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Address to Parliament- Bali Bombing: 20th Anniversary

It was one year and one day after the terrible tragedy at the World Trade Centre in New York and other associated terrorist attacks in the United States of America. Those attacks changed the way we lived. Thereafter no-one could go to an airport without being totally and utterly screened, without having all of those […]

Address to Parliament- Broadcasting Services Amendment (Community Radio) Bill 2022

The coalition recognises the important, essential and critical role that community radio broadcasting plays throughout Australia, especially in regions. When in government, we provided a funding increase of an additional $4 million per annum over two years in the 2021-22 budget. This was on top of the existing funding of a little over $16 million […]

Address to Parliament- Statements on Indulgence – Vanuatu General Election

Recently the member for Tangney and I were asked to oversee the Vanuatu election process, which took place on 13 October. It was a short, sharp 10-day campaign followed by a snap election being called. Vanuatu has a 52-seat parliament serving a population of 300,000. Australia stood tall in these elections to help that process. […]

Address to Parliament- Statements by Members – Murray-Darling Medical Schools Network

The Murray-Darling rural medical school’s network has been delivered and the construction is about to begin in Wagga Wagga. The Murray-Darling Medical Schools Network was announced in the 2018 budget, and included the establishment of a rural medical school in Wagga Wagga, administered by the University of New South Wales. I was proud on Friday […]

STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS – Murray-Darling Medical Schools Network

The Murray-Darling rural medical school’s network has been delivered and the construction is about to begin in Wagga Wagga. The Murray-Darling Medical Schools Network was announced in the 2018 budget, and included the establishment of a rural medical school in Wagga Wagga, administered by the University of New South Wales. I was proud on Friday […]

Address to Parliament- Matters of Public Importance – Workplace Relations

I’m glad my good friends the member for Macquarie and the member for Richmond are in the chamber, because when I was the small-business minister I visited the member for Macquarie’s seat and the member for Richmond’s seat, conducting small-business round tables. They were very productive. Indeed, there were other Labor members too: the member […]

Address to Parliament- Matters Of Public Importance – Cost of Living

We’ve just had 10 minutes of dares, diversion, distractions; everything but him, the Assistant Treasurer, coming to the dispatch box and saying ‘Yes, we’ve had six months and one day in office and we could have done more; we should have done more; we’ve let the Australian people down.’ He talked about honesty in his […]

Address to Parliament – Private Members’ Business – Road Safety

As much as I like the member for Macquarie, I have to say that I earnestly disagree with some of the comments that he made—scripted, of course, from the Albanese government’s talking points. I headed up many infrastructure and transport ministers meetings. I went to those meetings in good faith. I implored some of those […]

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