House debates
Thursday, 8 February 2018
- Holt Electorate: Australia Day awards (1 speech)
I wanted to rise tonight here in this place to talk about an exceptional group of people and organisations that I honoured on Australia Day as part of the 14th annual Holt Australia Day awards... - Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
It's appropriate that the minister for law enforcement is in the chamber to hear this speech. The use of drugs in Australia costs our economy $4.4 billion a year. This cost is made up of not only... - Politics (1 speech)
This has been one of the most emotional weeks that I've seen in politics in my 7½ years in this place, a tough week for people on both sides of the House, where the personal has melted into... - Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
This week we've seen the Productivity Commission's report expressing concern about competition in our banking sector. What better example of lack of competition in our banking sector than what... - Van Stuivenberg, Mr Hank, Bartolo, OAM, Mr George (1 speech)
We returned to parliament after the Christmas period. I know many of us in our communities will have had the opportunity to celebrate with locals who received awards around the Australia Day... - Energy (1 speech)
I would just like to take this time to make the Australian public aware of some of the radically higher prices that Australian consumers are paying for electricity compared to what is available...