House debates
Monday, 23 October 2017
- Broadband (1 speech)
Last week we saw the release of damning figures about customer complaints regarding the NBN. In April we heard the Minister for Communications say that 2017 would be the year of the consumer.... - Goldstein Electorate: Connor's Run 2017 (1 speech)
It is just such an incredible privilege to represent the people of Goldstein in this place. I know you, Deputy Speaker Buchholz, share that about your community as much as I do. But what makes me... - Luciano, Mr Michael (1 speech)
A couple of months ago, I spoke in this place about a constituent of mine, Michael Luciano. Michael is 13 and has severe global delay, epilepsy and cerebral palsy. It seems that, like a lot of... - Sunset Soaring Club, Eryldene Foundation and Trust (1 speech)
I rise to speak about two organisations in my electorate that are quite different in character and in purpose. The first of them is the Sunset Soaring Club, which originated with a group of model... - Industrial Foundation for Accident Prevention, Headspace Fremantle (1 speech)
Mental Health Week, which took place earlier this month, was an opportunity to acknowledge the prevalence and relative normality of mental ill health; to recognise that all of us will have... - Life Expectancy (1 speech)
We often see reports throughout our news media that create the impression that life on this planet is getting a lot worse, that we're polluting the planet and here in Australia we're making it... - National Week of Deaf People (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge National Week of Deaf People. Specifically, I would very much like to acknowledge the work of groups such as Deaf Australia, Can Do Group—which is in my... - Calare Electorate: Lions Clubs (1 speech)
This year the world celebrates the centenary of Lions Clubs. The Lions boast 46,000 clubs worldwide with over 1.6 million members. Their centenary is an incredible milestone. As I travel around... - Australian Federal Police Bravery Awards (2 speeches)
I would like to draw the attention of this place to an Australian Federal Police bravery award awarded to two counterterrorism officers targeted in a frenzied attack by teenage jihadist Numan... - Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program (2 speeches)
Earlier this year I participated in the Australian Defence Force Parliamentary Program by attending the Army's Combined Arms Training Centre, which includes the School of Artillery and the School...