Ripple Effects of Tragic Job Losses
Many of you would have seen recent media coverage about job losses in manufacturing in the southern states over the last couple of...
Speech on a Matter of Public Importance: Abbott Government
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (15:59): The 5,000 people at Qantas who found out today that they will not have a job anymore, the 63,000 full-time...
Speech on Appropriations Bill (No. 3) and related bills
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (11:39): I rise today to speak on the appropriation bills. The bills, as the House is aware, are required to pay for...
90 Second Statement: Special Olympics Logan
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (13:36): On a Saturday earlier this month I was really privileged to join the team from Special Olympics Logan for...
30 years of Medi-caring for Logan
This month marks an important anniversary in the history of our health system. Thirty years ago, on the first day of February in 1984,...
Speech on a Matter of Public Importance: Abbott Government Job Losses
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (15:56): The unemployment rate was lower under Labor in the depths of the global financial crisis than it is under...
Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Bill 2013
Dr CHALMERS (Rankin) (17:46): I am pleased to rise today to speak in favour of Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment Bill...
It's a privilege to welcome our newest citizens
There are a lot of great things about being a local member of parliament but it is hard to top the privilege of conducting a citizenship...
Tony Abbott's austerity-like measures will hit poorer communities the hardest
First published on the Guardian website on the 23rd of January 2014. Even more alarming than the news that our economy shed almost 32,000...
This year we need to speak with one voice
With Christmas and New Year now behind us, I know many of you will use the summer to reflect on the past year and to plan for the year...
