House debates
Monday, 3 June 2024
- Mackellar Electorate: Housing (1 speech)
Nothing consumes Sydneysiders like real estate, but in the last few years the gloss has well and truly worn off. Soaring rents, mortgages and house prices have become a source of pain and... - Tangney Electorate: Vesak (1 speech)
Recently I was invited to the Buddha's Light International Association, the Sri Lanka Buddhist temple and the Australia Buddhist Bliss Culture Mission in my electorate of Tangney to celebrate... - Gambling Advertising (1 speech)
One of my constituents, Ian Ross, contacts me almost weekly about the ads for online gambling he gets on the AFL app despite having ticked the 'under 18' box. We've notified the AFL, and they say... - Table Top Warfare (1 speech)
Recently I visited a place in my electorate where the magic happens. By that I am referring to Magic: The Gathering, and that place is Table Top Warfare in Gawler. They also cater for a number of... - Fowler Electorate: Turkish Cypriot Community (1 speech)
Recently, I had the honour of joining my local soccer club, the Green Island FC, at Warwick Farm as they gathered to train and play as well as celebrate with their Turkish Cypriot community who... - Battle of Richmond Hill (1 speech)
On Sunday, I joined Dharug traditional owners and Hawkesbury residents at the commemoration of the Battle of Richmond Hill. It's not something my generation was taught about at school. It marks... - Moore Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
For more than a decade, our community has very patiently awaited the redevelopment of the ageing clubrooms and community centre at Heathridge Park in my electorate. The complex is more than 40... - St Catherine Greek Orthodox Church Parish of Malvern (1 speech)
For many migrant communities, maintaining the cultural and linguistic connection with one's heritage while integrating into our modern Australian culture can be a challenge, particularly through... - BASE Services (1 speech)
It is always a great opportunity to update the House on the great work that BASE Services is doing in my wonderful community. BASE Services is a community organisation that has had great support... - Budget (1 speech)
The Albanese Labor government's supporting the Fair Work Commission decision to raise the minimum wage for millions of Australians by 3.75 per cent this year. The coalition does not support that.... - Canning Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
Pinjarra locals are disappointed in Robyn Clarke, our local state MP for Murray Wellington. They are not mugs, and she has been misleading them about the Pinjarra heavy haulage deviation. Over... - Werriwa electorate: Liverpool Catholic Club (1 speech)
It was a great pleasure to be present at the annual Liverpool Catholic Club mass and luncheon. Now in its 53rd year, the date was an appropriate celebration of the club, its members and the... - Youth with a Mission Medical Ships (1 speech)
Today I had the great honour of engaging with representatives from Youth with a Mission Medical Ships Service, including the esteemed new patron, Madame Michelle Marape, the wife of Prime... - Economy (1 speech)
More jobs, higher wages, bigger tax cuts—that's what the Albanese Labor government is delivering for Australia. It's a fact that more jobs have been created under the Albanese Labor... - Bultitude, Mr Noel Mervyn, OAM (1 speech)
I'd like to acknowledge and thank Noel Bultitude from my community on his 75 years of service to the New South Wales RFS Woolgoolga Brigade. Noel joined the brigade at 14 as a volunteer... - Economy (1 speech)
Today's announcement of the 3.75 per cent rise in the minimum wage is very much welcomed by this government. This means over $33 more in workers' pockets every week, because we want you to earn... - Petitions: Australian War Memorials (1 speech)
I table three petitions calling for all war memorials in Australia to be heritage listed to ensure the preservation and protection of them, now and into the future. The petitions have been... - Budget (1 speech)
There's nothing more important than our health, the health of our families and the health of the broader community. As a Labor government, with our history of creating Australia's remarkable... - Albanese Government (1 speech)
Over the weekend, I put out to my constituents issues that they'd like me to raise in this place around what the current Albanese Labor government is doing and how it's performing. Rodney from... - Northern Territory: GTNT Group Awards (1 speech)
It was fantastic to attend GTNT's award ceremony under the stars at Middle Beach casino on Friday night. Amy Hetherington, as always, was MCing and doing a cracking job. We celebrated 35 years of... - Housing (1 speech)
Last week I spoke about housing in my first speech. In the paper today you'll see house prices are still going up, and it's completely a failure of government. Housing new builds have excessively... - Filipino Community Council of Victoria Incorporated (1 speech)
The Filipino community is one of the fastest-growing communities in western Melbourne. There are almost 100,000 people with a Filipino background in Victoria, and that number has increased by... - Capricornia Electorate: Fitzroy Community Hospice (1 speech)
The Central Queensland community celebrated an enormous milestone last month, with the much needed Fitzroy Community Hospice being officially opened. This significant milestone embodies the... - McEwen Electorate: Shine On Awards (1 speech)
It was an honour to recently attend the Rotary Shine on Awards, hosted by the Rotary Club of Diamond Creek. The Shine on Awards are an annual Australia-wide Rotary recognition program that... - Berowra Electorate: Graffiti (1 speech)
My electorate is known for having safe, clean, quiet suburbs. It's a great place to raise a family. In recent months I've been contacted by a number of constituents about the growth in graffiti,... - Pearce Electorate: Young Achiever Awards (1 speech)
The Young Achiever Awards acknowledge and encourage and, importantly, promote the positive achievements of all young people throughout Australia, and this year, 2024, we have two local finalists... - Gladstones, Dr John, AM (1 speech)
Congratulations to the three Margaret River wineries that won awards at the National Wine Show: Devil's Lair, Once & Well, and Evans & Tate. But none of these awards would have been... - International Relations: Australia and Taiwan (1 speech)
I was delighted to recently continue the tradition of Australian MPs visiting Taiwan. I went before the presidential inauguration. Australia and Taiwan are Indo-Pacific democracies, and we... - Mount Erin Boarding (1 speech)
My wife, Catherine; daughter, Georgina; mother, Eileen; three sisters, Denise, Robyn and Julieanne; mother-in-law, Beverley; and her mother, Joan, all attended Mount Erin at Wagga Wagga. The... - Health Care (2 speeches)
After a long decade of cuts and neglect, the Australian people voted for an Albanese Labor government that is committed to investing in universal health care. Indeed, one of the first acts of...
