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ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS – Riverina Electorate

As I drove to work in Canberra some months ago, I noticed, at the intersection at Manuka Circuit, which intersects with Canberra Avenue, going into Captain Cook Crescent—it’s a wonder they haven’t changed the name of Captain Cook Cresent; they probably will, knowing that we’re in Canberra—there was a crash. The windscreen was all over […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS – Melbourne Cup

Starters are locked away for the 2024 Melbourne Cup of politics! Election promises—scratched! The Greens are fractious in the stalls and appear unwilling to race! The field is now settled. The gates crash back, and they’re off! The Greens head sharp left and burst through the fence and right off the course! The teals, still […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – BILLS – Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024 – Second Reading

Much of what the member for Moreton just spoke about I agree with, but I will clinically go through the legislation and some of the points he raised in relation to the Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024. This is, as the member for Moreton correctly pointed out, important legislation, and […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS – Agriculture Industry

The unrealised capital gains issue—call it a Labor threat—still hangs like the sword of Damocles over Australian farmers. Whilst abroad last week I was interested to read an editorial in the Daily Mail for 1 November which read: Many will have no option but to sell up to pay the bill, destroying businesses held by […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Pesticides

My late father, Lance, left school after his primary school years and went straight to the farm. I can remember, when I came along and Dad took me up to the paddock, we used to pour chemicals and liquids into water in the boom sprayer and then make sure we did everything we could to […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – – BILLS – Aged Care Bill 2024 – Second Reading

Last sitting week, the Albanese Labor government introduced its new Aged Care Bill 2024 to the parliament. We, as the coalition opposition, think that the bill ought to go to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry. As you can see, there are a lot of pages to it. There is a lot of […]

ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee – Report

On behalf of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, I present the committee’s report ‘Are we there yet?’:from recovery to resilience—opportunities and challenges for Australia’s tourism sector, the final report for the inquiry into Australia’s tourism and international education sectors. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing order 39(e). […]

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