Parliamentary speeches

Penalty rates

February 29, 2016

While our Prime Minister speaks ebulliently about the excitement of the seven-day-a-week economy, he is much quieter when it comes to the sort of society it implies and its consequences...

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Appropriation bills

February 25, 2016

I rise today to make a contribution to the debate on the Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2015-2016 and Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2015-2016 and, in supporting supply and the appropriation...

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Motion on Save the Children Australia

February 22, 2016

Sorry should not be the hardest word to say and it should not be too much for the Australian people to expect that our government should take responsibility for its actions...

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Closing the Gap 2016

February 22, 2016

Like other speakers, I acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people as the traditional owners of the land on which we are gathered now, and I pay my respects to elders past and present...

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Constituency statement: Scullin electorate volunteers

February 10, 2016

Perhaps the greatest privilege that I have experienced in my short time in public life has been the ability to appreciate how communities are built and how they are sustained...

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Legal System and the Environment

February 08, 2016

Before the House, this morning, on the motion regarding law and the environment, we have propositions that are profoundly illiberal, from a Liberal government, and also deeply cynical...

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