House debates
Thursday, 18 February 2021
- Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Over the years, TAFE has served a critical role in ensuring that Australia has the necessary skills to build a strong economy. In doing so, TAFE created new opportunities for millions of... - Illicit Drugs (1 speech)
I rise to call for an escalation in the national campaign against the misuse of illicit drugs in our community through better resourcing of our national law enforcement agencies. One of the few... - Travel Industry (1 speech)
Next month Scott Morrison will put an end to JobKeeper, ripping support away from thousands of businesses across my electorate who desperately need it. The travel agency sector is undoubtedly... - Western Australia: Children's Health Care (1 speech)
Western Australia does not currently have a dedicated children's hospice. At present, general hospices, hospitals and home-based services perform this role for the 2,000 children with... - Domestic and Family Violence (1 speech)
Tomorrow will mark 12 months since the tragic murder of Hannah Clarke and her three beautiful children, Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey. My thoughts are with Hannah's family and her friends as they... - Goldstein Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Key to Australia's successful COVID-19 response has been the responsibility taken by local communities to overcome testing challenges. Last fortnight, the Sandringham Ambulatory Care Centre, or... - Climate Change (1 speech)
I would like to draw the attention of the House to the Climate Council's latest report, Hitting Home: Compounding Costs of Climate Change, which shows that the cost of extreme weather in... - News Media and Digital Platforms (1 speech)
What a difference 24 hours makes. Yesterday I stood in this parliament and advised the House that I'd become the first member of parliament to be blocked from posting to Facebook. I quote my... - Members of Parliament: Staff (1 speech)
You don't need to consult your wife to know that women are human beings. You don't need to have daughters to know that women who have been raped should be listened to, believed and supported.... - Parliament (1 speech)
One of the amazing things about what we are doing right now is that probably nobody is watching it. If you are watching this, ring my office right now—I bet you I don't get a call. Because... - News Media and Digital Platforms (1 speech)
We awoke this morning to a very different Facebook. There were no news platforms, no publishers and no articles; health pages and hospital pages were blocked as well. This is a massive whack from... - Queensland: Crime (1 speech)
Any amount of crime is too much, but Queensland's appalling record of having double the number of thefts per 100,000 people, compared to every other mainland state, is deeply concerning. The... - News Media and Digital Platforms (1 speech)
There is shock and dismay in my community about the sudden ban on accessing news via Facebook. Small local papers like the Blue Mountains Gazette, the Hawkesbury Gazette and the Hawkesbury Post... - Lunar New Year (1 speech)
Last week families across Bennelong and across Australia celebrated Lunar New Year. As an electorate with a very large number of Chinese and Korean families, this event is normally one of the... - JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
This week we learnt that $3 million of taxpayer money went via JobKeeper to Moelis, an investment bank that last year paid its executives millions of dollars. At a time when wages are flat for... - Greenlink (1 speech)
Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting Greenlink in Box Hill. Greenlink is a vibrant local organisation in Chisholm devoted to growing and preserving native Australian plants. Working with... - Safer Communities Fund (1 speech)
If ever the people of Rockingham and Kwinana needed any more proof that the Liberal Party and this government do not care about them, here it is, reported in my local paper, The Sound... - Rotary Club of Five Dock (1 speech)
I would like to commend the Rotary Club of Five Dock on the 15th annual charity golf day. The golf day is a club tradition, with a focus on community, connection and charitable giving. I would... - Sexual Harassment (1 speech)
Today I want to send a message to Brittany Higgins: you have shown enormous courage over the last week and over the last two years. Your interview on Monday night was both moving and deeply... - Manufacturing (2 speeches)
Manufacturers are front and centre of our economic recovery, and the Morrison government is backing them all the way. Locally, I established an Advancing Manufacturing Taskforce to support...
