House debates
Monday, 11 September 2017
- Budget (1 speech)
This is a government that is failing regional Australians every single day, and nowhere more than in my state of Tasmania. This government fails on infrastructure in Tasmania, with no new funding... - Moore Electorate: Horticulture Industry (1 speech)
The horticultural industry in Wanneroo is facing severe water shortages, with the Department of Water indicating that no additional groundwater licences will be allocated for agricultural... - National Party (1 speech)
The people of regional and rural Australia have been abandoned by this government and by the National Party. As I often say, National Party choices hurt, and their choices hurt the people in the... - Page Electorate: Kyogle Billycart Bonanza (1 speech)
The fourth annual Kyogle Billycart Bonanza was another success this year, with hundreds of spectators lining the street as contestants roared past in their homemade billycarts. There were a few... - Nayrouz (1 speech)
On behalf of Labor, I extend my warmest wishes to Coptic communities in Australia and around the world, who are today celebrating the Coptic New Year, Nayrouz. The celebration of Nayrouz is... - Petrie Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
One of the most rewarding times as a federal member is to go to the opening of a long-awaited project in the electorate for which you have fought and which the community has supported you with.... - Energy (1 speech)
The coal industry and the coal-fired power station industry have been continuously attacked by implication on the LNP side of the House and by direct attack from the ALP. I just remind the ALP... - Swan Electorate: Cannington Cops versus Clontarf College (1 speech)
Just before I left for Canberra prior to last week, I attended the inaugural Cannington Cops versus Clontarf College football game down at Curtin University oval, which was AFL. The game was a WA... - Climate Change (3 speeches)
We've just come out of the warmest winter on record. Climate change is real. It's not a religion. It's not something that you believe in or don't believe in. It is science, and our farmers are... - Heritage (1 speech)
Following a spate of recent vandalism where we witnessed Captain Cook's statue in Sydney being spray-painted with slogans, and threats by the opposition leader and other history revisionists to... - Northern Australia (1 speech)
I would like to talk about the development of rural and regional Australia—in particular, northern Australia. We need investment to develop the north. We need investment to boost the... - Capricornia Electorate: Paradise Lagoons Campdraft 2017 (1 speech)
Rockhampton is extremely lucky to be home to Australia's premier campdraft. The well-known Acton family host this at their property Paradise Lagoons. The campdraft is conducted over four days in... - The Nationals (1 speech)
As people woke today to the news headlines and read the front page of the Financial Review there was a collective rolling of the eyes and a sigh that, yet again, the National Party had... - Welfare Reform (1 speech)
I am very pleased to speak about an important new policy initiative being trialled in my local community, in the Bankstown area. That is the government's new drug-testing trial for welfare... - Community Development Program (1 speech)
For the last few years, the government have wanted to talk about anything except inequality, and we now know why. I'm not talking about their attacks on penalty rates and regional Australia; I'm... - Farrer Electorate: Hay Show (1 speech)
On Saturday, I was pleased to be back in the New South Wales Riverina by the banks of the mighty Murrumbidgee River for the 145th Hay Show. If you worked in the shearing sheds, as I did through... - Infrastructure (1 speech)
Nothing signifies this government's neglect of regional Australia more than having a look at the gap between the rhetoric and the reality when it comes to infrastructure. Let's have a look. Black... - Maranoa Electorate: Wine Industry (1 speech)
I rise to congratulation two of Maranoa's fantastic winemakers from the Granite Belt region for their achievements in the 2017 Queensland Wine Awards held last month. Firstly, congratulations to... - Turnbull Government (1 speech)
Last week marked the fourth anniversary of the election of the Abbott government. This week, it will be two years since the member for Wentworth rolled the member for Warringah. But who is... - Corangamite Electorate: National Broadband Network (4 speeches)
Hearing from the member for Hunter, a man who has completely deserted the coal workers of his electorate, is an absolute disgrace! What the Labor Party is doing to coal workers—
