House debates
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
- Queensland Elections (1 speech)
It is time for a quick game of who am I. I am the youngest of six children born in Bundaberg to small-business owners. I went to Avondale state school and St Joey's in Bundaberg and Shalom... - Brown, Mrs Daisy May (1 speech)
Daisy Brown—nee Cran—was a proud Kamilaroi woman—a sand goanna woman—born in 1935 in the scrub outside Walgett back at a time when Koori kids could be taken. Daisy's... - Live Animal Exports: Sheep (2 speeches)
I rise today to talk about the national ag rally yesterday, which was in support of the Keep the Sheep campaign. What a fantastic rally. Thank you to all those who attended the rally. People... - Cunningham Electorate: Health Care (1 speech)
Last month I had the opportunity to speak with local residents in the community of Bellambi about the Medicare urgent care centre that opened just last year in Corrimal. I heard firsthand so many... - Mackellar Electorate: Mental Health (1 speech)
Last weekend I joined the 24 Hour Row for mental fitness. This event first took place seven years ago, and it was created by Mel and Nathan Wellings from the Avalon surf club in response to... - Afghanistan (1 speech)
'Every moment, you feel like you're in a prison.' 'If we can't speak, why even live?' 'We're like dead bodies moving around'—these are the haunting words of women living under the Taliban's... - Youth Voice in Parliament Week (1 speech)
This speech was written by Ryan local, Fleur, 12, for the Raise Our Voice program. I'll begin with one of Australia's most prominent problems; the high expense of university degrees. I was... - Cancer Support Fundraising (1 speech)
Every week 14 Australian families are given the heartbreaking news that their child has cancer. Last Thursday evening outside Parliament House I caught up with two Australians with big hearts on... - Child Care (1 speech)
This morning, I attended a briefing on the proposal by Thrive By Five to legislate universal access to early childhood development. One of their aims is to legislate that childhood education and... - Police Remembrance Day (1 speech)
When I was in the WA Police Force, I remember arriving early for my 12-hour shift. I would kit-up, complete the handover and hit the road straight. I would run from job to job, never knowing what... - Sturt Electorate: Cedar Woods Properties Ltd (1 speech)
I rise to record my deep opposition to the appalling proposal to rezone land in Glenside to allow 20-storey towers to be built at the Cedar Woods development. There's a public meeting this... - Australian Federal Police: United Nations Assistance Mission to East Timor (1 speech)
Twenty-five years ago, unarmed Australian Federal Police were deployed to Timor-Leste as part of UNAMET, the United Nations Assistance Mission to East Timor. Over 1,400 Timorese people lost their... - Petition: Ambulance Services (7 speeches)
I have a petition here to the honourable Speaker of the House of Representatives and the members of the House of Representatives, calling on the Victorian state government to provide the... - Child Protection Awareness Day (1 speech)
It's not okay to hurt a child. Every day it's not okay. Today is Child Protection Awareness Day. Children are the most important part of our society, and they should be able to live a safe and... - Beenleigh State High School: Paddock to Plate (1 speech)
I'd like to take this opportunity to recognise the efforts of the 105 students at Beenleigh State High School who recently took part in the annual Paddock to Plate luncheon. It truly is from the... - Women in Parliament (1 speech)
In 2022, we saw something quite extraordinary in this country. We saw a record number of female independents elected to our federal parliament. We also saw the first majority female federal... - Farrer Electorate, Albanese Government (1 speech)
I rise to highlight the abject mess Labor is creating for my communities in my electorate of Farrer, not by what it is doing but more by what it is not doing. Farmers from my electorate took a... - Vocational Education and Training (1 speech)
Neglecting vocational training is a betrayal of Australia's young people and our nation's future, and the Liberals and Nationals did exactly that. They undermined the high quality of Australia's... - Agriculture Industry (2 speeches)
Thousands of farmers made the long trip to Canberra yesterday to peacefully protest the Albanese Labor government's destructive anti-agriculture agenda. It is the first time in 40 years that...
