Please click below to read some of my speeches in the Queensland Parliament.
Mr Speaker, I rise this evening in this Adjournment Speech to present an excerpt from the Valedictory Speech given by the school captains Remmy Miller and Lachlan Waters from Townsville State High School. Many Members of the House speak proudly of their schools and rightly so. Tonights excerpt is advice from young people given to young people about their school.
Read MoreI rise to support the Youth Justice and Other Legislation (Inclusion of 17-year-old Persons) Amendment Bill 2016 as the chair of the Education, Tourism, Innovation and Small Business Committee, whose responsibility it was to examine the bill in detail. Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the many groups and organisations for their submissions and for those organisations that allowed the committee to come and visit; namely, the Cleveland Youth...
Read MoreI rise this evening to present an extract of an essay written by Elena James, a year 10 student from Pimlico State High School. The larger essay forms Miss James' submission to the National History Challenge 2016 where this years theme was Triumph or Tragedy? where she won this years state competition. The extract states-
Read MoreIt gives me great pleasure to rise to support the Gene Technology (Queensland) Bill 2016 as chair of the Education, Innovation and Small Business Committee whose responsibility it was to examine the bill in detail. Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the many groups and organisations for their submissions and for those who spoke to the committee at the various public hearings over the duration of the inquiry. I too would also like to thank th...
Read MoreI rise today to support the Grammar Schools Bill 2016 as the chair of the Education, Tourism, Innovation and Small Business Committee whose responsibility it was to examine the bill in detail. Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the individuals, groups and organisations for their submissions on the bill. I would also like to thank members of the committee from both sides of the House and the secretarial staff for their involvement in the exam...
Read MoreIt gives me great pleasure to stand in this chamber today and speak openly about the impact of having the Premier and Deputy Premier in Townsville last week and to have the cabinet meet in Townsville last Tuesday. Madam Deputy Speaker, once the announcement was made about the visit, the buzz around the city was amazing and very positive, as you can imagine. People wanted to know what announcements could be expected and the businesspeople were...
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