House debates
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
- COVID-19: Victoria (1 speech)
[by video link] My thoughts are with the residents and families of the BlueCross Western Gardens aged-care facility in Sunshine. It is disgraceful that vulnerable residents of Victoria's... - Fitzgerald, Mrs Joyce (1 speech)
It's with a heavy heart that today I pay tribute to Joyce Fitzgerald of Taree, who passed away last week aged 94 years. Joyce joined the Country Party back in 1949, when her husband, Jack, did.... - Reconciliation Week (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to the traditional custodians of the lands and waters of this place, the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples. I recognise their continuing connection to the lands, waters... - World Haemochromatosis Week (1 speech)
I rise to acknowledge World Haemochromatosis Week. Haemochromatosis is a common, inherited disorder which causes too much iron to be absorbed and stored in the body. It is often underdiagnosed,... - Kingsford Smith Electorate: Castellorizian Association (1 speech)
The Cazzie Club is back in Kingsford. On 15 May, I was proud to attend the official opening of the new cultural centre, the Castellorizian. The Governor of New South Wales, Margaret Beazley,... - Centenary of Rotary Australia (1 speech)
This year is an important year for Rotary as it celebrates its centenary in Australia. It was in 1921, 16 years after Paul Harris established the first Rotary club in Chicago, that Rotary reached... - COVID-19: Quarantine (1 speech)
The Marshall and Morrison governments' proposal to use the aviation student accommodation village at Parafield Airport as a quarantine facility for around 160 international university students at... - Community Bank Epping (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge a wonderful asset in my community of Bennelong. A few weeks ago Community Bank Epping, which is a full-service branch of Bendigo Bank, held the official grand opening... - Modern Australia (1 speech)
There are no public liability insurers left in Australia that will underwrite show rides. The insatiable greed of the university law schools, producing unconscionable numbers of undergraduates,... - Westminster School (1 speech)
Westminster School recently celebrated the official opening of its new Inquiry and Innovation Hub, named the Carter Wing, and I was delighted to be in attendance. Westminster School is located in... - Corangamite Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
A group calling themselves Reignite Democracy Australia has dropped an irresponsible and dangerous pamphlet across the Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast spruiking that people can say no to... - Goldstein Electorate: Manufacturing (1 speech)
Australia's economic comeback will continue to be built on the future of competitive private enterprise and what it can do for employing Australians to be able to get a secure job on a... - Gilmore Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
Last night New South Wales Health issued a COVID public health alert for Jervis Bay, Hyams Beach and Vincentia. A confirmed case of COVID-19 from Melbourne was in the area on 23 and 24 May while... - 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment: 50th Anniversary, Betts, Pilot Officer Ronald William (Ron) (1 speech)
This weekend veterans and their families will attend the Australian War Memorial to mark the 50th anniversary of the 3rd Battalion, RAR. For Judith and Harley Stanton from Youngtown in northern... - Member for Bowman, Employment, Education and Training Committee (1 speech)
The member for Bendigo, the member for Lalor and I have today written to the Prime Minister to request that he removes the member for Bowman as the Chair of the Standing Committee on Employment,... - COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to address the rubbish that's coming out of Labor state governments over the last couple of days around vaccination rollout. Let's be clear: on 22 April, the... - COVID-19: Victoria (2 speeches)
I rise today as a proud Victorian and a proud Australian to say thank you to the tens of thousands of Victorians who are getting tested every day during this lockdown and to the tens of thousands... - COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
COVID has killed 685 residents of aged-care homes, including 17 in just one home in my electorate. Twelve months on, COVID still threatens aged-care residents, and we have a federal government... - National Security (2 speeches)
Australia must reclaim the Port of Darwin. In February this year, I delivered the Pivot report from the Joint Standing Committee for Trade and Investment Growth which recommended the government...
