Parliamentary speeches

National Security

June 19, 2017

I am pleased to rise to make a contribution on this motion and I thank the member for La Trobe for putting this motion before the House and enabling this very important debate.

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Crime in Victoria

June 19, 2017

I am pleased to follow the contribution of the member for Fenner, but it is disappointing that we are having this debate. I will, in the very short time available to me, set out the reasons why.

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Budget: consideration in detail

June 14, 2017

The rhetoric of this government has gone through many, many evolutions, but the reality remains the same...

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Budget impact on schools

June 14, 2017

Under this budget it has become clear that the government has replaced uncertainty in respect of schools funding with inequity.

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Budget 2017

May 30, 2017

The problems this budget is attempting to solve are those of this government, not those facing Australians and, in particular, not those which are of most concern to constituents in the Scullin electorate.

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Member's statement: Herbert Mason

May 29, 2017

Just after dawn on Anzac Day, I was with many thousands of my constituents at Epping RSL, reflecting on a typically beautiful Anzac Day service, when Herb Mason, the president of the Epping RSL...

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