House debates
Monday, 22 July 2019
- Monaghan, Mr Ron (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House of the death of Ron Monaghan, better known to Queenslanders as Mono, who died on Sunday, 30 June 2019. Mono was the much loved former branch secretary of the Queensland... - Page Electorate: Far North Coast Regional Hockey Centre (1 speech)
Last week saw the under-21 national hockey championships being held at the newly upgraded Far North Coast Regional Hockey Centre in Lismore. I obtained a grant of nearly $750,000 to upgrade this... - Wills Electorate (1 speech)
To the people of the electorate of Wills—the people of Glenroy, Fawkner, Pascoe Vale, Hadfield, Oak Park, Coburg and Brunswick—I want to take a moment to say thank you for re-electing... - Senate (1 speech)
What I'd like to talk about today is that we need regional representation in the Senate. It is beyond a joke now that we have 11 out of 12 senators in Western Australia coming from the city of... - Coalition Government (1 speech)
The 46th Parliament resumes for me on my feet in the chamber today, across from the third-term Liberal-National government, who you would have thought by now would have found their groove and... - Great Barrier Reef (1 speech)
Australia's tourism sector provides an invaluable element of strength to our nation, and we here all have an obligation to protect it and to promote it. Therefore, we should all call out the... - Tullamarine Men's Shed (1 speech)
I want to congratulate the Tullamarine Men's Shed in my electorate of Calwell on the opening of their new and upgraded facilities, which have been hailed as palatial and state-of-the-art. The... - Horton, Mr Mackenzie (Mack), OAM (1 speech)
I rise to support 400-metre swimmer Mack Horton, who declined the Guangzhou podium yesterday in a landmark gesture of defiance and a call for clean, fair sport. This has nothing to do with... - Infrastructure: Building Standards (1 speech)
Back in March, the Greens called on governments to step in and organise the urgent removal of flammable cladding from all high-risk buildings, to ban its importation and to implement a levy on... - International Bible Quiz (1 speech)
I rise to congratulate Emanuel Cohavi for representing Australia in the 56th International Bible Quiz in Israel. I've known Emmanuel for about five years. He's a student at Kesser Torah College.... - Infrastructure: Northern Territory (1 speech)
The Reserve Bank of Australia recently met in Darwin for the first time in 51 years and they had a clear message for those opposite, for the coalition federal government, and that is that in... - Groom Electorate: Oakey Army Aviation Centre 50th Anniversary (1 speech)
Next Saturday Oakey will celebrate 50 years since the local airfield was handed over to the Australian Army to establish the Oakey Army Aviation Centre. A street parade: Chinook, ARH Tiger and... - Infrastructure (1 speech)
Warren Buffett once said that it is only when the tide goes out you can work out who is swimming without any clothes. As the tide starts to go out on the Australian economy, it's not a pretty... - Environmental Activism (1 speech)
A bunch of serial offenders, the extreme green protesters who call themselves the Extinction Rebellion, are going the right way about causing their own extinction with their continual disruption... - Veterans (1 speech)
I seek to inform the Australian parliament about this wonderful work put out by one of my local RSLs: The Great War1914-1918 'Lest we forget': a local history of World War One heroes –... - Olympic Games (1 speech)
Tribalism may be alive and well in this chamber, but there are times when the full united force of Team Australia needs to come about. One of those times is near, as South East Queensland seeks... - Greek Orthodox Church (1 speech)
The 29th of June was a historic moment for the Greek Orthodox community of Australia, with the enthronement of Archbishop Makarios Griniezakis. His Eminence is now the Primate of the Greek... - Gladstone Ports Corporation (1 speech)
The Port of Gladstone is Queensland's largest commodity port and the world's fourth largest coal-exporting terminal. It is managed by the Gladstone Ports Corporation, formerly the Gladstone Port... - Defence Facilities: Chemical Contamination (5 speeches)
PFAS contamination has haunted my community for the last four years. Minister after minister, the Prime Minister's office and ministers' offices have kicked the ball around for far too long. A... - Barker Electorate: Forestry (2 speeches)
Forestry is an important and sometimes underappreciated contributor to our national economy. Locally, in forest regions like that of my home town in the Green Triangle, there's an innate sense of...
