House debates
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
- Child Care (1 speech)
It's now less than two weeks until the government's childcare subsidy changes begin—changes that will leave 279,000 Australian families worse off, changes that will leave 2½ thousand... - YWAM Medical Ships Australia (1 speech)
YWAM Medical Ships Australia do an incredible job providing medical services in highly challenging, remote areas of Papua New Guinea. My beautiful wife, Yolonde, is the first Cairns community... - Men's Health Week, Men's Sheds (1 speech)
I'm proud to be a men's health ambassador. Last week we celebrated Men's Health Week. To mark the occasion, I was proud to sponsor a men's health expo, which was held in Darwin, down at Raintree... - Brisbane Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
It's important to sometimes pause and reflect on the efforts of those who make our country a better place. I wish to recognise some very worthy Brisbane residents who received awards in the... - North Queensland: Water Infrastructure (1 speech)
We have the extraordinary phenomenon of the federal government going into the third election—this will be their third election—in which they have promised water development in North... - Friend, Mr Brian, OAM (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to an outstanding member of the Mackellar community, Brian Friend OAM. In 2013 Brian was awarded the medal of the Order of Australia for services to touch football and the... - Regional Tasmania: Broadband (1 speech)
We've heard a lot about aspiration this week. Well, Vince Cooney has an aspiration. Vince runs a bed and breakfast in the Derwent Valley in my electorate. Vince's aspiration is to run a... - Seacliff Surf Life Saving Club (1 speech)
On Saturday, 2 June, I attended the Seacliff Surf Life Saving Club presentation night, to mark the end of another successful season. There was plenty to celebrate, with the club having grown to... - Income Tax (1 speech)
I rise today to condemn this government and its unfair tax plan for Australia. This is an arrogant and out-of-touch government, led by an arrogant and out-of-touch Prime Minister. It is no... - Blayney: United Hospital Auxiliaries of New South Wales Inc. (1 speech)
This year, the Blayney United Hospital Auxiliary celebrates its 110th anniversary—a truly remarkable achievement for a community organisation. For over a century, the auxiliary and its... - Western Australia: Darling Range By-Election (1 speech)
There have been a lot of discussions about by-elections in this place. However, there is one that has so far gone unmentioned in Canberra. The state by-election for Darling Range in WA will take... - Small Business (1 speech)
I want to thank the hardworking small-business owners and operators that came along to my small-business forum in Tangney to share their feedback not only with me but with the Minister for Small... - International Development Assistance (1 speech)
There are many things to not like about the Turnbull government's budget, but there's one serious act of destruction that has received little attention so far. That, of course, is the ongoing... - Western Australia: Darling Range By-Election (1 speech)
I was going to talk about how the government has delivered another mobile base station in the town of Waroona, but the member for Burt has raised the by-election of Darling Range, which will be... - Employment (1 speech)
I thought I'd heard it all in this place, but yesterday I was appalled when we heard the Prime Minister telling a 60-year-old aged-care worker from the electorate of Braddon that they should... - Alcoa (1 speech)
I rise to raise serious concerns about the botched demolition by Alcoa of its power station in Anglesea. This is the demolition that I asked Alcoa to delay because of the very poor way it had... - Free Speech (1 speech)
Jarrod Bleijie, formerly Queensland's first law officer in the LNP Newman government, has referred advertising executive and political commentator Dee Madigan to the powerful Ethics Committee of... - Petrie Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
The revolution of women's sport in Australia has taken over our news bulletins due to the undeniable success of our netball, AFL, soccer, rugby league, cricket and most recently the Commonwealth... - Defence Facilities: Chemical Contamination (1 speech)
I would like to ask all members in the chamber to imagine waking up tomorrow morning and finding through the front page of your local newspaper, through your news feed or maybe from a news person... - Thomson, Mr Peter AO (2 speeches)
I, along with the member for Corio, the joint chairs of the Parliamentary Friends of Sport, rise today to remember one of Australia's sporting legends. Peter William Thomson passed away this...
