House debates
Wednesday, 22 August 2018
- India: Floods (1 speech)
Over the last few weeks we have seen devastating images coming out of Kerala, India, with millions of locals being affected by torrential flooding in the south. August rainfall in the state so... - North Sydney Electorate: Drought Fundraising (1 speech)
Like all Australians, residents of my electorate have been moved by the plight of farmers affected by the drought. Our connection with those living and working on the land runs deep, even in the... - India: Floods (1 speech)
I, too, wish to reflect on the terrible situation in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where almost 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 lives lost in a rising death toll as a... - Parliamentary Behaviour (1 speech)
King Solomon was brought a baby and asked to judge which one of the two women was its mother. He suggested cutting the baby in half. One woman was happy to see it divided, out of spite, at the... - Solomon Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
On the wisdom of King Solomon, I associate myself with the comments of the member opposite. Australia deserves better than this mob and what we're currently getting—but I digress. On Sunday... - Drought (1 speech)
() (): When drought hits, as widespread and severe as it is in New South Wales and Queensland, there are repercussions. When production goes down, costs go up. We export 75 per cent of what we... - Victoria: Rural Community Leadership (1 speech)
On behalf of everybody here, can I welcome the Loddon-Mallee-Murray community leaders that have joined us today. Last night we had a great discussion about: if they were Prime Minister of this... - Chisholm Electorate: Huntingtower School (1 speech)
Last Friday, together with our foreign minister, the Hon. Julie Bishop, I had the honour of officially opening the Performing Arts Centre at Huntingtower School in Mount Waverley. This was a true... - Indi Electorate (1 speech)
Colleagues, I would like to introduce you to some of the members of Benalla P-12 College in the gallery. Thank you and welcome. I've had the delightful experience today of having lunch with Alex,... - Victoria: Rural Community Leadership (1 speech)
The 90-second statements theme seems to be about leadership, and there's a reason for that. In the gallery today are people from the Northern Mallee Leaders and the Loddon Murray Community... - Turnbull Government, Payday Loans (1 speech)
There are three words to describe the Turnbull government: chaos, division and dysfunction. Time and again we're seeing this government ripping itself apart while ordinary working Australians are... - Australian Bushfires (1 speech)
A dry autumn and a dry spring were precursors to Ash Wednesday and Black Saturday. I'll repeat that: a dry autumn and a dry spring were precursors to Ash Wednesday and Black Saturday and the... - Turnbull Government, Payday Loans (1 speech)
We all were gripped by our television screens as we watched the final fizzle of this fizzer government, not half an hour ago. Prime Minister Turnbull dumped his signature tax cuts policy. On this... - Wright Electorate: Canungra Show (1 speech)
I rise to speak on the drought. This weekend we will be celebrating in my electorate the 80th anniversary of the Canungra Show. Competitors and office bearers at this year's show include some of... - Liberal Party Leadership (1 speech)
The coalition parties are focused on the wrong jobs. We've got the former Minister for Border Protection, who we discover has been double-jobbing, after the Prime Minister's job. We've got the... - Dawson Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Back in the real world, when the Labor government was booted out of office in 2013, the Bruce Highway was ranked the 22nd most dangerous highway in the world, based on the World Health... - Road Safety (1 speech)
People must despair when they look at what's going on here with all the rubbish and the leadership speculation, because we do things here that matter to people. We make laws that matter. They... - Diabetes (1 speech)
Recently I met with Chelsea Mather and her daughter, Scarlett, two constituents of mine in Dunkley who have type 1 diabetes. Chelsea and Scarlett are on multiple injections of insulin every day.... - Turnbull Government (1 speech)
What do the government stand for? I have to ask that question. What do the government stand for? They have junked four energy policies in two years. Today we saw a another surrender: they... - Committee for Greater Shepparton (2 speeches)
When I first stood for the seat of Murray I came up with a saying to explain what it meant to represent the area where I grew up. That saying was: 'I'm proud. I'm proud to come from Congupna,...
