House debates
Monday, 12 February 2024
- Tourism Industry (1 speech)
It's no secret that outback Queensland punches well above its weight when it comes to the state's tourism sector. In fact outback Queensland tourism contributes more than $400 million to the... - Wendt, Mrs Sylvia (1 speech)
It has been quite an innings for Sylvia Wendt who celebrated her 100th birthday last month. A true westie, Silvia has spent 96 of her 100 years in Melbourne's west, spending her childhood in... - Wright, Connor (1 speech)
I want to wish local cross-country mountain biker, Connor Wright, all the best in 2024. A born talent, Connor has pretty much been racing mountain bikes since graduating from training wheels.... - Water Safety (1 speech)
It has been a horror summer for drowning. Twenty people have drowned in Victoria alone since 1 December, and, with more warm weather predicted, the risk increases. Surf lifesavers do an amazing... - Queensland: Coalmining Industry (1 speech)
In the past few weeks, the new Queensland Premier, Steven Miles, approved two new coalmines: Winchester South and Vulcan South. We have a new Queensland premier but the same old coalmine... - Palliative Care (1 speech)
Recently I received correspondence from a constituent named Debbie, who explained her experience with palliative care services on the Central Coast following her husband's diagnosis of lung... - Wentworth Electorate: Environment (1 speech)
Wentworth is blessed with some of Australia's most iconic beaches. But, sadly, due to the failures of New South Wales state governments and their contractors, one of the community's most... - Macquarie Electorate: Transport (1 speech)
Today is a great day for the community who use Macquarie Fields railway station. The New South Wales Labor government have announced a long-overdue upgrade of the station to provide disability... - Tumbatrek (1 speech)
On Saturday with the member for Eden-Monaro, I went on the Tumbatrek. Glen McGrath—not the cricketing 'ooh ahh' Glenn McGrath—is one of the organisers of this trek. There were plenty... - Evening Under the Stars (1 speech)
I had a great opportunity on Saturday night to attend a wonderful event in my electorate called Evening Under the Stars, which was at the Soldiers' Memorial Gardens in Unley. It's run by the... - Western Sydney Airport (1 speech)
My community has been campaigning hard. They have been campaigning against unfair flight paths. We are soon to have 220 flights per day at low altitude over thousands of residents in the... - Road Safety (1 speech)
Thirteen times more likely to die on our roads—that is the statistic for our truckies in Australia. It is Australia's most deadly industry, and what we have just witnessed from the member... - Flinders Electorate: Roads (1 speech)
My, how ironic. Today is 12 February 2024, 1,776 days since funding was first announced to fix The Forest Drive and Uralla Road intersections with the Nepean Highway in Mount Martha. In 2015,... - Racism (1 speech)
We are seeing shades of 1930s Germany emerge in Australia. Jewish Australians have received death threats. Families are in hiding. Jewish businesses and the jobs they support are at risk. Jewish... - Renewable Energy (1 speech)
On Tuesday last week, more than a thousand Australians converged out the front of this building, calling for a Senate inquiry into the economic, environmental and social impacts of... - Tang, Dr David Minh, Tang, Mrs Tracey (1 speech)
I rise today because I want to recognise the extraordinary contribution of Dr David Minh Tang and his wife, Tracey. By any measure, they are an extraordinary example of the great migrant success... - Fuel Efficiency Standards (1 speech)
Labor's new family car tax has been announced under the guise of fuel efficiency standards. When Labor first mooted fuel efficiency standards last year, I said the coalition would be constructive... - Parliamentary Standards (1 speech)
Every member in this place stands here as a community leader, and leadership casts a long shadow. What kinds of leaders do our communities expect us to be? Do they want serious, responsible... - Albanese Government (1 speech)
Those opposite are setting up quite a legacy. It's a path that's littered with broken promises. There are higher electricity costs despite the Prime Minister promising to save Australians $275 on... - Nemesis (2 speeches)
Mr Speaker, what is the definition of 'nemesis'? According to Oxford publishing, either it is 'the inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall', as in, 'Injury, consistently his...
