Feb 26, 2020 | Speeches
Bushfire recovery is a most difficult area for people who have been affected by bushfires. It takes a long time, and it costs a lot of money. There’s a report this morning that the bushfire recovery will cost in excess of $100 billion. When you equate...Feb 24, 2020 | Speeches
This is the face of Sally Anne Edwards, who died of the scourage that is ovarian cancer on the 14 February. She was 54 years of age. This is a beautiful photo of her as a child. She is one of a thousand who will succumb to this disease over the next 12 months....Feb 13, 2020 | Speeches
It wouldn’t matter what time I got up in the morning; there would be a farmer up before me somewhere in Australia. He could be a dairy farmer, an orchardist or a cattle, sheep or pig farmer—you name it. He could be on the Murray. He could be in South...Feb 11, 2020 | Speeches
I want to agree with the member for Fraser on one thing: the importance to the Australian people of this issue and how we deliver services to older Australians. I listened very carefully to his statistics and the fact that we have an ageing society and government...Feb 5, 2020 | Speeches
There was clearly a lot of passion in the member for Gilmore’s address. I think that all members who are fire-affected members have been touched by this tragedy and tragedies that have gone before. Not one word spoken in here today will assuage or ameliorate the...