ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – COMMITTEES – Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water Committee – Report
This shirt I’m wearing is made from Australian cotton. The cotton industry is an industry which has been demonised by many in this place. Cotton is a very good agricultural product, and Australian cotton growers do it better than any other nation on earth. But this shirt has a number of plastic buttons on it, […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – Valedictory – MEMBER FOR BARTON
Member for Barton, I have nothing but yindyamarra for you. For those of you who don’t know what yindyamarra means, in Wiradjuri it means ‘respect’. For the Hansard translators, there was a beautiful song we were treated to. If they want to get a translation of that they need to go no further than Stan […]
Condolence Motion – Mr Thomas Page Pritchard
I wear the poppy pin in respect, remembrance and, indeed, awe. Today we gather again to pay tribute to Thomas Page Pritchard. We should respect him, we do remember him, and we are in awe of him. I look across the chamber and see the member for Spence, and I honour his service, too, as […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – BILLS – Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Bill 2024, Taxation (Multinational—Global and Domestic Minimum Tax) Imposition Bill 2024 – Second Reading
There are some aspects of the member for Hawke’s speech which I earnestly agree with. If you do business in Australia and with the Australian government, yes, you should pay your fair share of tax. There’s no question about that. For many multinational entities operating in the global village that the world is today, as […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – CONSTITUENCY STATEMENTS – Riverina Electorate: Telecommunications
Mobile phone connectivity is imperative for regional communities to continue to thrive. In recent days, my office has been receiving much correspondence from residents in and around Ardlethan and Kamarah expressing their concerns about what they say is a degradation of mobile phone reception over recent years, in particular. They are rightly concerned about this […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – MOTIONS – Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
This is yet another motion brought in by a Labor member pretending as though everything good that is in the nation has happened since May 2022. If they spruik something often enough and loud enough, eventually, I reckon they’re going to start to believe their own talking points. I reckon they’re going to start to […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Early Childhood Education
I reckon they would be listening with interest in Gerringong, Nowra, Shellharbour, Ulladulla and Warilla at the moment to the member’s contribution, putting forward this motion about childhood education and care educators. Yes, we want the best for those people who work in that sector. But two words that the member for Gilmore, a regional […]
EULOGY FOR SARAH HELEN CARTER 1979-2024 DELIVERED ON FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2024 AT FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE
As we farewell beautiful Sarah, a newborn is entering the world in a far-flung village of stick huts in a forsaken part of Kenya. The baby boy, of the Turkana people, blinks, breathes and utters his first hungry cry. It will not be his last. He will never know – but his chances of surviving […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – National Security, Economy, Cost of Living
I listened closely to the contribution of the member for Solomon, and I thank him for his service; I thank him for being a veteran. Veterans should be lauded and applauded for the fact that they have kept our country safe. So, for his efforts, and for the efforts of the member for Braddon, I […]
ADDRES TO PARLIAMENT – STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS – Literacy and Numeracy
During the winter recess of parliament I took the opportunity to attend many schools, where I handed out certificates for my 14th annual Anzac Day writing competition. I was so impressed with the more than 1,100 entries that I received—not just the quantity but, indeed, the quality. Anybody who rubbishes our children these days and […]