Parliamentary speeches

Public Education Day

May 25, 2017

Today is Public Education Day. On this side of the House, it is a day we celebrate. It is a day on which we also recommit ourselves to the fight for fairness when it comes to public education in Australia.

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Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 - Second reading speech

May 23, 2017

The Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 before the House is a betrayal. It is betrayal of the Gonski report. It is a betrayal of students. It is a betrayal of parents. It is a betrayal of teachers and school communities.

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Labour hire industry - motion

May 22, 2017

...That is insecure work and its consequences, with particular reference to the labour hire industry, a growing sector in terms of employment in Australia and unfortunately also a dramatically growing sector...

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Gonski funding and schools

May 22, 2017

I am so pleased to join in what has been passing for a debate on this important motion put forward by my friend the member for Hindmarsh. I am proud to stand with all my Labor colleagues...

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The Turnbull Government

May 10, 2017

I am proud to rise in support of the proposition that all of these measures be discharged from the Notice Paper, and I am proud to stand here with all of my Labor colleagues trying to put to bed the 2014 budget...

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Matter of Public Importance - schools funding

May 09, 2017

The assistant minister has just demonstrated very effectively two things. The first is that 10 minutes can sometimes seem like a very, very long time—and we are sympathetic.

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