Mr ENTSCH (Leichhardt) (15:45): On this amendment, I just want to indicate I'll certainly be opposing it. This is an amendment that will radically wind back our discrimination protection-an amendment that directly targets LGBTI people. So let be me clear: the majority of Australians voted yes on same-sex couples being treated fairly and equally across…
Mr ENTSCH (Leichhardt) (09:33): I thank honourable members for their contributions to the second reading debate on the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017. I would particularly like toacknowledge at this point the co-signers of the bill who are here. We have Senator Dean Smith, who dealt with this in the other place,…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has called on the Indian Government to release 47 young people who have been held in custody without charge for the past two months in the north-western Indian state of Punjab. Among the group of social media bloggers on the Sikh faith is British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal. Mr…
IN the lead-up to Christmas Day, Federal Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has urged Far North Queenslanders to back small business and shop locally. “The holiday season is when many small businesses work their hardest and employ more locals to meet the demands of the Christmas retail trade period,” Mr Entsch said. “It is important…
FEDERAL Member for Leichhardt Warren Entsch has congratulated China Southern Airlines on its first direct flight to Cairns today and warmly welcomed our newest arrivals. Mr Entsch said it was a great day for our city with China Southern Airlines commencing three direct flights per week between Cairns and Guangzhou, a thriving city with a…
I’d like to congratulate the Defence Force on its announcement of a $300 million upgrade to the naval base HMAS Cairns and the home basing of four new Offshore Patrol Vessels in Leichhardt. The 2016 Defence White Paper had originally committed $100 million for the OPV wharf and infrastructure upgrade by 2020, so this announcement…
There has been much talk about the performance of the major political parties in the Queensland Election. I am now going to shift the spotlight onto the criminal activity carried out by the Wilderness Society. On the 23rd of November, just two days before Queenslanders went to the polls, the ABC broadcast a story in…
I have been a long-time advocate for changes in this area, and initially found the journey to be very lonely, but it was something I was determined to do. In 2004, when the Parliament changed the definition of marriage to exclude LGBTI Australians, I stood in the Liberal Party Room and said I didn’t understand…
Senator the Hon Marise Payne, Minister for Defence, and the Hon Warren Entsch MP, Member for Leichardt, have welcomed the approval of a $300 million upgrade to the naval base, HMAS Cairns, to accommodate new Offshore Patrol Vessels. With the announcement of German company Lurssen to be the prime contractor of the construction of 12…
SMALL businesses in Leichhardt providing goods and services to Federal Government will have their invoices paid faster following an announcement by the Commonwealth today. Federal Member for Leichhardt, Warren Entsch said the Government will now be required to pay invoices for contracts worth up to $1 million within 20 calendar days, an improvement from the…
