Speeches
The National Disability Insurance Scheme
The National Disability Insurance Scheme was designed on the dream of greater flexibility, better quality of...
Thank You
Thirty years ago this year, I was elected to this House. Joel Fitzgibbon's father, Eric, was there at the time....
Antonio (Tony) Arrigo: Awarded The OAM
One of Bunyip’s gems is Tony Arrigo who has been awarded the “Order of Australia” this year for exceptional...
Thank You To Our Public Servants
I am keen to acknowledge this parliament's appreciation for the way that our public service, who are often...
Asylum Seekers
Ten years ago next week is the anniversary of the toppling of the democratically elected Kevin Rudd by Julia Gillard. Australia woke...
COVID-19 Statement
This nation has faced unprecedented trauma. It's touched every family, every person, everybody, every business across this...
Queen’s Birthday Honours: Ian Ronald Symons
Ian Ronald Symons is a man I loved the first time I met him. He was the regional officer for region 8 for the...
Chinese Restaurants During COVID-19
I don't know how you're approaching the coronavirus yourselves, but I know that what I've done is to make sure that...
ABC During the Bushfires
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: Rural and Regional Australia
Bushfire recovery is a most difficult area for people who have been affected by...
Ovarian Cancer in Australia
This is the face of Sally Anne Edwards, who died of the scourage that is ovarian cancer on the 14 February....
Bill Pyle: A Dairy Farmer
It wouldn't matter what time I got up in the morning; there would be a farmer up before me somewhere in Australia. He...
The Importance of Aged Care
I want to agree with the member for Fraser on one thing: the importance to the Australian people of this issue and how we...
CONDOLENCES: Australian Bushfires
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...
Vision Australia
I second the motion. I support the motion because this is a very important issue for regional Australia, and I commend the...
Bunyip State Park Forest Fire
We have had an horrific fire centred around the Bunyip State Park Forest. To say that there was not tested that we...
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