House debates
Monday, 6 February 2023
- Sri Lankan Independence Day (1 speech)
I attended the delightful Sri Lankan Independence Day celebrations organised by the consul general, Sandith Samarasinghe, in the suburb of Box Hill, in the division of Chisholm, over the weekend.... - Stroke Foundation StrokeSafe Speakers (1 speech)
In my home state of New South Wales, we are celebrating Seniors Festival. It was a privilege for me recently to facilitate the Stroke Foundation's StrokeSafe speakers event at the St Vincent's... - Calma, Professor Thomas Edwin (Tom), AO, FAA, FASSA (1 speech)
DAVID SMITH (—) (): I'm pleased to rise to offer my congratulations to an outstanding Australian and resident of Bean. Professor Tom Calma, Chancellor of the University of Canberra, is the... - Forde Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Last month marked the practical completion of the Mount Lindesay Highway upgrade from Stoney Camp Road to Chambers Flat Road. This is a vital legacy project of the previous coalition government's... - Wicks, Jonte (1 speech)
I rise to speak about an amazing 15-year-old man in my electorate of Robertson, Jonte Wicks, who has suffered some challenging hurdles in his young life but has persevered through these obstacles... - Australia Day (1 speech)
Like me, many people in my electorate of Fowler came to Australia looking for a safe haven, security and freedom, somewhere we could raise our children and provide them with a good education for... - Medicare (1 speech)
The last time our parliament sat for a sitting fortnight, last year, I reported to the House that the largest provider of bulk-billing services, primary care services and GP services in my... - Donations to Political Parties (1 speech)
We urgently need to reform the transparency of election funding. ANU's 2022 Australian Election Study shows that more than half of the country believes that government is run for a few big... - Alice Springs: Crime (1 speech)
My home town of Mparntwe/Alice Springs has been in the national headlines for some time now, but I want to remind members of this place, particularly those opposite, is that behind those... - Fuel (1 speech)
I'd like to speak today about the reports over the last few days suggesting that the fuel tax credits scheme should be scrapped, and I'd like to warn the government that it would be complete... - Guide Dogs Australia (1 speech)
I would like to acknowledge the excellent and invaluable service to our community provided by guide dogs. In the gallery we have Iain Edwards, the interim CEO of Guide Dogs Victoria, and his... - Flynn Electorate: Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
Last week customers of Westpac's Kin Kora bank branch in Gladstone were notified that their local branch was closing. This bank branch closure joins over 550 branches that have been closed by the... - Werriwa Electorate: Australia Day (1 speech)
On 26 January I attended Liverpool's Australia Day citizenship ceremony. It's always a privilege to join with new citizens and witness their excitement on becoming part of the place they have... - Leichhardt Electorate: Chinese New Year (1 speech)
I rise today to congratulate the Cairns and District Chinese Association, known as CADCAI, for their vibrant Chinese New Year celebrations. The Cairns Festival was held over a 15-day period and... - Bennelong Electorate: Lunar New Year (1 speech)
Much like the member for Leichhardt, I rise here today to pay tribute to our wonderful, diverse community in Bennelong, who have just ended two weeks of extraordinary celebrations of the Lunar... - Molan, Senator Andrew James (Jim), AO, DSC (1 speech)
Given this is the first opportunity for me to get to my feet in this 48th parliament, it is with great sadness that I wish to offer my sincere condolences on the passing of Senator Jim Molan.... - Albanese Government (1 speech)
Well, here we all are, the first day of parliament in what the member for Barton has rightly described as 'the year of the Voice'. This is a year when Australians will finally have the... - Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
CHESTER () (): The contempt of banking executives towards regional Australia is well known, with more than 1,600 branches closing in the past six years. In Gippsland, we've experienced dozens of... - Marilyn Jetty Swim (1 speech)
Yesterday, if you happened to be enjoying a beautiful Adelaide summer down at Brighton, you would have been completely overwhelmed by a sea of blonde wigs, love hearts, sunglasses and white...
