Speeches

Schooling and Belong Acacia Ridge (Adjournment Speech)

November 01, 2018

I understand that local residents queue outside as early as 7 am to meet the opening time of 9 am just to ensure they have food for the day. That is why I have taken on the challenge to work with my community to support their food co-op program.

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On Election Thanks and the Uluru Statement (Address In-Reply)

August 23, 2018

Our history as a nation did not start in the 1770s at the point of European contact: it began more than 60,000 years ago.

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Immigration Motion

August 23, 2018

Just over 20 years ago Pauline Hanson’s maiden speech thrust this nation into a crossroads—a crossroads about our relationship to the notion of multiculturalism, to our relationship with our first nations people in this country.

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Thanks to Local Neighbourhood Watch Groups (Adjournment Speech)

September 01, 2016

The generosity that we see in the community was once again on display at our dinner table.

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On Guinness World Record and In Memory of Rose Colless (Adjournment Speech)

September 01, 2016

Mrs Colless received the Order of Australia Medal in 1984 and in 1987 became the first ever recipient of the Australian Human Rights Medal for her ongoing fight for improving the lives of indigenous Australians.

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WE'LL PUT QUEENSLANDERS FIRST