SPEECH: Enhancing Online Safety (Non-consensual sharing of intimate images)...
Ms RISHWORTH (Kingston) (11:05): I'm very pleased to get the unexpected opportunity to speak on the Enhancing Online Safety (Non-consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Bill 2018. This bill is a really...
View ArticleSPEECH: Battle of Long Tan: 52nd Anniversary
Ms RISHWORTH (Kingston) (15:12): I would like to associate the opposition with the words of the minister. I know that many members of parliament went to local services around the country and reflected...
View ArticleSPEECH: Live Animal Exports
Ms RISHWORTH (Kingston) (16:06): I rise today to express the increasing frustration of many of my constituents at the government's lack of real action on live sheep exports. We saw a few months ago...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT - TV INTERVIEW - SKY NEWS - WEDNESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2018
SUBJECT/S: Labor’s commitment to sign a Military Covenant; equal pay campaign for early educators DAVID SPEERS: Labor today has announced plans to sign what it’s calling a military covenant if it...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT - RADIO INTERVIEW - ABC RADIO BRISBANE - WEDNESDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2018
SUBJECTS: Labor’s commitment to sign a Military Covenant KELLY HIGGINS-DEVINE: There’s a special agreement that the British Government has with its armed forces, it’s called the Military Covenant....
View ArticleSPEECH - ADDRESS TO THE FAMILY DAY CARE AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE - GOLD COAST -...
Good morning and thank you Andrew for that introduction. It is a pleasure to be here. I would like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT - DOORSTOP - CANBERRA - WEDNESDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2018
SUBJECTS: Child care system debacle, Peter Dutton under pressure to explain what the go is with the au pairs, Scott Morrison bullying Tasmania on GST SHADOW MINISTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND...
View ArticleEDUCATORS FIGHTING FOR THEIR PAY AS GOVERNMENT MINISTERS WERE FIGHTING FOR...
There are 130 early childhood educators in Brisbane who are at risk without pay because of problems with the Liberal Government’s unfair new child care system. Reports today have once again...
View ArticleMARLES & RISHWORTH - MEDIA RELEASE - 71 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN PEACEKEEPING AND...
Today we honour and remember our peacekeepers and peacemakers for the 71 years of continued service of peacekeeping. Australia has a long and proud history when it comes to our peacekeeping efforts...
View ArticleSPEECH: ABC cuts
Ms RISHWORTH (Kingston) (19:40): Today I rise to express the deep concern of the electors of Kingston— the confusion and the chaos that has left them, quite frankly, bewildered. Why do we have a new...
View ArticleSPEECH: Veterans Entitlements Amendment Bill 2018
Ms RISHWORTH (Kingston) (12:14): I rise to speak on the Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Bill 2018. This bill amends the Veterans' Entitlements Act in relation to how the Department of Veterans'...
View ArticleANY EXTENSION TO BANKING ROYAL COMMISSION MUST INCLUDE CSC - MONDAY, 17...
If the new Treasurer is serious about allowing more time for the Royal Commission into the misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry to conduct their investigation, he...
View ArticleSPEECH: Hopgood Theatre
Ms RISHWORTH (Kingston) (16:31): Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker Laundy! The Hopgood Theatre is the beloved performing arts centre in my electorate and is it at risk. The state Liberal government has...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT - TELEVISION INTERVIEW - SKY NEWS - THURSDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER 2018
SUBJECTS: Strawberries, Peter Dutton, UN postings, child care TOM CONNELL: Joining me now here in the studio is Amanda Rishworth, the Shadow Minister for Early Childhood. We will get into a few...
View ArticleREPORT ECHOES LABOR’S CALL TO SUPPORT OUR MILITARY FAMILIES - SATURDAY, 22...
The report by The Road Home acknowledges that our military families need greater emotional, social and organisational support when it comes to supporting our serving personnel. Labor recognised that...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE - LABOR WILL CRACKDOWN ON THE FREE GIVEAWAYS FOR CHILD CARE...
A Shorten Labor Government will ban child care and early education providers from offering inducements to boost their enrolment numbers, protecting parents from being lured into child care arrangements...
View ArticlePLIBERSEK, RISHWORTH & MURRAY - MEDIA RELEASE - LIBERALS ABANDON CHILDREN IN...
Scott Morrison has turned his back on the children of Wentworth with his massive cuts to education. Thanks to the Liberal Government’s unfair child care changes, nearly 3500 local families are worse...
View ArticlePLIBERSEK, RISHWORTH & MURRAY - TRANSCRIPT - DOORSTOP - SYDNEY - MONDAY, 24...
SUBJECTS: Liberal cuts to early childhood education; Ban on non-educational inducements in early childhood education; School funding; Wentworth by-election; NSW Government chaos; Michelle Guthrie....
View ArticleSHORTEN & RISHWORTH - MEDIA RELEASE - MORRISON’S KINDERGARTEN CUTS TO LEAVE...
347,000 Australian children are facing a $440 million cut to preschool funding as a result of Scott Morrison’s cuts to preschool, with the program only funded for one more school year. Unless this cut...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT - RADIO INTERVIEW - ABC 891 ADELAIDE - WEDNESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2018
SUBJECTS: Royal Commission; ABC. DAVID BEVAN: Let’s welcome our panel this morning; Simon Birmingham, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Liberal Senator from South Australia- good morning to...
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