House debates
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
- Port Adelaide Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
On Monday, 4 February I was very proud to announce that, under a Labor government, the people of the western suburbs of Adelaide will at long last have access to a fully Medicare funded MRI... - Forde Electorate: Child Care (1 speech)
It's a great pleasure to stand in this place and speak about the great job that our childcare centres are doing around the fantastic electorate of Forde. I've had opportunities of late to go and... - Macarthur Electorate: Human Services (1 speech)
I rise today as honoured as ever to represent the wonderful electorate of Macarthur in south-west Sydney. As I have remarked many times in this place since coming into office in 2016, I'm... - Groom Electorate: Sunrise Way (1 speech)
Last Friday, my wife and I attended a resilience breakfast at Sunrise Way, an alcohol and drug rehabilitation centre in our home of Toowoomba. Resilience was obviously the topic, the theme, of... - National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
Colleagues, in my statement today, I want to draw attention to the rollout of the NDIS in Indi. I want to highlight some of the problems constituents are dealing with, and I want to put a call... - Australian National Phenome Centre (1 speech)
I want to update you today in relation to phenomes. A phenome is a dynamic fingerprint of your body. By analysing the chemicals in the body, researchers can uncover the complex interactions of... - Holt Electorate: Centenary of Armistice (1 speech)
I rise today to advise my constituency and people around it about a great opportunity for local community groups, sporting organisations, faith based institutions, local schools, TAFEs and... - Dairy Industry (1 speech)
I welcome the end of Woolworths' $1 milk price. While 20c more for a two-litre bottle of milk is only a very small change, it's a huge change for dairy farmers and it's a massive change for the... - Disability Services, Education (2 speeches)
I'm really proud of my community. It's a community where people have a go. Regardless of their economic status, who their parents are or whether or not they have a disability, they have a go. In... - Calare Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
This year I attended Australia Day celebrations in Eglinton, Oberon, Lithgow, Wallerawang and Yeoval. It was a great day across the region and a chance to reflect on how lucky we are to be... - Morrison Government (1 speech)
I stand here today to say to the LNP government: how dare you not agree to more sitting days in order to enact the recommendations of the banking royal commission that would help protect... - Moore Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
Provision needs to be made for improved health services in order to meet the anticipated need arising from the growth in population of Perth's northern coastal suburbs. The public hospital and... - al-Araibi, Mr Hakeem (1 speech)
Last week was a good week in this place in that we welcomed home Hakeem al-Araibi, a constituent of mine who had spent nearly 80 days in jail in Thailand when he should have been enjoying his... - Bonner Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
The coalition's stronger economy means we're able to deliver quality health care to the families of Bonner. That means more access to vital health services locally and less money and time spent... - Queensland: Hospitals (1 speech)
Every year there are nearly eight million presentations to public hospital emergency departments across Australia. That works out at an average of 21,000 presentations each day, all with tales of... - Woolgoolga Little Athletics, New South Wales Election (1 speech)
Little Athletics clubs in regional areas are a great stepping stone for our young athletes. Earlier this month I had the pleasure of presenting a grant to the Woolgoolga Little Athletics club to... - Aged Care (1 speech)
Across Australia, more than 127,000 older people have been waiting for more than a year to access the care that they've been promised—to access the care for which they've received approval.... - Calare Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
Australia Day is a wonderful opportunity to recognise some of our outstanding citizens and community groups. Today I'd like to recognise the Australia Day award winners from the Cabonne shire in... - Veterans (1 speech)
I've spoken in this place many times before on the immeasurable commitments and sacrifices that our Australian Defence Force members make to serve our nation. I'm proud to have spoken on this... - Flynn Electorate: Mining (2 speeches)
Today I'd like to speak about the coal industry and how last year $66 billion was added to our economy by coal operations mainly in Queensland and the Bowen Basin, and some, of course, in the...
