Speeches

APPROPRIATION BILL Mr PERRETT (Gympie—LNP) (4.57 pm): I rise to speak on the 2021 budget. This budget is an exercise in accounting trickery, spin and grand announcements that are not backed up, with missing budget allocations or lines. In Gympie it is full of...

Mr PERRETT (Gympie—LNP) (7.24 pm): COVID stopped many community events and activities last year. One casualty was our much loved Gympie Show. As time edged closer, people were on edge in case it was going to be cancelled again due to an outbreak. With a sigh of...

Mr PERRETT (Gympie—LNP) (11.34 am): I rise to speak on the Debt Reduction and Savings Bill 2021. The aim of this bill is to ostensibly reduce debt and make savings. There is nothing in this bill which is really about debt reduction. There is nothing about savings. The...

Mr PERRETT (Gympie—LNP) (2.00 pm): Last week’s Beef Week was an outstanding success. A record crowd of 150,000 people consumed 63 tonnes of beef. Its footprint was 20 per cent larger than ever, and 1,400 stud cattle and 350 trade cattle were housed in four stud sheds....

Mr PERRETT (Gympie—LNP) (5.10 pm): I offer my congratulations to Mr Speaker on his election to the high office of Speaker, a position which has a proud history in the Westminster tradition. I would like to thank the Gympie electorate and I am honoured that they have...

Mr PERRETT (Gympie—LNP) (4.24 pm): I rise to speak on the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020. This bill seeks to address the impact of psychological injuries and the often emotionally draining requirements to access...