PAT IN PARLIAMENT: PROTECTING OUR VETERANS IN THEIR RECOVERY
This week I took multiple opportunities to defend the needs of our returning veterans from this Government's punitive cap on Allied Health Services, including the introduction of a Private Members Bill on Monday requesting that the cap of $5000 per year be removed. Veterans should not be asked to bear the cost of Labor's budget repair.
It is a cost-cutting decision that impacts the men and women who have served our nation and carry the physical and psychological costs of that service.
For those with complex or chronic needs, or a number of conditions resulting from their service, a $5,000 cap will not come close to covering the care they require. The result will be Veterans going without treatment, their conditions worsening, and the burden of their care falling back on their families and household budgets.
#veteranshealth #Laborfails #alliedhealth #BudgetFail #VeteransDeserveBetter
Our so called government are a disgrace 🤬🤬🤬
QUESTION TIME GAMES CONTINUE
Divert, deflect, deny or outright lie. These are the tactics used by Labor in Question time. The lack of honesty and accountability is beyond a joke and continued to play out once again today.
#divertdeflectdeny #LaborLies #questiontime #thrownout
Does The Speaker ever kick Labor out?
You can tell which side the speaker is on your
Well done Pat for trying ... not sure you will ever get a straight answer from them though. There needs to be a full on enquiry regarding which Labor members sold property prior to the budget.
You know the speaker is on the side of labor.
Keep the pressure on Pat 👏👏
There used to be a Labor catch call that said "It's Time". Well, I think it's time that message was resurrected to promote the removal of Labor from government.
Labor, moving goalposts, again!
Clare O'Neil MP . Claire There are social houses been built in Wagga Wagga NSW and In Griffith one was just finished not to long ago. Near Wagga Wagga hospital . . the first major development was massive blowout but managed to build it near the hospital. And don't forget the tolland renewal project. Have you actually lost your mind??? . You need to look into this. Michael McCormack MP ..
Thank you for your perseverance.
Keep asking mate. Tender a list of the properties funded during your first term and then request the Minister to table the documents upon which she makes her claim.
Thank you Pat for all you do
Pat, you are not allowed to use the term ‘Liar’ in QT because the Speaker has adopted the practice to ban the word ‘LIE’ and other derivatives. Yet in the previous Parliament Albo called the former PM Morrison a ‘Liar’ without censure! Maybe you should ask the PM if his “Pants are on Fire”?
Keep holding them accountable Pat !
Hi Pat Conaghan MP, I’m a little confused and was hoping you could clarify something. In your recent post, you mentioned securing funding for Bello and Kempsey, which is great. However, I’m unsure about the timeline and delivery. Were these projects actually built during your term in office, or was the funding secured but construction completed at a different time? I also noted comments from the Minister suggesting that none of these projects were built during your term. Could you clarify whether your claim relates to securing funding only, or to both funding and delivery? Just wanting to understand the full picture. Thanks in advance.
Good job
We support you all the way Pat, if this means you being thrown out of the chamber just to receive an answer from the liars, we back you.
Good on you Pat!
Keep up the good fight Pat
Keep making them accountable
Good onya Pat!
Labor is not your biggest problem. Next election will be interesting.
Carry on son
Great job Pat
I want to know if the speaker sold houses because he is very sensitive about this and appears OVER reactive both times its been raised
Speaker needs to really do his job, in an unbiased manner
PAT IN PARLIAMENT: RECOGNISING THE IMPACT OF CRIME STOPPERS
As an ex-police officer and police prosecutor, I know first-hand just how valuable the Crime Stoppers network is when it comes to preserving the safety of our communities.
And the figures absolutely speak for themselves. Over 100,000 calls are made to the hotline in Australia every year, leading to thousands of arrests and last year over 10,000 charges were laid as a direct result of individual calls.
Law enforcement cannot work effectively without community engagement and information, and Crime Stoppers provide that link in a way that makes the community member feel protected, and that’s through the power of anonymity.
It’s not surprising to see that for every dollar invested into this critical service, over $11 is returned in social and economic value.
💲More than $131 million in avoided harm associated with illicit drugs
💲More than $50 million in avoided costs linked to reoffending
💲More than $32 million in law enforcement efficiency gains
That’s an incredible return on investment, and I’d like to thank every member of the Crime Stoppers team and volunteers for their contributions.
Thank you to the Speaker, Milton Dick MP for hosting the event last night, and fellow ex-police office Justine Elli#CrimeStoppersh#patinparliamentt#volunteersinparliament #volunteers
You are the man to speak in crime Pat. Well done.
Good on ya Pat.
Only way you'll stop the rise of crime is to change the sentencing guidelines from concurrent to consecutive and introducing minimum sentencing guidelines, every crime report I've seen have the perps being charged with a dozen charges but only getting 1 to 3 years because of concurrent sentencing but under consecutive sentencing guidelines a perp charged with a dozen offences serve those offences back to back and with minimum sentencing they will be incarcerated for far longer...
Vote One Nation 🧡🟠🧡🦘🐨🍺🪃
Agh for a minute i thought federal police where going through parliament to get back all the billions us taxpayers have lost through all these corrupt politicians!
PAT IN PARLIAMENT: RECOGNISING RAY WALKDEN
Great to have the opportunity to acknowledge Ray's 80th birthday on the floor of Parliament today and recognise his years of volunteer service with the SES and his contributions to the Macleay Valley community.
Congratulations on another milestone, Chalkie. Happy birthday mate.
#locallegend #NSWSES #clybuccabuscrash #volunteerservice #macleayvalley #kempsey #happybirthday
Happy Birthday Ray, was a pleasure to work with you.
Happy birthday Ray. You are one of a kind.
Congratulations Ray
Great recognition! Good on you Pat!
Wishing Ray a happy 80th birthday! 🎉 Maxine and Brett
Happy birthday Ray 🎂🎂🎂🧁
Worthy recognition, congratulations.
All the best. Congratulations.
Congratulations Chalkie
An absolute legend and friend
Happy 80th Ray. Great achievement
Happy birthday Ray. I would like to pass on my deepest respect for all you have done for the Macleay community. It was an honour to volunteer with you at many off road events.
Well done Ray, you the recognition, thanks for you service.
Happy birthday Ray congratulations on being recognised
Congratulations to you Ray 👏
Happy 80th Birthday Ray. Congratulations & thank you for service to the Macleay Valley. 👏👏🎂🌟
Totally agree with everything you said mate. His an icon of our community, plus he is a top bloke 💯👍
Great to see and hear the recognition of his dedicated to our wonderful community 🥰 Gordon Gordy would be stoked 🥰🥰 Happy 80th birthday Ray 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈
Happy Birthday and Congratulations Ray 👍🏼
Nicest guy and so proud to work alongside side him on the Kempsey Show committee
Congratulations Ray, and Pat for sharing Rays Community involvement in the Macleay, certianly a well done from all of us Ray, thanks again for your service🥰
Great job 👍 Pat congratulations Ray
Happy birthday, I have known Ray for many years through his association with Lions.
Ray Walkden
Ron Swanson
GREAT TO MEET YOU, BOWIE!
Lovely to have Port Macquarie local, 8yo Bowie Pedro and her mum Amanda here at Parliament House today.
Since a very young age, Bowie has suffered from severe atopic dermatitis, commonly known as severe eczema. Her condition caused significant daily pain, to the point that even the wind on her skin was unbearable. But thankfully, in recent months Bowie has been treated at Westmead Children’s Hospital with compassionate access to a new biologic treatment couriered to her home, which has brought her condition under control. When I saw her today, she was the bright bubbly 8 year old she deserves to be. Pain free and happy.
It was wonderful to chat to Bowie and hear her passionate advocacy for other children facing the same challenges that she has faced in her young life before accessing her new treatment. A treatment that is currently not available on the PBS for kids under 12. Which is why she is here in Parliament. She is a walking example of why access to this treatment should be available to all kids her age who are suffering every day.
Fighting on behalf of others due to your own personal experiences is a powerful thing. Great to see in someone so young.
Well done, Bowie. You represented yourself, our region and all children living with severe eczema beautifully. As a result of your visit, I'll be writing to the Health Minister and asking him to help see this lifechanging treatment available to kids in n#kidsinparliamenti#littlelegendl#AtopicDermatitisa#eczemae#PBSa #eczemareliefrelief
Im very happy for you Bowie, to be pain free and able to enjoy what you love. Mr. Conaghan will do what he has said he would and fight for other children who suffer the pain that you did once. Thank you Pat for standing up for those people like Bowie that need a strong voice in Parliament.
Absolutely amazing! My 3 year old suffers horribly with Eczema and it has been a struggle to find help for him locally, even travelling to Sydney to a specialist hasn’t helped because of how young he is. Thank you Bowie and Amanda for speaking up 🤍
This is amazing, well done Bowie! 🥰
Well doneBowie good luck for your future 👏💐💐💗🍓🍭
Well done, Bowie you’re a star💕
Absolute legends Amanda and Bowie 🥰
Amanda Paula q lindas!!!Parabens pela iniciativa!!!
Amazing!! Great work Bowie!!
Well done Bowie!!! So proud of you!
How incredible! Well done Bowie!
Wow Bowie! You’re so special… love you! ❤️ well done Mr Pat!
Amazing work Bowie!!! We are so proud of you ❤️😍👏
Amazing Bowie 😍🥰
Awesome work Bowie & Amanda! You should be so proud 🥹 ❤️
Beautiful
Great research. ❤️
반가
Jason ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Go Bowie!!!
What a little treasure, well done Bowie. I'm so happy that you are at last pain-free. Constant pain is debilitating, especially in one so young. I thank you for advocating for other sufferers. 🥰
QUESTION TIME OR AVOID THE QUESTION TIME?
Dai Le MP asked a serious question to the PM on behalf of her constituency today and was met with nothing but disrespect and game play. As usual, the PM went to the Labor play book and chose Divert, Deflect, Deny over an honest answer.
#Laborfails #divertdeflectdeny #PMfail #disrespect #doasisaynotasido
She asked a question that so many are asking.
The national Local government conference is in parliament this week. What utter disrespect to the many councils from around the country.
Sometimes deflecting from answering a question is an admission of guilt
Finally someone asking the important question
Surprised he didn't take it on notice
Don’t they call that insider trading
Always Question time - Never Answer time!
Labour government should answer the question. It was appropriate
One thing Pauline does, is answer every question.
It would be nice of just once he answered a question. I was brought up that if someone can’t honestly answer it means they are guilty of what they have been asked and can’t deny. Silence can speak volumes
Dai is a great community leader, lots of politicians and wanna be leaders form all levels of government could learn a thing or two from her about integrity.
A bit testy grub ?
She obviously has hit him where he was hurt by the question, and that's why he wanted her to say who was beating the capital gains tax and negative gearing outside Parliament and possibly would have taken the matter further. After all he made a small fortune by selling his investment properties then making the changes to capital gains tax. So he pocketed it all, $200,000 dollars allegedly.
That was a direct question, did his Ministers have prior knowledge? Did they benefit from that knowledge
So it looks like a heap of Labour ministers sold up very quickly after hearing what was gonna be announced
Thank goodness he did not answer the question as chances are he would have lied based on history
'A serious place' that's the best laugh I've had all day...🤣🤣🤣🤣
…to the great surprise of absolutely NO-ONE!
All you have to do is look at their transactions, more than a couple sold properties right before the announcement
Albo says we need to turn the temperature down he keeps turning the temperature up
He knows he is cooked! Sold 4 houses before the budget and bought a huge house at Copacabana.
That tie he's wearing looks suspiciously similar to a head scarf seen at demonstrations. Mmmm. 🤔
Dai Le is an outstanding politician and acts with integrity and decency. Thank you for calling the weak PM out as his response was a disgrace. If he's referring council to local councillors as she's an ex Deputy Mayor I suggest he needs to do some research as councillors are the ones who are walking the pavers talking and supporting their community unlike Albo! 🙏🏻
Well its not called "answer time" is it
Was that a about the possibile equivalent of inside trading?
