Speeches

The National Disability Insurance Scheme was designed on the dream of greater flexibility, better quality of...

Thirty years ago this year, I was elected to this House. Joel Fitzgibbon's father, Eric, was there at the time....

One of Bunyip’s gems is Tony Arrigo who has been awarded the “Order of Australia” this year for exceptional...

I am keen to acknowledge this parliament's appreciation for the way that our public service, who are often...

  Ten years ago next week is the anniversary of the toppling of the democratically elected Kevin Rudd by Julia Gillard. Australia woke...

  This nation has faced unprecedented trauma. It's touched every family, every person, everybody, every business across this...

  Ian Ronald Symons is a man I loved the first time I met him. He was the regional officer for region 8 for the...

  I don't know how you're approaching the coronavirus yourselves, but I know that what I've done is to make sure that...

  It would've been my pleasure to second the motion. However, I've been jumped by the member for Indi, which I'm now...

  Bushfire recovery is a most difficult area for people who have been affected by...

  This is the face of Sally Anne Edwards, who died of the scourage that is ovarian cancer on the 14 February....

  It wouldn't matter what time I got up in the morning; there would be a farmer up before me somewhere in Australia. He...

I want to agree with the member for Fraser on one thing: the importance to the Australian people of this issue and how we...

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...

  I second the motion. I support the motion because this is a very important issue for regional Australia, and I commend the...

  We have had an horrific fire centred around the Bunyip State Park Forest. To say that there was not tested that we...