Address to Parliament – Address-in-Reply to Governor-General’s speech
I am extremely disappointed that three initiatives funded by the previous coalition government and promised for the Riverina electorate are not going to be honoured by this incoming Labor government. I refer specifically to more than $20 million for the Wagga Wagga Airport, and I know the member for New England in his previous role […]
Address to Parliament – 90-second statement on Mr Ian Gordon
This Friday at Temora one of the Riverina’s best will be buried. Ian Gordon died in his sleep from motor neurone disease last Friday. He packed a lot into his 60 years—a family man first and foremost but also a farmer, footballer and friend to all who knew him. In spite of his illness, Ian […]
Address to Parliament – Infrastructure Funding
The member for Lyons should have read it like he meant it. Their hearts are not in this motion. I’ll tell you why their hearts are not in this motion: because they know, and the member for Lyons certainly knows, that Tasmanian infrastructure will now go lacking because of the Labor federal government. I worked […]
Address to Parliament – Emergency Response Fund Amendment (Disaster Ready Fund) Bill 2022
I concur with the concerns of the member for Page about this particular bill, the Emergency Response Fund Amendment (Disaster Ready Fund) Bill 2022. The member for Page has been to hell and back and arrived there again with the floods in Lismore. He has led magnificently in trying times. But it’s not just the […]
Address to Parliament – Defence Legislation Amendment (Discipline Reform) Bill 2021
Discipline in the military is critical to the success of the Australian Defence Force—it almost goes without saying, but it is so very, very true. The men and women who don an ADF uniform are made of special stuff, the right stuff. They are disciplined beyond any measure in civilian life and they need to […]
Address to Parliament – Afghanistan Motion
Brave Burnie boy Cameron Baird was the fourth Digger to receive the Victoria Cross for Australia during Operation Slipper. He was the 100th Australian VC recipient. There would be no ceremony at which he would have the highest honour for gallantry and valour pinned to his chest. There can be no greater love than to […]
REGIONAL AND RURAL BUDGET 2021 ADDRESS, 13 May 2021
Subjects: Regional and Rural Budget 2021 Address;
Regional Australia Institute Address 5 May 2021
12:15PM Thank you Liz and thank you to everyone who has tuned in. And at the outset, just as Liz has just done, I would certainly like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands upon which we meet and appreciate the fact that people are tuning in from all far flung corners of our […]
Address to Nationals’ Federal Conference, 27 March 2021
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Thank you, Larry. It is great to be with you all. I do acknowledge we are on Ngunnawal territory. I acknowledge Aboriginal people in the room, any emerging leaders and certainly those who went before us. At the outset I’d like to acknowledge Larry Anthony and thank him for his great service […]
TRANSCRIPT: SIR JOHN MCEWEN STATUE UNVEILING, 11 December 2020
Subjects: Sir John McEwen Statue Unveiling;