House debates

Tuesday, 6 February 2024

  • Urquhart, Professor Donna (1 speech)
    ():  On 14 January this year, ultramarathon runner, scientist and mother Donna Urquhart crossed the finish line in Antarctica to set a world record for the longest run in a polar...
  • Isaacs Electorate: Chelsea Community Church of Christ (1 speech)
    ():  Today, I want to share the remarkable story of Chelsea Community Church of Christ in my electorate of Isaacs. On 17 March this year, the Chelsea Community Church of Christ will...
  • Australia Day Honours and Awards (1 speech)
    Wide Bay is fortunate to have so many amazing people who give their time, energy and skills to help others every day without expectation of praise or recognition. Our national honours and awards...
  • Bendigo Electorate: Flooding (1 speech)
    Over the break my electorate was impacted again by flooding. It's the second time my electorate has been impacted by flooding in 18 months. The rain started on Christmas Eve and stopped for a...
  • Durack Electorate: Community Organisations (1 speech)
    It's great to be back, but I think we can all safely say that we've enjoyed the welcome break, in being able to spend more time in our electorates and be reminded of the good-natured character of...
  • Eden-Monaro Electorate (1 speech)
    I had the immense pleasure of opening the Narooma mountain bike trails last week. What an incredible new asset they are going to be to the South Coast. We're talking about world-class trails that...
  • Ceduna: Pensions and Benefits (1 speech)
    It gives me no pleasure to be here today raising the issue, once again, of Ceduna. It's a beautiful town in the far west of my electorate, with a population of about 3,200, 25 per cent of whom...
  • Mental Health (1 speech)
    Summer is when we all come together with our family, friends and community to celebrate the year past and to look forward to the year ahead. But, for some, summer can be a time of isolation....
  • Defence Procurement (1 speech)
    Unfortunately this week we have seen another development of great uncertainty around the surface shipbuilding program in my home state of South Australia. I'm sure members are aware that there is...
  • Newcastle Electorate: Medicare (2 speeches)
    I want to give a very big happy 40th birthday shout-out to Medicare today. After a decade of Liberal government cuts and neglect we now have a government that fully understands the value of...