
