House debates
Monday, 24 August 2020
- St Augustine's College (1 speech)
I'm grateful to share with the parliament this afternoon the fantastic visit that the Queensland state member for Jordan, Mrs Charis Mullen, and I had with the grade 5 students of St Augustine's... - McDermott, Mr Michael: Debut Novel (1 speech)
I rise today to commend the creativity, passion and dedication of one of Mona Vale's very own—author Michael McDermott. Mr McDermott's debut novel is a dystopian thriller set in a future... - Kingston Electorate: Winter Appeal (1 speech)
I rise today to acknowledge and thank the incredible generosity and sense of community we have in the southern suburbs of Adelaide. This was evident yet again in response to my winter appeal.... - Stirling Electorate: City Centre Development (1 speech)
The Stirling city centre in my electorate has been identified as a strategic metropolitan centre. Over the past 10 years, a consolidated vision for the Stirling city centre has been compiled,... - JobSeeker Payment (1 speech)
There are over 10,000 people in the Bendigo electorate currently receiving JobSeeker, many of them for the very first time. We are still at stage 3 in Bendigo, in terms of the COVID-19... - Saunders, Dr Norman (Sandy) (1 speech)
Thank you. I've been honoured to have spent quite a bit of time with veterans in my electorate, recently, commemorating significant anniversaries of the Korean War, World War II and the Vietnam... - Freedom of the Media (1 speech)
On 12 August Gavin Morris, the ABC's director of news, told the Senate inquiry into media freedom that despite the very welcome decision to abandon the prosecutions of Annika Smethurst and Sam... - Forde Electorate: Qscan (1 speech)
It's always a pleasure to rise in this House and speak about the great work the Morrison government is doing in the electorate of Forde, and nowhere is more important than the fast-growing... - Media (1 speech)
From 2006 to 2016, the number of journalists in Australia fell by nine per cent. Health reporting is down by 30 per cent, and science reporting is down by 42 per cent. In the past decade, more... - Bass Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
One of the joys of working closely with community organisations in northern Tasmania is seeing the tangible difference they make on the ground. In the outer suburbs of Launceston, Starting Point... - Scullin Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
For those of us who are here from Melbourne, the privilege of being in this place seems particularly important here. The people who have sent us here have got extraordinarily pressing concerns... - Higgins Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise in this House to give my heartfelt thanks to those working in aged care in my electorate of Higgins. It hasn't been easy during this pandemic. Families have been distressed that visitation... - Macquarie Electorate: The Australiana Pioneer Village (1 speech)
AGMs are not always a source of celebration but the AGM of the Friends of The Australiana Pioneer Village was just that, because, for many of us, it was the first time we could attend an AGM in a... - Azerbaijan (1 speech)
As the world fights the coronavirus pandemic, today I want to speak about a battle of a different type: the recent Azeri-Armenian border conflict. I'm sad that I need to do so. Under the cover of... - COVID-19: State and Territory Border Closures (1 speech)
In the very difficult circumstances of COVID-19, the decision of this Liberal government to join forces with Clive Palmer to seek to force open WA's hard border will never be forgotten by me nor... - Goldstein Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
A healthy and prosperous society is not handed down by the government from Canberra; it's built up from citizens when they come together to form family, community and country. It is built from... - Shortland Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I'd like to congratulate the seven constituents from Shortland whose achievements were recognised in this year's Queen's Birthday honours, a wonderful acknowledgement of your contribution to our... - Robertson Electorate: COVID Economy (1 speech)
Many small businesses on the Central Coast are struggling with the challenges associated with the coronavirus pandemic, but in response a number of residents in my electorate of Robertson have... - Indigenous Heritage Protection (1 speech)
The Australian community was rightly aghast to learn of the destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters. Those sites contained material that was 46,000 years old, including a hair belt that was... - Mallee Electorate: COVID Restrictions (1 speech)
I want to talk today about the issues that are going on in my cross-border communities. We have adults who cannot go to work. We have children who cannot go to school. We have nurses who cannot... - Warringah Electorate: Oil and Gas Exploration (1 speech)
Petroleum Exploration Permit 11—known as PEP 11—covers 4,500 square kilometres of ocean, from Newcastle, through the Central Coast to Manly. The permit area exists adjacent to the... - Bonner Electorate: Carina State School (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to share with the chamber some exciting news out of Carina State School in my electorate of Bonner. During the 2019 election campaign I visited the school and... - Bruce Electorate: Aged Care (1 speech)
I rise on behalf of the hundreds of people in my electorate touched by the failure of the Morrison government to adequately plan and prepare for the coronavirus crisis in residential aged care.... - Gold Coast Community Fund (1 speech)
In a time of crisis, the Gold Coast Community Fund stands for and behind Gold Coasters. In Moncrieff, since the pandemic hit, more people have needed financial and social support. It's been my... - COVID-19: Aged Care (1 speech)
It's been a scary fortnight in my electorate. More than 100 aged-care residents and workers have been infected in COVID-19 outbreaks. Tragically, seven people have died in my electorate and 335... - Defence Industry (1 speech)
I'd like to take the opportunity to update the Chamber on an opportunity I was given last week to be given a tour of the Osborne south shipyards in Adelaide, which has been built by Australian... - Higher Education (1 speech)
Happy anniversary to the Prime Minister! It's two years since the Liberal Party tore down Malcolm Turnbull for the second time, although it turned out well for the former member for Wentworth.... - Ryan Electorate: Baby Give Back (1 speech)
Those who know me in this chamber know that I am passionate about supporting the families of in my electorate of Ryan. So it is with pleasure that today I stand to pay tribute to a local... - Greenway Electorate: Festival of Mahavir Jayanti (1 speech)
I come with greetings in Gujarati and proudly say 'kam cho' to convey my best wishes to Greenway's Jain community on the auspicious occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, the festival marking the birth of... - Wentworth Electorate: Travel Industry (2 speeches)
Many businesses are struggling through this pandemic. It is a unique crisis affecting every corner of society. I wanted today to particularly single out the travel industry today for whom this...
