House debates
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
- Darwin GleNTi (1 speech)
This past weekend, the Queen's Birthday weekend, up in Darwin we had the Greek GleNTi festival, an amazing couple of days of Greek culture, food, dance, wine and song. It was amazing. It was the... - Mallee Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
Today I rise to acknowledge several members of my electorate of Mallee who have been honoured in the 2021 Queen's Birthday list in recognition of their outstanding service to their communities... - Corangamite Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
On behalf my electorate of Corangamite, I stand today to urge the government to immediately rethink its plan to allow oil and gas exploration only five kilometres from the Twelve Apostles on the... - Tasmania: Freight (1 speech)
In April this year Tasmania's capacity to transport freight the 211 nautical miles across Bass Strait was given a significant boost with the arrival of SeaRoad's new vessel the MV Liekut. Berthed... - Australian War Memorial (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to an extraordinary constituent of mine: Connie Boglis, a woman who has done so much for so many. Today Connie has been in Canberra in conjunction with the announcement of a... - Grey Electorate: Mortlock Shield (1 speech)
On Saturday I had the great pleasure of attending the Mortlock Shield on Eyre Peninsula. It started in 1936, so this is the 75th year—with interruptions for World War II and, last year,... - Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
On Friday, Justice Murphy of the Federal Court ruled that the Morrison government's robodebt scheme was flawed, unlawful and a very shameful chapter in Australia's history. This was a disgraceful... - State of Origin (1 speech)
I want to congratulate the Coach Brad Fittler, a former Rooster; Captain James 'Teddy' Tedescoe, himself a Rooster; and some of the star players in the New South Wales Blues team last week,... - Mayo Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate the Mayo residents who were honoured in the Queen's Birthday honours. That list includes Members of the Order of Australia Anthony Phillips of... - Queensland Government (1 speech)
In the last federal election, we saw that there was not much that the Labor Party didn't want to put a new tax on. They wanted to tax our houses, our cars and our retirement. Every member of the... - Tasmanian Government (1 speech)
The residents of East Coast Tasmania have been severely impacted by the ongoing closure of the Tasman Highway, which is now in its third week. Last Friday, I drove from the airport to Orford and... - Trade with United Kingdom (1 speech)
I rise to commend our Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on the conclusion overnight of negotiations for the Australia-UK free trade agreement. This is... - Renewable Energy (1 speech)
Yesterday in this place the government voted to allow the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to invest in non-renewable technologies, to invest in what this government calls low-emissions... - Herbert Electorate: Bureau of Meteorology (1 speech)
The Bureau of Meteorology is returning to Townsville. It was fantastic to be able to make the announcement a couple of weeks ago that six new bureau staff will be based on the ground in our city... - Burt Electorate (10 speeches)
Quite offensively, last week Armadale, a suburb in the federal electorate of Burt was voted, and I'm quoting the precise language: 'Perth's shittest suburb 2021'. The poll criticised our fashion... - Forde Electorate: Queen's Birthday Awards (1 speech)
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate three winners of Queen's Birthday honours in my electorate of Forde: Heather Christensen, who received an OAM; Annette Mundt, an OAM; and Mick... - Frankston and District Basketball Association (1 speech)
I rise to tell the House about the mighty Frankston and District Basketball Association and to congratulate them for recently being awarded as one of the two top associations of Basketball... - Economides, Mr Steven (1 speech)
It is with great sadness that I'd like to inform the House of the passing of one of Bayside's most influential businessmen, Mr Steven Economides. Steve was a larger-than-life character who would... - Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
Members of the government have provided many reasons why the Biloela family Kopika, Nades, Priya and Tharunicaa cannot go home to Biloela—something the family and their community so... - Budget (2 speeches)
The Queensland state Labor treasurer, Cameron Dick, handed down a state budget which yet again delivered very little for the Sunshine Coast. While the Morrison government is investing in the...
