House debates
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
- Secret Harbour Surf Life Saving Club, Secret Harbour Dockers Cricket Club (1 speech)
I want to congratulate the Secret Harbour Surf Life Saving Club on celebrating its 40th anniversary. With Perth sweating through one of its hottest summers on record, I, alongside many others in... - Boosting Female Founders Initiative, Reid Electorate: Sporting Facilities (1 speech)
The government is busy delivering in my electorate of Reid. Over the past months I have been in the community seeing positive impacts of our plan. We have been helping local female business... - Cooper Electorate: COVID-19 (1 speech)
I rise to inform the House about some of the experiences of my constituents over the past months and weeks. There are some 25 million Australians—25 million people who go to school, work... - Fairfax Electorate: Homelessness (1 speech)
It was a Monday morning, 9 September 2019. He was found dead at the back of the Maroochy Neighbourhood Centre in Maroochydore. He had been sleeping in his sleeping bag. He was attacked and... - Solomon Electorate: Travel Industry (1 speech)
COVID has been a complex challenge not just here in Australia but around the world, leaving few aspects of our lives untouched. Small and medium-sized businesses continue to be impacted,... - Parkes Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
I'd like to speak about the air of optimism that's across the Parkes electorate at the moment. That's obvious, following the good seasons and the fact that the Darling River is now in... - Western Australia: Bushfires (1 speech)
Summer brings out the best in Australia and the best of Australians. We enjoy our beaches and the protection that surf lifesavers provide us. In my electorate of Perth, the fringe festival makes... - Katie Rose Cottage Hospice, Sunshine Butterflies (1 speech)
If the measure of a community is how it treats its sick, its disabled and those at end of life then Noosa should be commended. It has two unique places that are treasured safe havens for those... - Lunar New Year, Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 (1 speech)
Many hundreds of thousands of Australians have just celebrated the Lunar New Year. It is celebrated by many, of course, as Chinese New Year and by many Vietnamese Australians as Tet. They've... - Page Electorate: Surf Lifesaving, Irwin, Ms Janet, Page Electorate: Australia Day Awards (2 speeches)
I would like to acknowledge five young men who became heroes on Christmas Eve. Fifteen-year-old Charlie Ticknor, 14-year-olds Oliver Arragon and Sol Novak, 12-year-old Max McGillivray and... - Mead, Sister Janet (1 speech)
On 26 January, the electorate of Adelaide and, indeed, our nation lost a true legend and an angel: Sister Janet Mead passed away, leaving an impressive legacy. She was born in Adelaide in 1938... - Riverina Electorate: Bland Shire Council (1 speech)
Bland, Dull and Boring—I'm not passing reflections on anybody in this chamber; I'm talking about three local government areas. Bland Shire is in my electorate and its centrepiece is West... - Kingston Electorate: Hincks, Ms Louise (1 speech)
While most of South Australia was dealing with a summer plagued with COVID-19, it was business as usual on many fronts when it came to natural disasters in South Australia, and volunteer... - South Australia: Floods (1 speech)
I'm very mindful of the member for Kingston's comments there about the loss of the life of a wonderful volunteer. It just reminds us of what an amazing place Australia is, because in another part... - COVID-19: Aged Care (1 speech)
If there were any doubt about the dismissive and supercilious attitude of the Morrison government to the crisis in aged care, it was on full display in question time today—dismissive of... - Higgins Electorate: Percy Treyvaud Memorial Park (1 speech)
If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it's that we are using and appreciating facilities in our local neighbourhoods more now than ever before. With that, we as a government are cognisant of... - McEwen Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Consistency is important in government, and this government has been very consistent—consistent in misleading the people of our communities. Over nine long years of this deceit-filled,... - Gippsland Lakes (1 speech)
I rise to raise my concerns in relation to the management of the iconic Gippsland Lakes, which are a jewel in the Gippsland tourism crown. The Gippsland Lakes are a complex coastal lagoon system... - Lilley Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
I rise today to fight for an important health funding issue that is impacting Northsiders and the hospitals in my electorate of Lilley. In March 2022 the Morrison government is set to begin... - Housing Affordability (2 speeches)
All of us know the importance of housing, but a lot of us take it for granted. If there's one thing I've made a commitment of in my career, it's to make sure that housing is as affordable and...
