House debates

Wednesday, 3 July 2024

  • Telecommunications (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on behalf of residents from Bundeena and Maianbar about the woeful telecommunications infrastructure in these areas. These are beautiful beachside villages bound by the Royal...
  • Health Care (1 speech)
    The latest data shows residence in Macquarie are saving money when they get their scrips filled at the chemist. Since we made the largest cut to the copayment on scripts in Australia's history,...
  • Casey Electorate (1 speech)
    I believe it is important to involve community in community decisions, and to this end I'm thrilled to be working alongside independent organisations DemocracyCo and Hatrick and Co., who...
  • Economy (1 speech)
    The government is prioritising the delivery of cost-of-living relief. This is reflected in the measures that came into effect on 1 July, including tax cuts, cheaper medicines, rent relief and the...
  • Housing (1 speech)
    With millions of Australians struggling to keep a secure and affordable roof over their heads, there's no doubt we're in a housing crisis. And nowhere is this more apparent than in a Tasmanian...
  • Medicare (1 speech)
    The Albanese Labor government is strengthening Medicare and saving people in my community of Chisholm millions of dollars through cheaper medicines and free bulk billed visits to the GP. People...
  • Live Animal Exports (2 speeches)
    Australia, really, has only three exports: iron ore, coal and gas. They account for nearly $400,000 million of our $500,000 million. But on the next line are aluminium, beef and gold. If this...
  • Taxation (1 speech)
    This week, a primary school teacher in Bean going to work at Theodore Primary School in Tuggeranong is coming home with more money in their back pocket. All up, they'll save some $1,800 across...
  • Telecommunications (1 speech)
    The Herald Sun front page yesterday told a shocking tale of the massive impost that this government is placing on Australian families who just want to use the internet. There have been massive...
  • Cost of Living (1 speech)
    We on this side of the House know that it has been a rough period for Australians. They just want to be able to pay for the things that they need. They just want to be able to go to the grocery...
  • McPherson Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    Today I will speak about transport infrastructure on the southern Gold Coast, specifically about the upgrades to the M1. There is quite a long history to this particular upgrade. Back in the...
  • National Disability Insurance Scheme (1 speech)
    The NDIS is yet another great Labor reform—a source of great pride. In practice, the NDIS both supports and aims to make a real and meaningful difference to the lives of well over half a...
  • Neuroblastoma (1 speech)
    Today, on the front page of the Advertiser, we can read the story of young Holly Zerk, a seven-year-old from Balaklava, and her parents Lee-Anne and Travis. Last year, Holly was diagnosed with...
  • Cost of Living (1 speech)
    Waiters, retail assistants, cleaners, receptionists and hairdressers. What do these professions have in common? Under the coalition's tax plan, they would have got next to nothing in...
  • Nicholls Electorate: Sport (1 speech)
    I am on a mission. My mission is to train with all 44 football and netball clubs in my electorate of Nicholls, and I'm well on the way. From the Tigers in Rochester to the Pigeons in Yarrawonga,...
  • Robertson Electorate: Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal (1 speech)
    Today I rise to thank all of those who participated in the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal on 25 and 26 May this year. I particularly wish to thank Captain Lesley Newton of the Umina Beach Corps...
  • Albanese Government: Cost of Living (7 speeches)
    Australians are being conned by this incompetent Labor government. Forty million dollars is being spent on an advertising campaign to tell all of you that you're better off with their tax cuts....
  • Invictus Australia (1 speech)
    On the weekend, along with a hundred veterans and their families, I attended the Invictus Australia open day at the Veteran Wellbeing Centre at repat hospital. Invictus Australia supports...
  • Labor Government (3 speeches)
    We've heard Labor throughout this week boast about its tax cuts, but, as usual, this is pure spin, with the reality far from anything resembling the alleviation of hardship. Just one more...