House debates
Monday, 23 August 2021
- Afghanistan (2 speeches)
[by video link] We are seeing a crisis unfolding in Afghanistan, a crisis that is a result of this government doing too little, too late. We've known for a long time the issue that Afghan... - Prime Minister (1 speech)
[by video link] My community, like communities across our nation, is in lockdown today because of the Prime Minister's stubborn insistence that the vaccine rollout was not a race, because of the... - COVID-19: Victoria (1 speech)
Fighting COVID has been a marathon event, not just here but right around the world. With every vaccination, COVID becomes a less-deadly disease for all of us. But we can't forget the shadow... - Sydney Electorate: Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
[by video link] One of the great difficulties of this COVID lockdown period has been that we have been separated from friends and family at some of the most difficult times in our lives. It has... - Lei, Ms Lina (1 speech)
With the Tokyo Paralympics about to commence may I take this opportunity to extend my best wishes to all our Australian competitors, but particularly to a constituent of mine from Templestowe,... - Afghanistan (1 speech)
The situation in Afghanistan is both horrific and tragic. People, including children, women and the elderly, are desperately fleeing Afghanistan, or attempting to flee, in fear of their lives.... - Dent, Mrs Sheila Mary (Mary) (1 speech)
I rise today to pay tribute to Northern Tasmania's Mary Dent, who passed away recently at the age of 92. Born Sheila Mary Wilson in Birmingham, England, in 1929, Mary migrated with her family to... - Afghanistan (2 speeches)
[by video link] The unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is devastating. The images played into our lounge rooms or on our newsfeeds are heartbreaking: desperate Afghanis clambering onto... - COVID-19: Lockdowns (1 speech)
I recently rose in this place to address the burden of lockdown restrictions on my community. Too many have lost livelihoods because of the restrictions on travel and authorised work. I've had... - Covid-19 (1 speech)
'We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other and fight to defend our rights and liberties.' That is the diggers' oath, the oath taken by Australians in the gold mining town of... - Afghanistan (1 speech)
Zaki Haidari is aHazara refugee from Afghanistan. A decade ago, the Taliban took away his father, Mahram. Zakihas not seen his dad since. The Taliban beheaded Zaki's brother, Ali, at a checkpoint... - COVID-19: Lockdowns (1 speech)
I'm reminded today of extracts from Rudyard Kipling's poem 'If': If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you … … …... - COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
When I listen to members opposite I wonder what planet they live on. Yes, of course we want to get out of these terrible lockdowns, but people also want to be vaccinated. That isn't easy to do if... - Cowper Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
Yesterday I received a very welcome telephone call from the Deputy Prime Minister, advising he had just signed off on the first tranche of the $1.8 billion for the much-awaited and much-lauded... - Member for Dawson, COVID-19: New South Wales (1 speech)
It's easy to see that the Deputy Prime Minister's heart to heart with the member for Dawson has hit the point. Here he is standing in this place again today spreading his dangerous falsehoods,... - COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
There is no doubt that the past eight weeks of lockdown have hit the people of Reid hard. Four out of six local government areas in my community are now subject to some of the harshest... - Lingiari, Mr Vincent, AM (2 speeches)
Earlier this month, we marked the 46th anniversary of Gurindji man Vincent Lingiari holding his hand beneath Gough Whitlam's to receive the red earth of his own land. With this symbolic act, land...
