House debates
Monday, 14 October 2019
- Girls Takeover Parliament Program, International Day of the Girl Child (2 speeches)
Today is the day that girls take over the parliament. I'm pleased to deliver this speech on behalf of Zahra Moinkhah, who is the honorary federal member for Perth. She is in the chamber today.... - New South Wales: Bushfires (1 speech)
It was a traumatic time for many in my community last week as fire took over 30 homes and, tragically, two lives were lost. Rappville, like a number of communities, was cut off. It was surrounded... - Anti-Poverty Week (2 speeches)
Today marks the beginning of Anti-Poverty Week. It is sad when you consider that Deloitte Access Economics forecasts no improvement in wages and no improvement in employment in this country. It's... - Lester, Ms Evelyn, ESM (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about a remarkable, generous and hardworking woman in my constituency, Evelyn Lester, the Hills SES unit commander. Recently, Evelyn announced that she was stepping down... - Girls Takeover Parliament Program (1 speech)
Today, as part of the Girls Takeover Parliament Program, 60 young women came into this nation's parliament to experience the work of federal politicians. They've undertaken activities such as... - Men's Shed Week (2 speeches)
In celebrating Men's Shed Week, I had the privilege to visit the Chadstone Men's Shed just a few weeks ago. Unlike your usual Men's Shed, where men gather around work tables, I saw some big... - Solomon Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
It's been another outstanding weekend in Darwin, so I just wanted to share with the chamber and the nation that we had the Darwin Symphony Orchestra playing heroic Beethoven, celebrating the... - Reid Electorate: St Joseph's Maronite Catholic Church (1 speech)
I rise today to commend a completed project, the construction of the St Joseph's Maronite Catholic Church childcare centre. The new childcare centre offers a modern education facility for up to... - Girls Takeover Parliament Program (1 speech)
Jasiri Australia's Girls Takeover Parliament program is a bipartisan program which pairs young women with politicians to ensure their voices and opinions get heard. It is a program which... - Lindsay Electorate: Health (1 speech)
Today I rise to speak about the health and wellbeing of my community. In my electorate of Lindsay, I'm taking action to encourage a more healthy and active community. Health today must be a... - Workplace Relations (1 speech)
Over the past few years, thousands of words have been written and spoken about the topic of wage theft. Yet, despite all the outrage and the subsequent promises of action, the fact is we continue... - Groom Electorate: Business Excellence Awards (1 speech)
I'm very pleased to share with the chamber the results of the 2019 Business Excellence Awards, announced by the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce at a gala function in Toowoomba last Friday night.... - Disability Services (1 speech)
Australia is the only English-speaking country in the OECD that does not have audio description on free-to-air television. This service is vital for Australians with blindness or low vision to... - Wide Bay Electorate: Australian Army Cadets Gympie (1 speech)
On Thursday last week, it was my great honour to attend the inaugural dining-in night for the Gympie cadet unit 150. This cadet unit was established in May last year and has been in recess since... - Virtual War Memorial (1 speech)
I rise to talk about the Virtual War Memorial. This is a website that details the experiences of over 650,000 of our veterans. It's a South Australian initiative. The memorial uses a digital... - Fairfax Electorate: STUFFit Student Film Festival (1 speech)
STUFFit. That's the name of a fantastic film festival run out of my electorate in Fairfax: the STUFFit Student Film Festival. It is for year 7 to year 12 students to show their wares. This year... - Girls Takeover Parliament Program (1 speech)
Today is Jasiri Australia's Girls Takeover Parliament day, an event I'm pleased to be part of for the third year running. The program is organised by Caitlin Figueiredo and it aims to inspire a... - Prostate Cancer (1 speech)
I rise to thank all those who assisted with the Big Aussie Barbie that I held a couple of weeks ago at my electorate office. The Big Aussie Barbie, and its campaign, is all about getting together... - Climate Change (1 speech)
We have a climate emergency, and for over six years now this Liberal government has been failing our nation on that climate emergency. Under this Liberal government's chaotic and blatantly... - Braddon Electorate: Ulverstone Red Cross (2 speeches)
It was my great pleasure to attend the opening of Ulverstone Red Cross's new multipurpose ramp facility recently. Funded through the federal government's Stronger Communities Program, the ramp...
