House debates
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
- Sport (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, can you feel it? The excitement is building. Today marks Olympic Day. It is exactly one month until the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics Games. The AOC has launch a new ad... - Mount Larcom Show (1 speech)
In September 2020 the coalition government launched a Supporting Agricultural Shows and Field Days program to provide operational support for agricultural shows. All these shows were affected by... - Speech Pathology Services (1 speech)
Speech pathology is crucial to helping people communicate more effectively, particularly those with speech impairments or swallowing difficulties. But, unfortunately, in the Northern Territory... - Harry, Mr Richard (1 speech)
I rise to offer my congratulations to Richard Harry for being awarded the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia's prestigious Max Gardner Award for Distinguished Service. Richard is a humble... - XLH Awareness Day (1 speech)
Today is XLH Awareness Day. I'd like to acknowledge the work of XLH Australia and, in particular, its president, Ms Sandy Bevc, who's in the gallery with us today—hi, Sandy. Sandy is a... - Insurance (1 speech)
It was only a couple of months ago that I stood up in this place and talked about Townsville's market failure of an essential service. That essential service is insurance. You have to have... - Deputy Prime Minister (5 speeches)
Just when you thought this government couldn't get any more shambolic, it's back to Barnaby. The member for New England is the new old Deputy Prime Minister, gifted to us by the Nats.... - National Radioactive Waste Management Facility (1 speech)
It is six years ago, plus a month or so, since I first raised the possibility of my home town, even my home paddock, hosting the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility. On Monday night in... - Federal Integrity Commission (1 speech)
When former High Court Justice Mary Gaudron and Tony Fitzgerald put their names to something, you would be a fool to ignore it. Yet that's what this government is doing: ignoring 59 eminent... - Wentworth Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
People here would be aware that there were 13 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases reported overnight in New South Wales, which takes us to 31 cases now linked to the so-called Bondi cluster. As a... - Rotary Australia (1 speech)
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Rotary in Australia, and in Kingsford Smith I'm proud of the contributions made over many years by our two local Rotary clubs, at Maroubra and Botany... - Working with Children Check (1 speech)
As you know I rise in this place often to talk about protecting our kids, particularly from predators online and in our community. And, as chair of the Law Enforcement Committee, I know one of... - COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
The Morrison government's failure to roll out the COVID vaccine has just kicked the Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury tourism sector in the teeth. Already they've had a week of cancellations from... - Murray-Darling Basin (1 speech)
I rise to condemn in the strongest possible terms any attempt currently afoot in the Senate to undermine the Murray-Darling Basin agreement. I make it very clear that it is unambiguously the... - M1 Pacific Motorway, Morrison Government: COVID-19 (4 speeches)
So you're back from outer space—at least, that was the inquiry—and I look to see you there with that sad look upon your face. I should have changed that stupid lock. I should have... - Climate Change (1 speech)
I'll resist the temptation to do my Gloria Gaynor impersonation for the benefit of the House, but I will use an advertising slogan, which is, 'Down, down, emissions are down' under the Morrison... - Parliament House: Sport (1 speech)
This morning, I saw the most important sporting fixture on the parliamentary calendar: the parliamentary state-of-origin touch game! New South Wales faced huge odds—we faced a Queensland... - Shanks-Markovina, Mr Jordan (1 speech)
There is nothing friendly about the behaviour of Jordan Shanks-Markovina, otherwise known as friendlyjordies. Friendlyjordies depicted Leigh Sales as a rat, Lisa Wilkinson as a monkey, Gina... - Covid-19 (2 speeches)
There are 5.5 million people in New South Wales who are very keen to hear from this Prime Minister about why the vaccine rollout in New South Wales is not a race. The virus is on the move and his... - Olympic Day (2 speeches)
And the winner is Sydney! In fact, it is Penrith, my home town, the Olympic city for the canoeing and rowing events in the Sydney Olympic Games, the city of champions. This is worth celebrating...
