House debates

Monday, 24 June 2024

  • Fairfax Electorate: Cost of Living (1 speech)
    The Sunshine Coast may indeed be the lifestyle capital of Australia, and indeed it's a beautiful, wonderful place to live, but the residents I serve here in this parliament are doing it as tough...
  • Phillis, Mrs Christina Lillian (1 speech)
    I would like to mark the passing earlier this year of a true Labor hero in my electorate, Christina Lillian Phillis. Christina died peacefully in Alice Springs. From a very young age, politics...
  • Flinders Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
    Last week I visited Rosebud Hospital with Felicity Topp, CEO of Peninsula Health, who steps down from this role on Friday, after six years. We wish her all the best; she has been a remarkable...
  • Werriwa Electorate: Volunteers (1 speech)
    Australia is overwhelmingly a peaceful and collegiate nation. For millennia, we have been a multicultural nation. Overwhelmingly positive for our country, multiculturalism has improved our...
  • Workplace Relations: Qantas (1 speech)
    I wish to name the members of the Qantas board because this is a name and a shame: Richard Goyder AO, Maxine Brenner, Jacqueline Hey, Belinda Hutchinson AC, Michael L'Estrange AO, Doug Parker,...
  • Energy (1 speech)
    For those of us who came into this place wanting to address climate change and wanting to move off fossil fuels as quickly as possible and ensure we live in a more sustainable country, the last...
  • Ryder, Mr Keith Barry Michael (1 speech)
    I rise to pay tribute to Keith Barry Michael Ryder, who passed away on 4 April aged 85. Keith was born in Brisbane in February 1939 to his parents, Beryl and Keith Ryder Sr. He had a modest...
  • Budget (1 speech)
    What a wonderful tribute. It also highlighted the dangers of supporting the Canberra Raiders! The 2024 federal budget invests in building a better and fairer education system for all Australians...
  • Hill, Mr Malcolm (1 speech)
    The Berri and wider Riverland communities in South Australia are mourning the passing of a great South Australian, Malcolm Hill, who died late last month at the age of 85. Malcolm was born in...
  • Paterson Electorate: Hunter Region Business Excellence Awards, King's Birthday Honours (2 speeches)
    The Hunter Region Business Excellence Awards recognise outstanding achievements for businesses and individuals across the Hunter. Whether it's industrial trades, tourism, finances or personal...