House debates
Monday, 18 February 2019
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I recently hosted an NDIS forum in my electorate, and I would urge every member in this place to do the same. I brought my community together, and together we heard from the NDIA. I'd like to pay... - North Sydney Electorate: Energy (1 speech)
Community organisations in my electorate are embracing the future and the potential of solar energy. This is both because of the benefits for our climate and the savings in energy costs that can... - Smashed Project (1 speech)
Whilst the rate of underage drinking in Australia continues to slowly decline, there is still a great deal of work to be done to break the culture of underage drinking and to reduce... - La Trobe Electorate: Multicultural Education Resource Centre (1 speech)
It's with great pleasure that Minister Alan Tudge and I visited the Buddhist Vihara in Berwick, otherwise known as the Sri Lankan temple, where we made a $500,000 grant announcement for the... - Canberra Electorate: Broadband (1 speech)
Elliot's NBN saga part 1: on 10 September 2018, Elliot placed an order with an ISP to get his apartment connected to the NBN. After three weeks of NBN Co's confusion over whether NBN... - Goldstein Electorate: TaskForce Community Agency (1 speech)
I'm pleased to announce that TaskForce Community Agency in Bentleigh has receive a $50,000 grant as part of the government's Fostering Integration Grants Program. TaskForce Community Agency helps... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
I speak on behalf of Anna, a Melbourne uni masters student, from Endeavour Hills. She's an intelligent and independent woman with another bizarre NDIS experience. She was born with spina bifida... - O'Connor Electorate: Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
I rise today to detail three very welcome announcements in the recent round 2 of the Community Sports Infrastructure Grants Program. This funding forms the second part of a $60 million community... - Townsville: Floods (1 speech)
I stand in this place today to fight for a fair share for the people of Townsville. The LNP government is refusing to give some people in Townsville their fair share. More than 22,000 homes have... - NF McDonnell & Sons (1 speech)
On Friday I had the great privilege of attending a celebration at NF McDonnell & Sons to mark 75 years of exceptional sawmilling in Mount Gambier. The business was founded by Newman McDonnell... - Canberra: Fuel, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (1 speech)
Canberra's 59 service stations charge petrol prices that are on average 7.4 per cent above the national average. Like many Canberrans, I've grown sick and tired of the excuses given for these... - Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
Last week I spoke with a group of 50 mortgage brokers who live on the Sunshine Coast at a meeting at the Mooloolaba Surf Club organised by John McNamara of SMS Finance. The mortgage brokers that... - Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Saving the Murray-Darling Basin is an issue that is close to most of the hearts of South Australians and indeed the nation. In my electorate, as in many electorates around in this country,... - Bonner Electorate (1 speech)
Having grown up in Bonner and lived in the area for more than three decades, I am proud of the local community and blessed to be raising my own children in a place I care so deeply about. As the... - Disability Services (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge the very historic motion that has just taken place in the Australian parliament. We have finally passed a motion to support a royal commission into violence, abuse and... - Palliative Care (1 speech)
Last Friday, federal and state Labor shadow health ministers Catherine King and Walt Secord announced that, if elected, Labor will build a palliative care hospice on the Central Coast. This is... - Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
I want to now voice my support for mortgage brokers and, to all of those outstanding men and women who offer outstanding service to Australians, offer our wholehearted support on this side of the... - Shipping (1 speech)
They used to call BHP 'the big Australian' but not anymore because recently they sacked over 80 workers who worked on the Mariloula and Lowlands Brilliance. They've sacked them. What they did was... - The Land Showgirl Competition 2019 (1 speech)
This coming February weekend, 11 fantastic young women will participate in the Zone 2 Showgirl final, hosted by the Nowra Show Society and organised by one of their former showgirls and state... - Khoshaba, Father Emmanuel (1 speech)
I rise today to offer my sincerest condolences to Melbourne's Chaldean Catholic Christian community on the passing of their much loved Father Emmanuel Khoshaba. Father Khoshaba was a pioneer. He... - Health Care: Heart Disease (1 speech)
Heart disease affects more than 65,000 people throughout Australia, and I can't tell you how excited I am, and a number of my constituents are, I must say, with last week's announcement by the... - 5up5down (1 speech)
In this age of Facebook, Instagram, and other social media, it seems we are more disconnected than ever. Loneliness and social isolation are an emerging health issue, with some surprising... - Ryan Electorate: Bardon Latrobe Football Club (1 speech)
The coalition government recognises that grassroots sporting clubs help to drive increased participation and promote the social health and community benefits of physical activity and sport. No... - Schools (1 speech)
As someone who has seen phenomenal residential growth in the electorate I represent, and the influx of new families, particularly around Colebee and Marsden Park, families who often think about... - Hinkler Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise to give a shout-out to the Hervey Bay & District Tennis Association, which has been very fortunate recently to receive almost $150,000 from the Community Sport Infrastructure grant.... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Once again I'm forced in this place to talk about the government's mishandling of the NDIS. My office has been inundated with calls and visits from people desperate to get help and treatment and... - Robertson Electorate: Small Business (1 speech)
I've heard from many local businesses who are benefiting from our small business policies, allowing them to create more jobs for local people so they can spend less time commuting and more time... - Federal Election (1 speech)
In this election, Australians have a choice. At community barbecues, coffee shops and street stalls right across Moreton, I've heard locals deliver their verdict on this rabble of a government.... - Economy (2 speeches)
Coal has been demonised by our Labor candidate in Flynn. Labor want to shut down a $66 billion coal industry. Recently, Bill Shorten was in Gladstone with his union-bred, union-fed and union-led...
