House debates

Tuesday, 25 February 2020

  • Recycling (1 speech)
    Next week there will be the National Plastics Summit here in Parliament House. It was announced by the government on 30 December and, perhaps not surprisingly, didn't catch a lot of attention at...
  • Wide Bay Electorate (1 speech)
    When I ask people why they choose to live in Wide Bay or start a business there, the answer rarely varies: it's just a fantastic place to live with incredible natural beauty, friendly people and...
  • Tasmania: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    My home state of Tasmania is the best place in the world to live, but it's governance is appalling. If you hand a Tasmanian state government a great wad of federal cash for a project, you can be...
  • Nuclear Energy (3 speeches)
    It feels quite odd to be rising in this chamber tonight to give credit to the Australian Workers Union and the CFMEU. I am happy to do so—
  • Newstart Allowance (1 speech)
    In 1964, Donald Horne wrote: Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck … most of its leaders so lack curiosity about the events that surround them...
  • Flynn Electorate: Water (1 speech)
    After a long dry spell on the east coast of Australia, rain has suddenly started to fall on my electorate of Flynn, and dam levels are on the rise, fortunately. Dams and weirs are so important to...