House debates
Monday, 22 October 2018
- Indigenous Soldiers (1 speech)
Earlier this year grades 3, 4, 5 and 6 students at St. Bernard's Primary School in Wangaratta read the storybook Alfred's War by Rachel Bin Salleh. It's the story of an Aboriginal World War I... - La Trobe Electorate: Cardinia Gujarati Association (1 speech)
Last Saturday I attended an event organised by the Cardinia Gujarati Association in Packenham. It gave me the greatest pleasure to be part of the event, which is a festival of Gujarati folk dance... - Symonds, Mr Christopher (1 speech)
Lake Michigan in the US is a far cry from the humble Inglis River in my electorate on Tassie's north-west coast, but that's exactly where Wynyard local Chris Symonds made his mark recently,... - St John, Emeritus Professor David (1 speech)
I take this opportunity to recognise a University of Queensland success—Emeritus Professor David St John, who is a local Ryan resident. David has been a mainstay of the materials science... - Tasmania: Bureau of Meteorology (1 speech)
It was my privilege to be able to speak to a rally of 150 or so locals about the Bureau of Meteorology's plan to remove local forecasting out of Tasmania. Locals remain very, very concerned about... - Bennelong Electorate: Granny Smith Festival (1 speech)
I'm always proud to represent Australia's capital of innovation. Bennelong is home to our most innovative companies and has given the world such innovations as the cochlear implant and wi-fi. But... - Booth-McNeill, Ms Tanieka, Oxley Electorate: Darra Street Festival (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge the entrepreneurial spirit of local year 9 student, Tanieka Booth-McNeill, who attends Springfield Central State High School. At the age of 14, she has won valuable... - Brisbane: Live Music (1 speech)
Last month here I raised my concern that Brisbane's live music scene is under threat. The state government is imposing a one-size-fits-all policy that's killing Brisbane's live music industry and... - Hunter Surf Life Saving Club: 100th Anniversary (1 speech)
Today I would like to congratulate the Hunter Surf Life Saving team on the very special milestone of its centenary. One hundred years ago, the First World War had ended and our surf lifesaving... - Breast Cancer Network Australia: 20th Anniversary (1 speech)
This year marks the 20th anniversary since the founding of the Breast Cancer Network Australia, the BCNA, and the inaugural tribute, Field of Women, held here in Canberra in 1998. Just last week... - International Veterans Art Exhibition (1 speech)
This week the inaugural International Veterans Art Exhibition is being held alongside the Invictus Games. This exhibition is the result of over 12 months of planning by a dedicated team of... - Toowoomba: Floods (1 speech)
Just yesterday afternoon Toowoomba endured another significant storm event, with more than 25 millimetres in less than an hour, high winds, trees and branches down causing some damage, and local... - Child Sexual Abuse (1 speech)
This morning in Parliament House several hundred people from around Australia gathered to listen to the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition deliver on behalf of parliament and the... - Cunningham, Mr Barry Thomas (1 speech)
Barry Thomas Cunningham was a Labor member for McMillan from 1980 through to 1990 and then 1993 to 1996. He was a friend of mine, a friend of the family and a friend of the community. In his... - Iran: Human Rights (1 speech)
Three Iranian Kurds—Ramin Hossein Panahi, Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi—were executed last month at Raja'i Shahr prison in Iran. The government of Iran arrested Zaniar and Loghman... - Charitable Fundraising (1 speech)
As it is an electorate with rural areas, Berowra residents have an intrinsic connection with farmers. That's why our government's response to the drought crisis has been welcomed. With an... - Broadband (1 speech)
Feedback is still rolling in about the dismal NBN rollout; and keep it coming, Canberra. I was recently contacted by Ahmed, who lives in Calwell, a suburb that's 14km from where I am standing.... - Dawson Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Stage 1 of the Mackay ring-road, a half a billion project, is already creating 500 jobs in the local economy. But there's more to come. The shorter stages, 2 and 3, will close the loop on this... - Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Today this parliament issued a national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse. I must acknowledge the extraordinary work that was done to advocate for the royal... - Boothby Electorate: Shaz's Ride to Cure (1 speech)
Earlier this month, local Boothby resident Adam Beaumont set off from the Brighton Bombers Football club on Shaz's Ride to Cure. Sixteen-year-old Adam lost his mum, Sharon, to pancreatic cancer... - Dobell Electorate: Toukley Preschool Kindergarten (1 speech)
On Saturday I was privileged to join the celebrations for Toukley Preschool Kindergarten's 50th anniversary with my nephew John. Now John's at big school, he was delighted to visit his old... - Murray Electorate: East Shepparton Bowls Club (1 speech)
The East Shepparton Bowls Club in Shepparton is one of the most vibrant sporting clubs of the Goulburn Valley. The club is a completely self-funded, privately-run club with 120 members, who all... - Parragirls, Survivors & Mates Support Network (1 speech)
Today the federal parliament apologised to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, some six years after the royal commission was called in 2012 by the then Prime Minister,... - Flynn Electorate: Agriculture (1 speech)
In my electorate of Fynn, we have the potential to be one of the nation's premier suppliers of a broad range of products and produce. The strength of our agricultural production and agri-business... - Herbert Electorate: Water (1 speech)
I have spoken in this place time and time again about Townsville's dire water situation. In fact, I'm beginning to sound like a broken record but I will not give up. Townsville's desperate need... - Henderson, Mr Alan (2 speeches)
I rise this afternoon to acknowledge a resident of Doncaster East in my electorate of Menzies, namely Alan Henderson, who was awarded the Council of the Ageing Senior Achiever Award by the...
