House debates
Thursday, 18 October 2018
- Australian Values Study (1 speech)
The Australian Values Study, released this week, found that one-third of Australians think it is good to 'have a strong leader who does not have to bother with parliament and elections'.... - Lolatgis, Mrs Helen (2 speeches)
It always gives me great joy to send birthday wishes to my constituents in my electorate for their milestone birthdays. This weekend I will be together with my family, celebrating a very special... - Randwick City Football Club (1 speech)
I wish to congratulate all of the players, coaches and officials of the Randwick City Football Club on another very successful season as part of the Eastern Suburbs Football Association. For the... - Community Leadership (1 speech)
Community leadership is extremely important. In the parliament this week we've had three regional leadership programs visiting. The work these programs do in developing our future leaders across... - Citizenship (1 speech)
Two hundred and forty-two thousand—that's the latest count of Australians waiting to be approved for citizenship under the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison government. That's up from 27,000 in... - Review of Religious Freedom (1 speech)
Fake news reports have already hijacked serious debate on religious liberty by falsely suggesting the Ruddock review recommended faith based schools be allowed to expel students and sack teachers... - Charles Darwin University (1 speech)
Recently the Charles Darwin University Students' Association held an election to elect representatives for the coming year. I'd like to congratulate the new executive of the CDU Students'... - World Osteoporosis Day (1 speech)
Today is World Osteoporosis Day. Osteoporosis is the fragile-bone disease that causes painful, debilitating and costly fractures, particularly on the hip and spine, and is something that affects... - Mayo Electorate: National Landcare Awards (1 speech)
Landcare has achieved so much for our environment, and I salute all winners and the 65 finalists in the National Landcare Awards, announced last week. But I wish to make special mention of two... - Murray Electorate: Shepparton Club Outstanding Achievers Awards (1 speech)
Last Sunday, 14 October, I had the opportunity to attend the Shepparton Club's Outstanding Achievers Awards, where the Shepparton Club takes the time to honour all the outstanding achievers from... - Canberra Electorate: Fearless Comedy Gala (1 speech)
On average, one woman a week is murdered as a result of domestic violence, one in four women has experienced emotional abuse by a current or former partner since the age of 15 and family violence... - Leichhardt Electorate: Health Services (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate the Prime Minister and the health minister on their recent announcement of a competitive public application process for 20 new Medicare-eligible MRI licences at locations... - Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
The situation for refugees detained on Nauru is now critical. The Morrison government must take immediate, real action to address a collapsing and dire health situation for those refugees and... - Wentworth By-Election (1 speech)
On Saturday, Wentworth residents choose who will represent them in this place. Like many people, I'd rather there wasn't a by-election. But there's a choice to be made about who is going to stand... - Morrison Government (1 speech)
Day 4 of 'The Muppet Show' and it just gets better and better. Not to be outdone, the Nationals have begun leadership speculation, according to media reports this morning and according to some of... - Searl, Mr Geoff (1 speech)
The only thing in that speech that made sense was the quote from the member for Goldstein. In 2002, Geoff Searl won the Pittwater Medal for service to the community—an entirely deserving... - Member for Durack (1 speech)
How would you feel if you were the member for Moore, Canning, Swan, Stirling, Forrest, Tangney or Pearce? After the member for Curtin's quixotic quest for the prime ministership failed, the... - Boothby Electorate: Paringa Park Primary School (1 speech)
There are so many talented people in my community, and none more so than at Paringa Park Primary School in North Brighton, as I discovered when I had the privilege of being a guest judge at... - Coalition Government (1 speech)
For eight hours today, our IT and email systems would not work. In any normal week, you wouldn't point your finger at the member for Fadden and say that he'd exceeded our entire parliamentary... - Calare Electorate: Roads (3 speeches)
One of the great unfinished road projects in central-western New South Wales is a decent road link between Orange and Mudgee across the Macquarie River at Dixons Long Point. Indeed, I often refer...
