House debates
Monday, 5 September 2022
- Petition: Centrelink (5 speeches)
Under the cover of darkness in 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic being used as an excuse, the Centrelink office in Benalla was closed. The local community were promised consultation on future... - Jobs and Skills Summit (3 speeches)
Last week in this parliament we saw a very strange sight indeed—shocking, even, to those who might have observed parliament or Australian politics for the last decade or more. We saw an... - Petrie Electorate: Energy Efficient Communities Program (1 speech)
Thirsty Chiefs is a small brewery in my electorate of Petrie that has been operating for seven years. It's a one-of-a-kind establishment brewing beer, cider and ginger beer, all in house, and... - Corangamite Electorate: Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
There is a disturbing trend across Australia. It's the closure of many of our bank branches, particularly in regional areas. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia recently announced it is closing... - Groom Electorate: New Acland Mine (1 speech)
I'm delighted—absolutely tickled pink—to be standing in the Chamber today talking about the future of New Acland Mine with a smile on my face. It's fantastic news. You see, one week... - Electric Vehicles (1 speech)
When a breakthrough arrives, according to Pulitzer Prize winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee, 'technology dissolves its own past'. The adoption of electric vehicles in Australia will be akin to... - Energy: Employment (1 speech)
On 23 August this year I hosted the Hasluck green energy jobs and skills roundtable in Perth in order to help inform the Jobs and Skills Summit and the government's white paper process. Around... - Agricultural Shows (3 speeches)
A bull rider I ain't, and anybody who saw the end of Insiders yesterday would have noted, with some humour and mirth, the fact that I couldn't stay on one of those electronic bulls for longer... - Migration (1 speech)
Last week the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs made an important announcement: the Albanese Labor government will invest $36.1 million into visa processing to clear... - 2022 North Queensland and Northern Territory Restaurant & Catering Hostplus Awards for Excellence (2 speeches)
Last Monday, 29 August, my beautiful wife, Yolonde, and I had the pleasure of attending the 2022 Hostplus North Queensland and Northern Territory restaurant and caterers awards. This is the first...
