Parliamentary speeches

Infrastructure in Scullin

October 20, 2016

I remind the minister at the table that Victoria is Australia's fastest growing state and also home to one in four Australians. Melbourne is of course the fastest-growing city not just in Australia...

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Plebiscite (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill 2016 - Second reading speech

October 19, 2016

This is a debate about equality much more than it is a debate about marriage. And this is fundamentally why I am so vehemently opposed to this legislation. It demonstrates...

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Roads in Scullin

October 17, 2016

Just like the Abbott government, the Turnbull government is shamefully failing the communities of Melbourne's north when it comes to providing decent infrastructure to enable people to lead decent lives...

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Education and training funding

October 17, 2016

The one thing that this bill, the Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2016-2017, makes clear is that in this government's mind we cannot afford to invest in our students...

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Motion on Jo Cox

October 17, 2016

On 16 June this year, a woman was brutally murdered while she was at work in the course of doing the job that she loved. Her name is Jo Cox. She was the Labour member in the House of Commons for Batley and Spen...

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Matter of Public Importance - education

October 13, 2016

The Turnbull government is failing Australian schools. The Turnbull government is failing Australian students. Even more fundamentally than either of these two failings, it is failing our future...

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