House debates
Thursday, 20 September 2018
- Gellibrand Electorate: Indian Community (1 speech)
The Australian way is to stand beside a mate in need, and we all know that Australian farmers and their families are doing it tough at the moment, struggling to pay the bills and buy feed in the... - Petitions: Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
I rise today to table this petition on behalf of the WAFarmers organisation, which represents family farms and business throughout my electorate of O'Connor and more broadly across WA. This... - Parramatta Electorate: Creativity Unleashed Expo (1 speech)
I encourage everybody in Parramatta and surrounds to come on down to Creativity Unleashed on 6 October. It's a great local expo, originally started by the Community Migrant Resource Centre, that... - United Nations General Assembly (1 speech)
Firstly I'd like to thank my party members in Gilmore and people across Australia who have sent good-luck wishes and supportive messages this week. The loyalty of those special Liberal branch... - Education: Politics and Government (1 speech)
I'd like to take issue with the idea that young people are necessarily cynical about politics. I don't think that's true, and it shouldn't be. Kids probably don't learn about Pericles at primary... - Live Animal Exports (1 speech)
My community has been justifiably outraged with footage of the past treatment of sheep within the live export trade. I have met with my constituents and heard their concerns. If the export... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
In the past fortnight we've learned that more than 120 plasterers at the Royal Hobart Hospital redevelopment have not been paid for months. Where was the government's tough cop on the beat, the... - North Queensland (1 speech)
North Queensland is a major economic driver for this nation, but there are many untapped tourism opportunities for new resorts and new experiences around the reef, the rainforest and the outback.... - Khawam, Squadron Leader Lucas (2 speeches)
Each year, like so many of my colleagues, I take great pleasure in hosting a member of the Australian Defence Force as part of the parliamentary exchange program. Each year I am always amazed at... - Murray-Darling Basin Plan (1 speech)
We understand that MINCo, the meeting of all the water ministers, will be held in mid-December. At MINCo, we're going to have a piece of work from the last MINCo meeting to do with the social and... - Climate Change (1 speech)
Nuclear weapons and climate change are probably the only man-made phenomena capable of destroying life as we know it on earth, but you wouldn't know it from the way this government behaves. Just... - Petrie Electorate: Redcliffe Dolphins (1 speech)
I want to give a shout-out to the Redcliffe Dolphins rugby league team in my electorate of Petrie, who this Sunday will play in the Queensland Intrust Super Cup grand final at Lang Park against... - World Pharmacists Day (1 speech)
World Pharmacists Day is being marked next Tuesday, 25 September. The theme this year is: 'pharmacists are your medicines experts'. I have been a registered pharmacist for 20 years, working in... - Queensland: Live Music (1 speech)
Queensland Labor policies are slowly strangling the live music scene in Brisbane. The most comprehensive study to date, undertaken by the University of Tasmania, shows that the economic value of... - NT Water Safety Week, Veterans' Health Week (1 speech)
This weekend marks the beginning of NT Water Safety Week. The National drowning report, released by Royal Life Saving, has Tasmania and the Northern Territory with the highest rates of drowning... - Boathouse Group (1 speech)
I rise today to recount the tale of Andrew Goldsmith, who along with his wife, Pip, founded the Boathouse Group. The group was formed in 2008 with the purchase of Palm Beach Cafe. The old... - Women in Sport (1 speech)
Yesterday was a typical Wednesday in the parliament. The day began for the Parliamentary Owls netball team playing against the DeafACT team, outside on the parliamentary court. It was a terrific... - Boothby Electorate: Brighton Lacrosse Club (1 speech)
Last weekend the Brighton Bombers Lacrosse Club finished the 2018 season in truly winning style. All 14 of the club's teams, including their junior women's and men's sides, made the finals, with... - Burt Electorate: Bletchley Park Cup, Australian Football League (1 speech)
Last week I had the honour of presenting the winner's trophy for the Bletchley Park Cup for the second year. The cup is a competition held by Bletchley Park for a number of local schools to... - Calare Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Mr Speaker, as you know, for 160 years people have been trying to get a road and bridge across the Macquarie River at Dixons Long Point between Orange and Mudgee. It would significantly cut the...
