Peta and I delivered our first speeches in this place on the same day in July 2019. At that time I didn’t know her very

Tonight I joined with many colleagues across the parliament for the launch of the national roundtable report by the Breast Cancer Network Australia. Making metastatic breast

Paid parental leave is essential for working families, for parents and for their children. The changes in this bill update a scheme that is now

I am very pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this important motion tonight moved by the Deputy Speaker, the member for Newcastle. As

I was interested to hear the member for Menzies’s vision of a lawless country, apparently, with businesses out there growing on their own, with no

As part of the Youth Voice in Parliament Week initiative, I am pleased to read out a speech by Isabella, an 18-year-old in my community

Yesterday I was in Kangaroo Ground, in the far north-eastern end of my electorate, for their remembrance service at the war memorial there. It was

The Water Amendment (Restoring our Rivers) Bill 2023 is critically important to the water security of basin communities. It will rescue the Murray-Darling Basin Plan,

I must say that today it does feel like a big reach for those opposite, including for the previous speaker and the member who brought

Click here to watch this speech. Tonight I want to talk about the work our government is doing to support veterans. It is very important

Click here to watch this speech. Housing is fundamental to all of us. Having a home that you get to call your own and a