House debates
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
- Climate Change (1 speech)
Climate change is testing our democracy, just as it is testing our planet. This parliament has failed the test of reconciling the science with our policy settings. My goals in this place are... - Women's Safety (1 speech)
With the national conversation on women's safety in the home and the workplace finally at the forefront, we mustn't allow this momentum to slowly fade away, with the challenges faced by women and... - Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (1 speech)
Labor welcomed the Morrison government's announcement on 19 April of this year of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. It was about time. After all, veterans and their families... - Moore Electorate: Population (1 speech)
Population growth in the northern coastal suburbs of the Perth metropolitan area is placing increasing demands on our community infrastructure, road network and essential services. New house... - Asylum Seekers (1 speech)
I rise this evening to draw attention to the unprecedented cruelty and complete lack of humanity we have seen from the Morrison government. The Morrison government has no vision for Australia... - Luna Park: Ghost Train Fire (3 speeches)
Imagine it's a Saturday afternoon and you and your family are thinking of the best way to spend some fun time with each other, to enjoy each other's company. So in this moment you decide to go to... - Chaaya, Mr Youssef (1 speech)
In my contribution to the grievance debate this evening, I will be honest in saying that I am not precisely sure of the subject of my grievance. I could be grieving for a great man—a devout... - Monash Electorate: Mayday Women's Forum (1 speech)
I just want to say, before I start, that to be in the parliament when Youssef Chaaya's memories are brought to the table by the member for Greenway is a marvellous moment to be here. It doesn't... - Health Care (1 speech)
The global pandemic has brought the fundamental importance of good health to the front of all our thinking—the value of good health in our own lives, the lives of our families and the wider... - Religious Persecution (1 speech)
I rise this evening to speak on a matter of great importance to many in the Australian community and many in the international community—that is, the growing persecution of Christians... - Chifley Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
I would be interested to know whether or not there's profit under that process that we have just heard of then. I would very much welcome greater religious freedom across the world and that... - Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
I'd like to speak on an issue that's not just affecting my electorate but impacting many communities across Australia—that is, the increasing number of financial institutions and banks... - Medicare (1 speech)
I rise today to speak about Medicare and the terrible way the Morrison government treats some of the most vulnerable Australians. Labor built Medicare and we will fight to protect it. I want to... - China: Human Rights (1 speech)
I grieve today for the people of Hong Kong, whose freedoms and liberties are being trampled on and destroyed by the communist regime of Xi Jinping. Let's recall that the Sino-British Joint... - Morrison Government (2 speeches)
I rise tonight to make a contribution in the grievance debate. Too many ordinary Australians are struggling to get ahead each week, living pay cycle to pay cycle, and it feels like this...
