House debates

Monday, 22 July 2019

  • Srebrenica Genocide: 24th Anniversary (1 speech)
    On Thursday, 11 July, I attended, as I do each year, the memorial service organised by the Bosnian Herzegovina Muslim Society of South Australia, commemorating the Srebrenica genocide of 11 July...
  • Bennelong Electorate: Queen's Birthday Honours (1 speech)
    I rise to inform the House of some extraordinary achievements by some local constituents in Bennelong who have received their Queen's Birthday honours. Firstly, I'd like to acknowledge the...
  • Fremantle Electorate: Infrastructure (1 speech)
    I recently joined members of the Cockburn Community Wildlife Corridor crew to look at the work they've been doing to regenerate banksia woodland in the Beeliar wetlands. As part of that effort, I...
  • Menzies Electorate: Multicultural Festival (1 speech)
    I have the privilege of representing one of the most diverse and harmonious electorates in Australia. More than one-third of my constituents were born overseas. More than one-third speak a...
  • Lalor Electorate: Homelessness (1 speech)
    We are better when we aspire to be a caring, compassionate, inclusive country. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Sometimes we forget to focus on what kind of country we want to be. We...
  • Bass Electorate: Employment (1 speech)
    I rise today because I would like to raise awareness of and acknowledge a group of incredibly impressive jobseekers from the Skills for Education and Employment, or SEE, program, who I was...
  • Gellibrand Electorate: Federal Election (2 speeches)
    Labor election campaigns are people-driven campaigns, and I want to thank my campaigners in the 2019 election here today. In my electorate, around 200 volunteers put in countless hours to fight...
  • Berowra Electorate: Pacific Hills Christian School (1 speech)
    As members of parliament, we all acknowledge the importance of education. In fact, it is possibly the one thing we all agree on. Education gives children the opportunity to build their skills and...
  • Cyprus (1 speech)
    Saturday, 20 July marked the 45th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. It is now 45 years since the division of Cyprus. Its capital city, Nicosia, is the last remaining divided capital...
  • Boothby Electorate: Infrastructure (2 speeches)
    The Morrison government is all about busting congestion for communities around Australia. In my electorate of Boothby we are busting congestion everywhere we can. Yet another important...