House debates
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
- Treasurer (1 speech)
Australians of Hindu faith deserve our respect, not our mockery. The Liberal-National government and the Treasurer think it's funny to mock one of the great faiths of this world. I ask: would the... - Moncrieff Electorate: Schools (1 speech)
Can I say I disagree with the member for Moreton and commend the work of the Brisbane City Council in the great city of Brisbane. I rise to speak about a 'cool commitment' the Liberal-National... - Fabian, Mr Erwin (1 speech)
On 19 January this year, we lost an icon, an elder statesman of the Australian arts, veteran and Jewish communities, Erwin Fabian, who passed away at 104 years of age. What an innings! Erwin was... - Coronavirus: Chinese Restaurants (1 speech)
I don't know how you're approaching the coronavirus yourselves, but I know that what I've done is to make sure that each Friday, when this parliament's not sitting, I've gone to a Chinese... - International Women's Day, Central Coast Community and Business Women’s Network (1 speech)
This Sunday 8 March is International Women's Day. The day has been marked by the UN since 1975, and its origins can be traced back to 1909. The theme this year is: '#EachforEqual. An equal world... - Peak Downs Highway Walkerston Bypass (1 speech)
One of the first people to come and see me following my election in 2010 was a man named Graeme Ransley. He represented the Mackay Road Accident Action Group. He wanted to highlight the shocking... - Fraser Electorate: Multiculturalism (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the Vietnamese community in the seat of Fraser. Australia has around 300,000 people from a Vietnamese background and roughly 10 per cent of that number live in... - Stirling Electorate: Jambo Africa Festival (1 speech)
On Saturday, I had the great pleasure of participating in the Jambo Africa Festival in the heart of my electorate of Stirling. This festival is the largest African festival in Australia. On... - Tasmania: Bulk-Billing (1 speech)
According to the Tasmanian Council of Social Service 'the median age of death in Tasmania's most disadvantaged neighbourhood is 66, compared to 84 in the state's most advantaged neighbourhood'.... - Environmental Conservation, National Plastics Summit (1 speech)
This week our government's efforts to better recycle plastic have been on show. Hundreds of people attended the Plastics Summit yesterday, bringing together experts to discuss how to reduce and... - Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
Far bit for me to give advice to my political opponents, but I think they need to start any speech in this place with the following rhetorical flourish: 'Friends, rorters, countrymen: lend me... - Nicholls Electorate: Water (1 speech)
Recently I had the opportunity to meet a couple of young farmers from around the Yarrawonga region. Obviously the main topic of conversation was that of water policy and the cost of water on the... - Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
Parramatta needs a pool. It had one: a great pool. The state government ripped it out of the ground, and it's desperately in need of one. It's one of the fastest growing regions in Australia that... - Bowman Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I'd like to make a personal appeal. With unemployment running at 5.3 per cent in my state of Queensland, where there's barely one crane on the Brisbane skyline, unemployment is nearly two points... - Prime Minister (1 speech)
If only the member for Bowman knew that he was in the government, because this government stinks, and the fish rots from the head. This government is happy to write press releases but it's not... - Environment, Samkova, Ms Gabby (1 speech)
Goldstein is an industrious community of residents seeking to build an environmentally sustainable future for Australia. Gabby Samkova, a 25-year-old resident of Brighton East, has channelled her... - Local Schools Community Fund, Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
I love my local schools. My parents were both primary school teachers and, indeed, my dad was a school principal. I know that our schools spend every cent they get incredibly carefully. Ron... - Lyne Electorate: Sporting Champions (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate some of the local sporting champions from my electorate. Fourteen-year-old Whitney Stace of Bolwarra Heights has been selected for the New South... - Community Sport Infrastructure Grant Program (1 speech)
I pay tribute to the millions of passionate and hardworking volunteers of local sporting organisations who have been dudded by the Morrison government sports rorts. Countless projects that were... - Organ and Tissue Donation (2 speeches)
Today I want to say thank you to everyone who is a registered organ donor. Thank you to the families who have made the heartbreaking decision to donate the organs of their loved ones to save the...
