ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE – Economy
Whether it’s households, whether it’s farms, whether it’s factories, whether it’s small businesses, right across society Australians are worse off now than what they were prior to the election in May 2022 with the Albanese government. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition and member for Farrer asked a very good question in question time today […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS – Albanese Government
In May 2022, there were so much hope and expectation in this country. They had just elected a new government and they thought that nirvana was on the horizon. How disappointed they must now be! Buyer beware. They must regret putting in a Labor government. But, you know, only 32.5 per cent of first preference […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – WorldSkills Competition 2024
I would like to compliment and praise Jasmine Cecchini. She is a beauty therapist in Wagga Wagga, and her journey has been deeply rooted in family influence and personal ambition. She set out on this course when she was 19 years young, apprenticing in her mother’s salon. This early immersion in the world of beauty […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Cash
Let me acknowledge the presence in the chamber of the erstwhile member for Kennedy, who is about to deliver his 977th speech to this parliament—on this occasion about the importance of cash—and acknowledge his 50 years of parliamentary service, including since 1993 as the member for Kennedy. I’d like to thank him for what he […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BUSINESS – Royal Far West
At the outset, I wish to heartily commend the member for Parkes for bringing forward this very important motion. Certainly, for a regional member—somebody who represents half of the landmass of New South Wales—health is critical. If you have a healthy electorate, you have a happy electorate. No-one knows this better than the member for […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – Free TAFE Bill 2024 – Second Reading
I can tell the member for Adelaide where he’d be were it not for TAFE. He’d probably be floating in the Aegean Sea somewhere off the island of Kastellorizo! He’s a good man, and there were some elements to his speech which I wholeheartedly agree with, like when he said that the government was delivering. […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – BILLS – Cyber Security Bill 2024 – Second Reading
If ever we had cause for alarm over cybersecurity, it was just the other day—5 November, in fact—when the Guardian published an article headed ‘Is your air fryer spying on you? Concerns over “excessive” surveillance in smart devices’. The article, penned by UK Technology Editor Robert Booth, said: Air fryers that gather your personal data […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – GRIEVANCE DEBATE – Waste Management and Recycling, Renewable Energy
I’d certainly like to join the member for Dunkley in her campaign to reduce plastic waste in our environment because I think what she spoke about has a lot of support in the wider community across Australia. Indeed, when you consider what she said about the amount of plastic in our ocean environment, it is […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – BILLS – National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024 – Second Reading
This bill is totally political in nature. It is very much formed to be a political wedge to put privatisation on the agenda for the 2025 election. That is what Labor is doing. When Labor introduced its legislation establishing the National Broadband Network, it specifically contemplated a situation in which it could be sold. The […]
ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT – ADJOURNMENT – Hyne Timber
In the black summer of 2019-20, the bushfires destroyed 40 per cent of the Hyne Timber mill pine feedstock. Now, for many companies, they might just pack up and leave, but not Hyne. This company was established in 1882. It’s one of Australia’s largest softwood manufacturing companies. It has a commitment to the Tumbarumba region […]