Last week I attended the official launch of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Avenue and Woodland Walk at the beautiful Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens. I visited several times this year, and last time I was honoured to plant the inaugural tree for the woodland walk. I’m proud to say that, even though local […]
Governments do not create jobs; business and employers do. This is a message for those opposite. This bill delivers the worst possible news that Australian small and medium enterprises could get, on top of the mess this government is making with the Australian economy. Thanks to this government, power prices are not being cut by […]
I’m so pleased to rise in the Federation Chamber today to speak about my electorate of Moncrieff, which I love deeply, and youths—the future of our great country. Last month I asked members from the Moncrieff Community Cabinet to nominate a youth representative aged between 15 and 24 to attend the Moncrieff youth roundtable in […]
It’s been nine long years since Labor delivered a budget, and it’s clear they still don’t know what they are doing. The government’s $4.5 billion childcare package will not deliver for families, workers or the sector. They have no plan for access, no plan for workers and no plan to address thin markets and childcare […]
On Tuesday 30 August I visited the Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens, where I had the pleasure of launching the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Avenue and Woodland Walk. This project wouldn’t have been possible without $18,215 in funding under the Planting Trees for the Queen’s Jubilee program, a coalition government initiative, and the dedicated […]
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has sent shockwaves across the globe and across our nation. The Queen was larger than life and, for many of us, she was the only monarch we’ve ever known. Elizabeth II loved Australia, visiting our shores 16 times, and we loved her deeply in return. Many Australians […]
I rise to speak in support of the member for Macnamara’s motion on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Can I also say I’m sorry to hear of your loss—the recent loss of your grandmother. As many members have outlined here today, it has been 77 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. The appalling treatment of […]
It’s been over a hundred days and this government has yet to do anything to address the rising pressures in the early childhood education sector—over 100 days and there’s been no movement on the ACCC price mechanism or Productivity Commission review that the government promised at the last election. There have been no details provided […]
When COVID hit in early 2020, it was impossible to know the scale of the damage that it would do to our country. For the last 2½ years, Australians have followed the health advice to the letter; our chief medical officers and chief health officers have provided advice to both federal and state governments around […]
I am pleased to rise to talk about the fellas at Burleigh Community Men’s Shed in Miami. I joined them on 7 July, just last month, for morning tea. As we know, men’s shed plays a really important role in mental health outcomes for our community, and I thank the fellas there at Burleigh men’s […]