House debates
Wednesday, 6 September 2023
- Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue (1 speech)
Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue is the second-largest marine rescue group in WA with more than 100 volunteers providing an essential emergency service to our community by ensuring boating safety... - Women's Baseball World Cup (1 speech)
Two extraordinary Canberra women, Ashley Patton and Maddison Erwin, were recently selected for the Australian Emeralds baseball team and have returned from representing Australia at the Women's... - Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 (1 speech)
Labor's shocking misinformation bill is an absolute disgrace—an appalling piece of legislation which would substantially restrict free speech in this nation. Remarkably, the government has... - National TAFE Day (1 speech)
Today is National TAFE Day. It is a day to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of TAFE students, teachers, trainers and support staff across the country and to acknowledge the important... - Mayo Electorate: Cooking Cabinet (1 speech)
SHARKIE () (): Back on 9 June, together with Dan Cregan—the member for Kavel and Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly—I held Cooking Cabinet with young people in my... - National TAFE Day (1 speech)
I love TAFE, and so do people in my communities on the New South Wales South Coast. Today, on National TAFE Day, I want to send a shout-out to my local TAFE campuses, at Nowra, Ulladulla,... - Climate Change (1 speech)
They've done it again. It's hard to believe, but Labor has made another coal project approval. It's the fifth in a year, and it'll run for 50 years. It's dangerous, irresponsible and reckless.... - National TAFE Day (1 speech)
I, too, rise to acknowledge National TAFE Day and the tremendous work of all our teachers, staff and other support workers. My colleagues and I are united on this. TAFE is an important... - Gold Coast Light Rail (1 speech)
As many people will know, I have extensively voiced the very genuine concerns of my community about stage 4 of the Gold Coast Light Rail. Transport infrastructure that may well be very... - National TAFE Day (1 speech)
Today is National TAFE Day. As a TAFE graduate, I am proud today to celebrate the achievements of TAFE students, teachers, trainers and support staff and the contributions they make to our... - Australian Opal Centre (1 speech)
I'd like to inform the House that construction on the long-awaited Australian Opal Centre at Lightning Ridge has commenced. This project has been in the pipeline for probably 20 years. I've... - Boothby Electorate: Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
On National TAFE Day, I would like to highlight the excellent work of TAFE at Tonsley in my electorate of Boothby. The campus is always buzzing with students developing skills to get better paid,... - Cairns Airport (1 speech)
Over the weekend, the Cairns Airport received the distinguished title of Airport of the Year for 2023 at the Australian Aviation Awards in Sydney, beating all our capital cities. As many in this... - National TAFE Day (1 speech)
I too rise to speak on National TAFE Day, and I want to give a shout-out to our amazing TAFE teachers and all of the people that work on our TAFE campuses. They have an incredible job to do to... - Live Sheep Exports (1 speech)
I rise today to welcome a delegation from rural WA, who are with us here in the chamber, representing sheep producers and associated industries already being impacted by this government's... - National TAFE Day (1 speech)
I rise with all of my colleagues today to celebrate National TAFE Day—and to note that it's just over 12 months since the Jobs and Skills Summit, one of the first actions of the Albanese... - Multiple Sclerosis (1 speech)
I recently had the pleasure of attending the Galston500, run by the Hornsby Model Engineers Co-op. It was a wonderful community occasion. The Galston500 supports multiple sclerosis research at... - National TAFE Day (1 speech)
Two hundred and fourteen thousand—that's how many Australians have enrolled under Labor's fee-free TAFE policy. That's 34,000 more than our goal of 180,000 spots, so we smashed it. This... - Victoria: Timber Industry (1 speech)
Today I thought I'd talk about jellyfish. More precisely, I want to talk about the similarities between the new Labor Party and jellyfish. It's a scientific fact that jellyfish have no brains, no... - National TAFE Day (2 speeches)
Nine out of 10 new jobs in the future will require post-secondary school education, four of those being vocational qualifications. In South Australia we will need to deliver almost 100,000...
