Insurance and Natural Disasters
February 20, 2025
I emphasise again the need to not put new homes in areas with high bushfire risk. We need robust New South Wales Government policies that deliver strategic planning decisions that prepare us for the future and that do not make the problem worse.
Read MorePatyegarang Rezoning Proposal
February 13, 2025
The recent Los Angeles wildfires were shocking in their scale and ferocity. More than 10,000 homes were destroyed, with losses estimated at over US$250 billion. In an interview on the ABC's 7.30, fire expert Professor Char Miller, from Pomona College in California, explained that building...
Read MoreSecond Reading Debate - Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Biodiversity Offsets Scheme) Bill 2024
November 28, 2024
Don Watson, who was Paul Keating's speechwriter among other things, writes evocatively in his bookThe Bush about his family's history as colonisers in the Strzelecki Ranges in Gippsland, Victoria. His ancestors, just a few generations ago, were part of the rapid and comprehensive transformation...
Read MoreChristmas Felicitations
November 21, 2024
I could not miss this opportunity to spread some Christmas cheer and thanks. As a relatively new member, I am so impressed by the dynamic and professional staff who keep this old institution running like a well-oiled machine, day in and day out. Independent...
Read MorePrivate Members' Statement - Wakehurst Electorate Bus Services
October 24, 2024
The NSW Bus Industry Taskforce final report was evocatively titledThe Forgotten Mode: a call to action for buses. On the northern beaches, buses are not only the forgotten mode but indeed the only mode. We do not have a train line, a light rail...
Read MoreQuestion Time - Youth Mental Health Services
October 24, 2024
Mr MICHAEL REGAN (Wakehurst) (11:29): My question is directed to the Minister for Health, representing the Minister for Mental Health. How is the New South Wales Government helping young people on the northern beaches who experience mental ill health? Given it has been over two years...
Read MoreBILLS, SECOND READING DEBATE: 24-Hour Economy Legislation Amendment (Vibrancy Reforms) Bill 2024
October 23, 2024
I am generally supportive of the Government's vibrancy and night-time economy reform agenda. I spoke strongly in support of the first vibrancy bill that came through the Parliament last year, including a few too many Bono quotes—no such thing! I stress that I fully...
Read MorePrivate Members' Statement - Northern Beaches Youth Mental Health Services
October 18, 2024
I acknowledge and reflect on the need for youth mental health services on the northern beaches. Over recent years, this has been a topic of considerable concern locally. It has been raised with me by many distressed parents of struggling kids and adolescents. Some...
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