House debates
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
- Devenish, Dookie & Districts: Good Friday Appeal (1 speech)
I want to acknowledge a fabulous group of people and a small community that does mighty things. Every year the Devenish Dookie & Districts Good Friday Appeal team raises money for the Royal... - Australian Parliament House: 35th Anniversary (1 speech)
Thirty-five years ago today this extraordinary building was officially opened. Thank you to the Presiding Officers for recognising this significant anniversary yesterday with our First Peoples,... - Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (1 speech)
Regional Australians could be the hardest hit by the Labor government's planned changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Ahead of tonight's budget, the federal government plans to double... - Sudan (1 speech)
Much of the focus today is, understandably, on the budget, but I want to acknowledge the extraordinary stress and emotional turmoil that families of Sudanese heritage everywhere, including in my... - Petition: Census and Statistics Act 1905 (1 speech)
Today I rise to table this petition, calling on the House to make changes to the Census and Statistics Act 1905 to legally mandate the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people within the census. This... - Holt Electorate: Pearcedale Primary School (1 speech)
There is nothing better in being a local MP than visiting schools and engaging with students from your electorate. I had that great pleasure again when I visited Pearcedale Primary School to... - Indi Electorate: Helico Australia (1 speech)
Indi is home to many hidden secrets, businesses that are innovative and exciting right on our doorstep. One of those hidden secrets is Helico Australia where, inside an old hay shed on the... - Robertson Electorate: Community Batteries (1 speech)
I rise to reaffirm the Albanese Labor government's commitment to establish a community battery in the Central Coast suburb of Narara. During the 2022 federal election, delivering a community... - COVID 19: Vaccination (1 speech)
Deputy Speaker, I seek leave of the House to table two letters, one from Professor Ian Brighthope to the minister for health and the other from the department of health to Ms Elizabeth Hart.... - Gender Diversity (1 speech)
Australia is a nation with a degree of social cohesion that is the envy of the world, a place we like to think that people can live their lives authentically. And yet, in amongst the colourful,... - Parkes Electorate: News Media (1 speech)
I'd like to bring to the attention of the House the shocking decision by Southern Cross Austereo to remove the Spencer Gulf nightly news program. Obviously Spencer Gulf is in South Australia and... - Bennelong Electorate: Epping Bridge (1 speech)
If you live in Bennelong, I can almost guarantee that you've spent time stuck in traffic because of the Epping Bridge. It's one of Sydney's worst bottlenecks and more or less cuts our community... - Victoria: Roads (1 speech)
If you fix country roads, you will save country lives. There are too many people killed and injured on our regional road network, and Gippsland motorists right now are being robbed of life-saving... - Anzac Day (1 speech)
Whilst forming up for the Anzac Day march in Palmerston in my electorate, I had a great chat with Joey Flynn. Joey was wearing her dad's medals. Jack Yates fought in the Second World War, and... - Mobile Black Spot Program (1 speech)
Round 6 of the Mobile Black Spot Program under this government is an absolute disgrace and an absolute rort. Let's recap what we know. We know that the minister admitted to Ben Fordham on Radio... - Budget (1 speech)
Our Treasurer has already said tonight's budget will deliver for the most vulnerable Australians. We've already seen some announcements before tonight that demonstrate that this budget will do... - Stanton, Mr John (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge a member of my community who, at 91 years old, continues to prove that nothing beats good, old-fashioned grit, dedication and life experience. Campdrafting legend John... - South Australia: Wine Industry (1 speech)
South Australia's wine industry is kicking goals. Our wines are world renowned and a major export industry for the state. Fifty per cent of all wines bottled in Australia come from South... - Cost of Living (1 speech)
There's nothing this Labor government likes doing more than congratulating itself. But all of tonight's hugs and backslapping can't disguise the reality that this Prime Minister and his... - Budget (2 speeches)
I rise in anticipation of what will be a considered budget that goes to the heart of the way we govern for all Australians. I know that families in my electorate of Pearce in Western Australia...
