House debates
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
- Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (1 speech)
We're six months into the robodebt royal commission and I share the fury of the many Australians who are watching the inquiry unfold, but I also applaud the brave Centrelink recipients who've... - Turkiye and Syria: Earthquake (1 speech)
We're all painfully aware that last week south-eastern Turkiye and northern Syria were devastated by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which was phenomenal. As that news came through, we knew what... - Mitchell Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
It's a privilege to rise today to speak about some of the significant achievers in my electorate in the Australia Day honours. Australia Day, of course, is widely celebrated in Mitchell and in... - Space Industry (1 speech)
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to represent Minister Husic at the official opening of the upgrade to the University of Tasmania's Greenhill Observatory, in my electorate, alongside Mr... - Page Electorate: Australia Day Awards (1 speech)
I acknowledge and congratulate members of my community who received awards at the recent Australia Day Awards in Lismore. Colin Cameron received an OAM for services to broadcast media and to the... - Sydney WorldPride 2023 (1 speech)
Sydney is dressed up and ready to celebrate the arrival of WorldPride this weekend. WorldPride is the largest LGBTQIA+ festival on earth, and this year, for the very first time, it's leaving the... - Groom Electorate: Crime (1 speech)
My home of Toowoomba is grieving the death of Mr Robert Brown, at the age of 75, earlier this week. Mr Brown died of injuries sustained in an attack that took place in broad daylight outside the... - Education: Student Wellbeing Boost (1 speech)
At the start of February, I had the pleasure of visiting Gorokan Public School, along with Dr Gordon Reid and Minister Jason Clare. Gorokan Public is a caring, tight-knit community, which is why... - New England Electorate: Australian Labor Party (1 speech)
We live in a time right now, especially with issues coming before us such as the referendum for the Voice, where governments say: 'You've got to trust us. Can't you see that what you're doing is... - Health Care (2 speeches)
For the chamber today, I want to highlight the absolutely amazing job the Albanese Labor government is doing in the health space. First, I want to talk about medication affordability, something I...
