House debates
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
- Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Earlier this month I visited the Kakuma UNHCR refugee camp near the border of Kenya and South Sudan. It's a part of the modern international refugee challenge that is little discussed in the... - Income Tax (1 speech)
Earlier today I had a meeting with the Treasurer, and we discussed the personal income tax relief this government has just delivered for hardworking Australians. We talked about what the tax... - Live Animal Exports, Djap Wurrung, Earthworker Cooperative Project, Petition: Ethical Labelling (1 speech)
Australians have been shocked by the latest images of unimaginable suffering on Australia's live export ships. We have seen thousands of animals packed together condemned to suffer on an... - Marine Conservation (1 speech)
Let's make our reef great again. As a child, I grew up watching the yachts in Pittwater, the rock fishermen at Long Reef, surfers and swimmers braving the elements for an early morning dip, and... - Racial Discrimination Act (1 speech)
Sometimes politics is full of surprises, but at other times it is sadly predictable. So when I heard Senator Amanda Stoker say yesterday during a television interview, '18C has got to go,' I was... - Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 speech)
I want to thank the parliament for the honour and privilege of representing the people of Australia at the United Nations 11th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the...
