House debates
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Covid-19 (1 speech)
[by video link] We must come out of lockdown, but we must do it safely, and the frustrating thing in the situation that we are presented with today is: had the Prime Minister stuck with the... - Army Recruit Training Centre Kapooka (1 speech)
Almost all of the more than 39,000 Australian Defence Force personnel who served in Afghanistan marched out of Kapooka at Wagga Wagga in my Riverina electorate. On 12 July, an important and... - COVID-19: Vaccination (2 speeches)
[by video link] Locals in Kingsford Smith want to get vaccinated, and many in the Bayside Local Government Area now need to get their shot to go to work. The New South Wales government announced... - Fairfax Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
COVID-19, Afghanistan, relations with China—Australia faces no shortage of challenges, but let me assure you that, despite our focus on some of these very big global issues, we are not... - COVID-19: Morrison Government (1 speech)
() (): [by video link] I'm over it; Australians are over it. We're all sick of the divisive spin. Why can't the Prime Minister just get on with the job—all of them? He literally tore down a... - COVID-19: Queensland (1 speech)
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is walking away from the national cabinet's plan to avoid snap lockdowns. The Premier boasts that the state remains open—that's a fact—with... - COVID-19: Education (1 speech)
This year, 2021, has been an incredibly difficult year for Australians but particularly so for year 12 students, who have seen their final year of secondary education thrown into turmoil. Their... - Mero, Axel: London Royal Ballet School (1 speech)
I rise in the House today to congratulate Axel Mero, from Mount Beauty, in my electorate of Indi. Axel has been accepted into the Royal Ballet School in London and will jet off in just two weeks... - Barker Electorate: Exports (1 speech)
My electorate of Barker produces some of Australia's highest quality food and fibre and we have an international reputation for it. From the premium reds of the Barossa and Coonawarra to wagyu... - Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research (1 speech)
The Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research has rapidly become an iconic organisation in south-west Sydney. I recently met with some board members, including CEO, Darryl Harkness; board... - Braddon Electorate: Daffodil Day Appeal (1 speech)
This Friday, 27 August, is Daffodil Day. One in two Australians are diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes and I'm just one of the millions across Australia who have been forever impacted by... - Macquarie Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
It's been 12 months since Katoomba's headspace opened, for the first time providing easier access for young people in the upper mountains to ask for help. But its establishment has come at a time... - White, Mr Samuel 'Sam' (1 speech)
In 2010, young Sam White was living with his parents, Jim and Andrea, in Whyalla. Jim was a senior manager at Arrium. Sadly, he has passed since. But Sam had a motorbike accident at Port Lowly,... - JobKeeper Payment (3 speeches)
JobKeeper was the biggest one-off program in Australian history, costing the average Australian household $9,000. It wasn't Liberal Party money; it was taxpayer money, and taxpayers have a right... - COVID-19: Arts (1 speech)
[by video link] Creative arts and the industries are a mainstay of my electorate of Wentworth. They are part of the local culture, they support careers and businesses, they nurture talent and... - Tasmania: Aviation Industry (1 speech)
I want to talk about the aviation workers in my electorate. I did raise this issue in here just a week or so ago. The airport job cuts in Tasmania have now reached over 100—100 people who... - Ryan Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
[by video link] I made an important commitment to the people of Ryan at the last election to fix local roads, and, with the help of the Brisbane City Council and Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner, we... - COVID-19: Vaccination (1 speech)
The Prime Minister is treating us like mugs again. In a few moments, he's going to stand at that dispatch box and say that Australians have to make a choice between hope and holding him to... - Sturt Electorate: Kensington Gardens Reserve (1 speech)
I rise to update the House on the imminent completion of an excellent project we've jointly funded in my electorate, that being the Kensington Gardens Reserve upgrade. The Morrison government has... - Covid-19 (2 speeches)
We're living through difficult times, and no-one doubts that. There are, throughout all of our 151 electorates across this country, people who are suffering the effects of this pandemic,...
