DR CHALMERS (Rankin) (15:47): At the core of the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2018 are the three drug-testing trials which are planned for Canterbury Bankstown in New South Wales, Mandurah in Western Australia and my own community of Logan City in Queensland.
Read MoreFor almost two decades I’ve been going back and forth between Brisbane’s south and Logan City – the lands of the Yugumbir and Jaggera peoples, the suburbs I now represent – to Ngunnawal and Ngambri land in Canberra.
Read MoreDR CHALMERS (Rankin) (09:58): Thanks very much, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity to speak on the Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Superannuation Measures No. 1) Bill 2018.
Read MoreDR CHALMERS (Rankin) (15:38): In the member for Deakin's contribution just now, he managed to do two things which, until then, I had thought would be impossible.
Read MoreDr CHALMERS (Rankin) (17:22): It sounds like the member for Forrest has some terrific local businesses in her part of the world, and I enjoyed hearing some of their stories in her contribution just now.
Read MoreDr CHALMERS (Rankin) (16:01): The member for Moreton knows it well; we share a boundary in Queensland.
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