House debates
Monday, 26 October 2020
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
[by video link] To the people of Wills: I know you are frustrated, angry and hurting—I know, because I am too. My family and I in Pascoe Vale have lived through this long lockdown. We are... - Lupus Awareness Month (1 speech)
October marks Lupus Awareness month. Around one in 600 Australians are currently diagnosed with lupus, although this autoimmune disease, where onset begins anywhere from the age of 15 to 45, is... - National Integrity Commission (1 speech)
[By video link] Today I highlight the urgent need for Australia to have a federal corruption watchdog. Over the weekend, I read numerous media reports of the Prime Minister's outrage at the CEO... - Moncrieff Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
On the Gold Coast, as our tech ecosystem accelerates, more of the people who enjoy a morning wave will be getting ready for a day of coding or software marketing. Total tech innovation points to... - Privatisation (1 speech)
[by video link] People are sick of privatisation. People are sick of seeing our essential services sold off to be run by big corporations making billions of dollars of profit out of us, the... - COVID-19: Health Care (1 speech)
2020 has required every Australian, every business and every government to do things differently. We have been forced to adapt and to innovate. Necessity is said to be the mother of all... - Hogan, Mr Ted (1 speech)
Ted Hogan passed away in September this year, aged 88. I pay tribute to Ted and to his life. He was a beloved member of the Ipswich community and of the Labor Party in particular. He and his... - Cowper Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
Today I would like to update the House on the great wellbeing and mental health support activities Fortem Australia has delivered in my electorate of Cowper. On 12 June this year, this government... - South Australia: Health Care (1 speech)
Tragically, four babies have died in recent weeks at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital. The deaths have been attributed by some medical experts to the absence in Adelaide of a paediatric... - Best, Mr Ronald Alexander (Ron) (1 speech)
Ronald Best passed away on 14 August this year after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Ron was a National Party member of the Victorian legislative council from 1988 to 2002, and he... - Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I was delighted and privileged to meet with year 11 students from Marrara Christian College recently. These bright, passionate young Australians are driven to be good local and international... - Hearing Health (1 speech)
One of the most important inquiries of the Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport was our 2017 inquiry on hearing health, the report of which we entitled Still waiting to be... - Gilmore Electorate: A Taste of Paradise Farm (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of visiting A Taste of Paradise farm in beautiful Berry to hear about the fabulous work Tim and the team are doing to support local young people. A Taste of Paradise... - Sachdev, Dr Sudarshan, OAM (1 speech)
Today I rise to acknowledge the work of Dr Sudarshan Sachdev, a proud resident of Dee Why and recipient of the Order of Australian medal for service to the community and to medicine, particularly... - COVID-19: International Travel (1 speech)
In recent months I have been inundated with Novocastrians reaching out from all corners of the globe. While their stories vary, their reason to contact me is the same. They are stranded, they're... - Queensland State Election (1 speech)
The people of Townsville have a very simple choice this weekend at the state election. They can choose what has been happening in Townsville for the last two terms—where people feel trapped... - Relay for Life (1 speech)
On Saturday 17 October, I was honoured to once again attend and MC the Cancer Council Relay for Life Joondalup-Wanneroo at HBF Arena in Joondalup. This is the 13th year that it has been held at... - Lyne Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I would like to take this opportunity to express my support for Maitland City Council's plans to upgrade Larg's Park and Ernie Jurd Oval, in my electorate of Lyne. The council has been working... - COVID 19: Transport Industry (1 speech)
There's a fleet of coaches from all over Sydney outside parliament today, desperate to get assistance to keep their family owned businesses afloat. The group includes Rod Williams from Near or... - Perth Royal Show (2 speeches)
For 186 years, the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia has been holding an annual show. Originally called the Fair and Cattle Show, now the Perth Royal Show, it has grown into an...
