House debates
Thursday, 17 October 2019
- Horder, Mrs Mary, OAM (1 speech)
As the House sits today, a funeral is occurring at All Saints Catholic Church in Liverpool. Mary Horder died last week, at the age of 98. Mary Horder joined the Labor Party in 1961, was elected... - Stirling Electorate: Safer Communities Fund (1 speech)
We often speak about the benefits of a multicultural society, and government's first priority is to protect its citizens. I'm proud to represent an ethnically diverse electorate, and I've... - Dunkley Electorate: Seaford North Primary School (5 speeches)
There is nothing more crucial to the future of our kids than a great education. Today I had the privilege and the joy of joining the students and teachers from Seaford North Primary School, part... - New England Electorate: Tamworth (1 speech)
I'm here today to say what an incredible week Tamworth has had. On Saturday, we opened the Northern Inland Centre of Sporting Excellence. This is a multimillion-dollar facility that works on the... - Praeger, Emeritus Professor Cheryl Elisabeth, AM (1 speech)
I rise to speak to congratulate Emeritus Professor Cheryl Praeger of the University of Western Australia on receiving the 2019 Prime Minister's Prize for Science. I think she has just arrived in... - Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
Yesterday the coalition government brought into this House a bill to help young people on Newstart and youth allowance get off drugs and be job ready. I commend the Morrison-McCormack government... - Sayle, Mr Jeffrey Leonard, OAM (1 speech)
Australia's rugby community lost a legend with the passing of Jeffrey Sayle. In Coogee last Friday, I joined thousands of people to say farewell to 'Sayley', the local legend everyone knew and... - Osteoporosis (1 speech)
We take our bones for granted. Without strong bones we risk fractures. As someone who recently tripped and fractured my shoulder, requiring a painful insertion of a plate, I've spent the last... - Broadband (1 speech)
I would like to thank the communications minister for inviting me to join him on a recent visit to Mayo to visit businesses using the NBN. We visited Gordon Kay who runs Hacksaw, a space for... - Terrain Natural Resource Management (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to Terrain Natural Resource Management who were recently named in the AFR BOSS Most Innovative Companies list for its reef credits initiative.... - World Osteoporosis Day (1 speech)
Like the member for Higgins, I rise today to take this opportunity to inform the House that World Osteoporosis Day will take place this Sunday. The day is dedicated to raising global awareness of... - Moore Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I'm pleased to announce that the City of Joondalup, in my electorate of Moore, will receive federal funding of $1,000,068 in the latest round of the Roads to Recovery Program. Local roads, such... - Dobell Electorate: Wyong District Tennis Association (1 speech)
On Saturday 12 October, I joined the 100th birthday celebrations for Wyong tennis. As a kid, I grew up in Baker Park, Wyong. On Saturday mornings I rode my bike to the courts to play a few sets... - Glenelg Football Club (1 speech)
I am once again proudly wearing the Glenelg Football Club colours in the House today to celebrate the Tigers winning their first premiership in 33 years on Sunday 22 September. This is when... - Economy (1 speech)
The International Monetary Fund has downgraded Australia's economic growth. It has fallen a whole percentage point since 2018. But it seems that, despite the outlook and downgrade in Australia's... - Bago Road, NSW Nationals Centenary (1 speech)
I recently joined with Port Macquarie-Hastings Mayor Peta Pinson to announce 2.8 kilometres worth of road improvements on Bago Road to connect the bustling regional economy of Wauchope and it's... - Anti-Poverty Week (1 speech)
This week is Anti-Poverty Week, but you wouldn't know it if you'd been watching parliamentary proceedings. Not one new anti-poverty measure has been announced by this government this week.... - National Rugby League (1 speech)
I entered the Central & North Burnett Times and South Burnett Times NRL footy tipping competition. With some great skill and a little luck—I don't know whether that's the right way... - Morrison Government (1 speech)
We hear day after day from this government that the economy is strong and that everything is going very well, and that we should stop asking our difficult questions and stop being such Debbie... - Rugby World Cup 2019 (2 speeches)
This weekend we face our most serious test as a nation, for, in Tokyo, we face our oldest foe—and I speak not of the cane toad but of the English rugby football team! Now of course, the...
