House debates

Tuesday, 10 September 2024

  • Australian Society (1 speech)
    The Silkwood Hotel in Far North Queensland was fined $1,600 because its decibel level was too high—the noise level in its pub. The hotel is a stone's throw from the clay pigeon shooting...
  • Chisholm Electorate: Medicare (3 speeches)
    Our government is strengthening Medicare by ensuring that all Australians have access to affordable primary care services when they need them, and I'm really excited to share that Chisholm now...
  • Men's Shed Week (1 speech)
    It's Men's Shed Week, and this year's theme is 'Send him down to the Shed.' It's a fitting theme that encapsulates what men's sheds are all about: heading down to the shed to enjoy some...
  • Energy Efficiency Grants for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (1 speech)
    Bellarine based business Adelia Fine Foods is the latest local recipient of our energy efficiency grants. These grains are all part of the Albanese government's program to support small business,...
  • Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games (1 speech)
    Just a few weeks ago I stood here and proudly spoke about the support for our Olympians and how my electorate of Forde and our city of Logan have produced several stars—gold medal winners,...
  • Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence (1 speech)
    I rise to speak on the important funding announcement made by the Prime Minister and the Minister for Women last week to address gender based violence. The Albanese government will invest a total...
  • Agriculture Industry (1 speech)
    Today, farmers from across Australia descended on Canberra with a powerful message for the Albanese Labor government: if you have no farmers, you have no food. As a farmer by trade, watching the...
  • Bangladesh (1 speech)
    The honourable members and the whole House would have watched with great concern the episodes in Bangladesh over recent months, with the fall of the government and the violence. Our thoughts are...
  • Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (1 speech)
    I quote: [N]othing will take away what it does to a person to literally sign a piece of paper to say they will go anywhere at any time and do anything—including sacrificing their own...
  • Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia (2 speeches)
    It's the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia was founded by Patriarch Gregory VII of Constantinople in...