House debates
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
- Corangamite Electorate: Climate Change (1 speech)
Congratulations on your role, Deputy Speaker Claydon. I am proud to announce that I'm running a climate project for students in my region for the second year in a row. The Corangamite Schools... - Biosecurity: Foot-and-Mouth Disease (1 speech)
Farmers right around Australia are very concerned about foot-and-mouth disease. The government really needs to increase the resources to assist Indonesia to manage foot-and-mouth disease at its... - Robertson Electorate: Free Trade Day (1 speech)
Congratulations on your new role, Madam Deputy Speaker Claydon. Since 2017, Free Trade Day has been assisting residents in my electorate of Robertson and across Australia with household repairs... - Regional Funding (1 speech)
The absolute benefit of federal funding was brought home to me again on Saturday, when I attended the home game for the Narrandera Imperial Eagles against the Mangoplah Cookardinia United... - Hasluck Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
I congratulate you, Deputy Speaker Claydon, on your new position. I rise today to inform the House of a passionate community volunteer group in my electorate of Hasluck: Save Perth Hills. Save... - COVID-19: Higher School Certificate Students (1 speech)
I rise today to wish all the students sitting their HSC trials in both this and the coming weeks all the very best of luck, especially the 6,000 or more students studying across 15 secondary... - Hall, Ms Cathy (1 speech)
I want to say a few words in celebration of the life and activism of Cathy Hall, an influential and irrepressible member of the Fremantle community. It is true to say that in the last three or... - Canice's Kitchen (1 speech)
I want to tell you a quick story about Canice's Kitchen, a wonderful organisation in my electorate. Canice's Kitchen, in Rushcutters Bay, is a kitchen that provides free meals and clothing to... - Road Safety (1 speech)
Last week I met with a delegation of TWU members and officials, joined by employers, employer associations and families members affected by road accidents. There were workers from the gig... - New South Wales: Floods (1 speech)
I often speak about the resilience of my community of Lindsay. And, gosh, haven't they had to be resilient over the last two years—again, experiencing floods. These are communities that are... - Werriwa Electorate: Lao New Year (1 speech)
There are lots of great things about representing my part of the world and the electorate of Werriwa, particularly the fact that it is such a diverse community and it celebrates new year almost... - Burdett, Mr Kevin John, OAM (1 speech)
Almost two weeks ago the Karoonda East Murray community lost a great gentleman. Kevin John Burdett OAM was born and lived his whole life in the Karoonda East Murray district. A true community... - New South Wales: Floods (1 speech)
Dorothea Mackellar was so right in talking about a land of droughts and flooding rains. We've seen so much of both of those things—and let's include bushfires in that in recent years. I... - Tasmania: Agriculture, Biosecurity: Foot-And-Mouth Disease (1 speech)
The latest Tasmanian Agribusiness Insights Report has confirmed that our state's agricultural sector continues to be world leading. Farming directly employs 7½ thousand Tasmanians and... - Sport, Citizenship (1 speech)
I'm proud to stand here today to share with the House that Silver Bell Morris, a talented football player in Bendigo, has made the junior Australian women's football team. It's very exciting that... - Palliative Care (1 speech)
In a cottage in Doonan, set in beautiful grounds, people at end of life are comforted in the embrace of loved ones, their pain eased with specialist palliative care. In three years, Katie Rose... - Darwin Festival (1 speech)
I'm incredibly excited to be getting home to Darwin on Thursday evening as the Darwin Festival kicks off. It's a fantastic fortnight of theatre, music, dance and art. This weekend Darwin hosts... - Forde Electorate: Meadowbrook Golf Club (1 speech)
We have all looked on at times at various legal disputes that have dragged on for years and years, and I'm sad to share with the House one such dispute going on between a local... - Aged Care (2 speeches)
This morning I met with some amazing women who are aged-care workers, nurses and unionists, who came to talk to me about their enthusiasm and hope for the future of the care economy and their...
