House debates
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
- Climate Change (1 speech)
I rise today to support the declaration of a climate emergency by this parliament. The people of Australia have been clear in their support for this declaration, with more than 400,000 signing... - Wide Bay Electorate (1 speech)
Maryborough has a rich military history which is being honoured through a range of projects that tell the story of the city's involvement in the Great War. I was pleased to recently open the new... - Randazzo, Antonino (Tony), OAM (1 speech)
I rise to speak about Antonino (Tony) Randazzo, OAM, who sadly passed away in Darwin last week. Tony was an extremely well regarded and respected member of the Northern Territory community, and a... - Daniel Morcombe Foundation: Day for Daniel (1 speech)
On 7 December 2003, a most depraved and sickening act took place on the Sunshine Coast, where a boy was abducted and murdered. He was 13, and his name was Daniel Morcombe. Daniel's parents, Bruce... - Household and Personal Debt (1 speech)
For more than four years now, the government have known that the payday lending industry is out of control and the loan sharks are ripping off more than 800,000 families every day. But, whilst... - Flynn Electorate: Community Events (1 speech)
On Saturday 9 October, I attended the Thangool race day near Biloela. There were good crowds, a good field of horses and good community events. There has been some rain in that area, which has... - Household and Personal Debt (1 speech)
Imagine the surprise today for the member for Oxley, for the member for Whitlam, and for me when we found that Cash Converters has settled in a class action in which 68,000 Queenslanders,... - Rural and Regional Services (1 speech)
Last Sunday, I was back in Barker to officially open the Freeling Agriculture, Recreation and Multi-use Centre, or the FARM centre, as it's known. Regional Australia is critical to our...
