House debates
Thursday, 2 September 2021
- Coombs, Mr John (1 speech)
I rise to pay tribute to my friend the late John Coombs. As National Secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia, John Coombs was one of the faces of the wharf dispute of 1997-98. Australia got... - COVID-19: Small Business (1 speech)
Like so many others in this chamber, I have been moved by the small and medium-sized business owners in our communities who have been doing it tough during the ongoing uncertainty of lockdowns,... - Lee, Ms Deborah (Debbie) (1 speech)
[by video link] At the outset of this year's finals series, Debbie Lee become the first woman inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. In the House today, I want to especially... - COVID-19: Victoria (1 speech)
There's a large park a few blocks from where I live in Melbourne. It's a very popular park, especially with the many recently migrated families who live in the area, many in old semidetached... - Wavehill, Mr (1 speech)
[by video link] Today I pay tribute to my old friend Mr Wavehill, an extraordinary man who lived an extraordinary life. He recently passed at his home in Kalkarindji surrounded by his family, two... - Madill, Dr Frank, AM (1 speech)
(): When I was just a boy, about 15, he asked me if I would like to come to hospital and see him operate and I was very keen. As I was going into the operating theatre, his advice to me was, 'if... - Anticorruption Commission (1 speech)
[by video link] Almost 1,000 days have passed since the Prime Minister and the former Attorney-General stood before the Australian people and finally, grudgingly, promised them a national... - Moncrieff Electorate: Economy (1 speech)
Recently, the Morrison government, in conjunction with the Queensland government, announced a $600 million support package to assist businesses and the tourism sector which have been suffering... - Tasmania: Housing (1 speech)
[by video link] Last week's Tasmanian budget contained some welcome funding. Alongside long-overdue spending for education and youth, there was important funding for legal aid services and mental... - Veterans: Mental Health (1 speech)
[by video link] I would like to congratulate the Department of Veterans' Affairs for providing fully trained psychiatric assistance dogs for eligible veterans right across Australia. As we know,... - Canberra Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
As everyone here in this chamber and building knows, Canberra, my home town, has been in lockdown since 12 August. My community knows how dangerous this delta strain of COVID-19 is and it is... - Covid-19 (2 speeches)
Early in the pandemic we saw harrowing footage of the CCP ruthlessly enforcing lockdown measures. At the time you could have been forgiven for shrugging and thinking, 'Only in communist China.'... - Sidwell, Mr Oswald William Thomas (Bill) (1 speech)
[by video link] Last week we lost a gentleman, a great sportsman and a great Australian. Bill Sidwell for some time had been Australia's oldest living Davis Cup player. He was an outstanding... - Afghanistan (1 speech)
Over the past weeks I've been speaking with Afghan members of my community, including on Monday, when I met with representatives of the Canberra Hazara community with the member for Scullin, and... - Tokyo Paralympic Games (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Australian Paralympic athletes on their outstanding achievements. From my own electorate of Cowper we have four remarkable men and women who... - COVID-19: New South Wales (1 speech)
I'm a worried man. I wish to make my concerns known. The government is putting all its eggs in the Doherty modelling basket, and I'm very worried man. I'm worried that the modelling is just that;... - Cairns Cup (1 speech)
The Cairns Cup has been run and won for another year, with locally trained and owned Tutelage saluting the judge. It was the husband and wife training duo of Janel and Ronnie Ryan's fourth Cairns... - JobKeeper Payment (1 speech)
Australia has had bad governments before, but have we ever had a more mendacious, incompetent, thin-skinned, secretive, cowardly government than this one? Australians are furious that the... - Mackellar Electorate: Fashion Industry (2 speeches)
[by video link] Too many people say that manufacturing is not possible in Australia; that we have to compete against overseas manufacturers, who offer wages equivalent to modern slavery; that...
