House debates
Monday, 21 October 2019
- Gilmore Electorate: Prosperity in the Park (1 speech)
Last week was Anti-Poverty Week. I want to take the opportunity to tell the House about a wonderful local antipoverty event in the Shoalhaven. Prosperity in the Park is held every year at... - Carroll, Mr Dave (1 speech)
For many of us, 'Staying Alive' by the Bee Gees is a song from the eighties, but this tune recently saved a man's life in my community. Dave Carroll works at the Northern Co-operative Meat... - Lyons Electorate: Prison (1 speech)
I rise to discuss the Westbury prison, which has been foist upon the people of Westbury by the Tasmanian state Liberal government. The people of Westbury, a beautiful little town in the... - Berowra Electorate: The Children's Bookshop (1 speech)
The Children's Bookshop in Beecroft is soon to close its doors, after almost 50 years of serving the Berowra community. It's the oldest specialist children's bookshop in New South Wales. The... - Media (1 speech)
In a 21st-century globally connected world, a free press is a national security imperative. The internet has brought the world onto our handsets and into our living rooms, but it has also brought... - My First Speech Competition (1 speech)
I rise today to recognise a tremendous young person in my electorate, Lucy Lonnqvist, this year's winner of the My First Speech competition. Lucy presented her winning speech in Parliament House... - Bruce Electorate: Sikh Community (1 speech)
Waheguru ji ka khalsa, waheguru ji ki fateh. Guru Nanak Dev Ji was the founder of Sikhism and the first of the 10 Sikh gurus, and on the weekend I attended a celebration in my electorate of Guru... - Drought (1 speech)
I rise today to talk about the ongoing drought. Have a look at Tamworth: Tuesday, sunny; Wednesday, sunny; Thursday, sunny; Friday, sunny; Saturday, blowing; Sunday, sunny; Monday, sunny;... - FCJ College Benalla, Sacred Heart College Yarrawonga (1 speech)
Colleagues, today I welcome to parliament the future captains, vice-captains and student leaders of FCJ College Benalla and Sacred Heart College Yarrawonga. I'm pleased that they've joined us... - Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
With International Credit Union Day last Friday, I ask the House today to note the ongoing unlevel playing field with the four major banks and the non-major banks, credit unions and mutuals, who... - Parramatta Electorate (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate The Bower repair and reuse centre for yet another wonderful ParraPickers second-hand market on Friday night. I spent a couple of hours there. It is wonderful to see so... - Canning Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I rise today to talk again about the Lakelands train station. Building this train station is a priority for the people of northern Mandurah. Many locals have waited over 10 years for this train... - Chifley Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
When it comes to Western Sydney, the things we need seem to be a struggle to get and the stuff we never asked us for gets thrust upon us quickly. This is certainly the case for a proposal by... - Chisholm Electorate: Headland Machinery (1 speech)
Last Friday, I was delighted to attend Headland machinery's 70th anniversary in my electorate of Chisholm. I was thoroughly impressed with Headland's story of success in Australia. Businesses... - Goods and Services Tax (1 speech)
The Liberal Party are again trying to increase the goods and services tax—the 'never ever' tax that the Liberal Party imposed on the Australian people some 20 years ago. Today in The... - Aged Care, Fleming, Mr Tom (1 speech)
Last week, Tom Fleming, a student of Rosebank College in Five Dock, joined my electoral office for his year 10 work experience. Tom was particularly concerned about the quality of Australia's... - Bendigo Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
During the May election, I was highly critical of the Liberal National parties, their candidates and government because they committed zero dollars towards the Bendigo electorate. They committed... - Lindsay Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
Today 300,000 people commute out of Western Sydney daily for work. I did this commute for over 10 years. I want our kids to be educated and trained in the jobs of the future that are coming to... - Macquarie Electorate: Energy Efficient Communities Program (1 speech)
Community groups are being left in the dark on the details of the government's promised Energy Efficient Communities Program. It's designed to deliver grants to community groups, with a separate... - Groom Electorate: Oakey Health and Wellbeing Expo (2 speeches)
Yesterday I had the great pleasure of opening the third annual Oakey Health and Wellbeing Expo in a community on the Darling Downs which has, like regional Australia elsewhere, dealt with its own...
