House debates
Thursday, 16 February 2023
- Flynn Electorate: Hospitals (1 speech)
The only place mothers can have a natural birth in the electorate of Flynn is in Emerald. I say this because I want to remind everybody that you still cannot have a natural birth in Gladstone or... - Holt Electorate: Quarters Primary School (1 speech)
What a pleasure it was to join my community in Cranbourne West for the official opening of Quarters Primary School alongside the Victorian Minister for Education, Natalie Hutchins; the member for... - Greater Shepparton Lighthouse Project (1 speech)
The Greater Shepparton Lighthouse Project was established in 2014 in response to complex social issues in the region. It's a collective community-led initiative built on the fundamental principle... - Turkiye and Syria: Earthquake (1 speech)
Last Friday I visited Auburn Gallipoli Mosque. It is a beautiful, solemn place where the community goes to worship and come together in times of joy and sorrow. I went to the mosque to deliver a... - Wright Electorate: Banking and Financial Services (1 speech)
The axe was falling on the last Westpac branch in my electorate, in the Lockyer Valley. Last week Westpac announced that they'd be closing their last branch in the electorate, but this afternoon... - Mental Health (1 speech)
MULINO () (): Young people need to be involved in solving the problems they face. It is a particularly apt sentiment this week, with its focus on youth mental health. Youth Insearch, the peer-led... - Housing Australia Future Fund (3 speeches)
I've heard quite a few Labor MPs this week talk about the perfect being the enemy of the good when it comes to the housing bill. But what's good about a housing plan that will see the housing... - Adelaide Fringe (1 speech)
We affectionately call March in Adelaide 'mad March', and tomorrow one of the crown jewels of mad March will kick off with the opening parade of the 2023 Adelaide Fringe festival—and, yes,... - Hughenden Irrigation Project Corporation (1 speech)
There is a Sunmap map of North Queensland from 1980, and written across the map is 'the best natural grasslands in Australia'. Now in this area there is the reality of a barren wilderness: 23... - Temporary Protection Visas (3 speeches)
Since I was first elected in 2019 I have had many refugees come to me and talk about their experience—their experience of being in our country and not being able to feel hope that they are... - Paper Industry (1 speech)
I stand to inform the House that, yesterday, 200 workers at the Australian Maryvale mill lost their jobs. They didn't lose their jobs because they weren't good at them, they didn't lose their... - National Reconstruction Fund (1 speech)
We've all become used to the constant stream of opposition from the Liberals since the May election, but I have to say I was most surprised at the big 'no' that the Liberals are delivering to... - Mobile Black Spot Program (2 speeches)
The Labor Party's Improving Mobile Coverage Round of the Mobile Black Spot Program is an outrageous abuse of taxpayer money. Thirty-three per cent of electorates in regional Australia are held by...
