House debates
Monday, 18 February 2019
- Disability Services (1 speech)
Almost two years ago, the Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten, called for a royal commission into violence and abuse against people with disabilities. The countless harrowing accounts of... - Small Business (1 speech)
Last Saturday in wonderful Port Lincoln, on a beautiful day, we held a small business fair attended by about 50 local business people and also by Senator Anne Ruston and local member Peter... - Canberra Electorate: Drones (1 speech)
A commercial drone operated by Evoenergy was shot down over a rural property. Actually, it was across the weekend; it was that recent. The wariness and distrust of drones by rural property owners... - International Women's Day (1 speech)
March 8 is a significant date in the calendar of women. It is International Women's Day. It's a reminder to be part of the growing awareness of women around the world. For me, today, this date... - Lyons Electorate: Energy (1 speech)
When it comes to energy policy, the businesses of Tasmania are voting with their wallets and they're voting renewable. And I'm pleased to say that they're keeping their money in the great... - Deakin Electorate: Sport Facilities (1 speech)
For six years I've worked very hard to make sure that we're doing everything we can to upgrade our local community and sporting infrastructure. We've been very successful in what we've achieved,... - Wills Electorate: Moreland Toy Library (1 speech)
Toy libraries are a great resource for parents of young kids. They're cost effective, compared to buying toys, and they let parents target age-specific development needs. That's why I'm so... - Glancy, Mr Samuel (1 speech)
It's a great opportunity today to give a shout-out to an outstanding young 11-year-old, Samuel Glancy, for the work he's been doing over the past couple of years to raise supplies for local... - Immigration Detention (1 speech)
It was heartening over the weekend that the response in my electorate to the passage of last week's emergency medical transfers bill was overwhelmingly positive. The people of Wentworth are... - Bonner Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
It's now the third year of my Bonner Volunteer Awards. Nominations are now open for 2019's most outstanding volunteers and volunteer groups. Nominations are open until Friday, 1 March, so I would... - Household and Personal Debt (1 speech)
It is now 1,291 days since this government announced a review of predatory payday lending practices. That's 3½ years—plenty of time, you would think, to get the legislation and get the... - South-East Queensland City Deal (1 speech)
The Morrison government's announcement of a city deal for South-East Queensland is a fantastic result for my electorate of Fisher. I'm grateful to the Prime Minister, and the Minister for Cities,... - Shipping (1 speech)
At a time when the Morrison government boasts about being tough on border protection, it ignores the serious threat to Australian borders of dismantling Australian coastal shipping operations and... - Robertson Electorate: Coast Opera Australia (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge the arrival of Coast Opera Australia to the Central Coast and the fantastic work done by their artistic director and CEO, Angela Brewer, in promoting opera and the arts in... - Shipping (1 speech)
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending the naming ceremony of Toll's new Australian flagged and Australian crewed vessel, Tasmanian Achiever II. It's Australia's biggest cargo ship, and,... - Anti-Semitism (1 speech)
Everybody has a responsibility to stand up against racism and anti-Semitism. Sadly, the year has begun with terrible anti-Semitic attacks in Melbourne, and it's important that we stand up and... - Broadband (1 speech)
I recently received an email from Paul McLean, a retired software engineer who lost the NBN lottery. He explained it like this: I ended up with a broken internet— The connection was... - O'Connor Electorate: Radiation Therapy (1 speech)
I'll start today by welcoming Anne Byrne and Ellen Sims, who have come all the way from my home town of Katanning, Western Australia to visit me here in parliament today. Katanning is part of the... - Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
Like a lot of Australians, when I'm on holidays over Christmas I try to switch off from the news, but there was no escaping the appalling enormity of the environmental disaster unfolding in the... - Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education (2 speeches)
The scandal involving the unlawful leaks to the media of the Registered Organisation Commission raids of the AWU office involving Liberal ministers gets murkier by the day. We learnt today in...
