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ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – PRIME MINISTER

Jayawardene, Daryll Cullinan and Gary Kirsten all share the same highest test score. I know the member for Banks here is a bit of a cricket tragic, like me. He would know that that highest score is a number that the Prime Minister won’t ever talk about, because it’s 275. And I say that because […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – PACIFIC AUSTRALIA LABOUR MOBILITY

I move: That this House: (1) notes the Coalition’s strong track record of delivering for Pacific Island economies through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) Scheme, which has been instrumental in setting up Pacific workers and farmers for success; (2) acknowledges that: (a) there are currently 35,000 PALM workers in Australia; and (b) during the […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – UKRAINE

When His Excellency Vasyl Myroshnychenko pitched to be Ukraine’s ambassador to Australia he felt, given his background, it would be a role about commerce, economic development and trade. Building business links between his nation and ours was to be a priority for this Chevening scholar, who has a master’s in sciences in politics of the […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – TEACHERS

I acknowledge the member for Reid and her important motion to the House. I acknowledge the member for Lalor and her important contribution to the teaching ranks and what she did to help students, because teachers can be transformational. I remember my schooling years well, and I remember teachers such as John Egan, my year […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – DEFENCE

At the outset, Madam Deputy Speaker, I’ll say that I heard the member for Wills—and I might have misheard him—call out to the shadow minister for defence, ‘Walk the walk.’ If anybody has walked the walk in this place, it’s this bloke behind me. He was a member of the SAS regiment, and there’s no […]

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