Mallee is kilometre upon kilometre of prime agricultural and horticultural land. If you haven’t been there, I invite you to come. REMPLAN estimates the region’s gross regional product at around $10 billion. The people of Mallee clothe and feed the nation and, indeed, the world. I rise to speak on an issue that has farmers…
DetailsIn my role as the shadow assistant minister for regional health and the member for Mallee, I am pleased to speak about regional Australia and my home electorate of Mallee in this debate on Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2023-2024. I am passionate and committed to improving healthcare services for every person living in regional, rural and…
DetailsI rise to talk about a wonderful volunteer organisation in my electorate of Mallee called CHAILIS. It stands for Children Having an Illness Living in Sunraysia. Although it was officially established in early 2015, it was borne out of the incredible work over many years of its chairman, Mr John Burfitt. John is a man…
DetailsAustralia has a proud migration history. Migrants are the thread woven into the very fabric of our nation, blessing us with their variety in culture, belief, cuisine and, indeed, coffee and wine. Migrants have underpinned the economy and workforce in electorates like mine in Mallee, working long and hard to grow the agriculture, construction, research,…
DetailsMr Speaker, I rise to speak on the opening of the Mildura Health Icon Cancer Centre. The new treatment centre is based at the Mildura Health Private Hospital, and brings radiotherapy cancer treatment to Sunraysia residents. While no one wants to be on the receiving end of a cancer diagnosis, the added burden of travel,…
DetailsThankyou Deputy Speaker, I rise to call the Chamber’s attention to the issue of heart failure. Heart failure affects more than 400,000 Australians and contributes to 61,000 deaths each year. It also accounts for 70,000 hospital admissions per year. Tragically, those in rural areas and Indigenous Australians bear a disproportionate burden of heart failure. Data…
DetailsThankyou Deputy Speaker, We are at a time of great uncertainty, where costs are rising and business owners are talking to me about their viability. Mallee businesses a large contributor to Australia’s foodbowl. Against some of the strongest economic headwinds in decades, the policies of the Labor Government are ensuring businesses struggle even more. The…
DetailsThank you Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the motion by the Honorable Member for Forrest. In particular I call attention to the University of Technology Sydney Ageing Research Collaborative report, which strikes home at issues raised with me by leadership at many Aged Care facilities in Mallee. These issues largely centre around care minute requirements,…
DetailsIn my role representing a vast regional electorate, Mobile Offices are an essential part of being available to constituents. Turning up in towns across Mallee and having a coffee or simply listening to residents ideas and issues is both enlightening and informative. My main office in Mildura is more than five hours’ drive from the…
DetailsDeputy Speaker, when people in my electorate of Mallee are worried about something, they frequently ask me to raise the issue in the Chamber to bring it to the attention of the Government. I defy anyone here today to tell me that energy prices are not a significant concern for businesses in their electorates. Mildura…
DetailsGoing out on the road and meeting people in Mallee is one of the joys of my job as a Member of Parliament. Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Manangatang’s Alannah Taylor, who is this year’s Swan Hill Rural City Council Young Citizen Of The Year. And what an impressive young woman Alannah…
DetailsDeputy Speaker, I, and the Coalition, support efforts to engage more with our Pacific neighbours. You only have to visit the Mildura, Robinvale and Swan Hill regions, along the Northern border of Mallee, to see how migrants from the Pacific Islands contribute to our industries and communities – working on farming properties or in other…
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