anika wells first speech

It has been lost and that loss has changed nothing. Like the present, it too will be made of an uncountable number of complex and interlocking details. I am here for the people in Lilley who have been in the electorate long enough to remember when the Shorncliffe Pier bathing sheds were used by the Sandgate Ladies Life Saving Club, the first women's lifesaving club in Queensland. I am here because I want to live a better life than that. Labor's Anika Wells, who is expecting twins, says the success of COVID-19 arrangements proves we can work flexibly – and more parents should be able to. Scientists and artists and parents and children have been here for millennia. Our imaginations, if we let them, take us into the lives and shoes and hearts of others and lead us to make decisions for their good and for the common good. When I stand up for more women in leadership I know you stand beside me, even if you're standing at a change table in Chermside and I am standing in the parliament near this table. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian TFW the government is … We don't have time to squander or to sacrifice to pettiness. For those of us given the opportunity to parent, it is a chance to meet the future face to face. Their connection between land and sky and people allowed them to navigate and predict the patterns of seasons, weather, flora and fauna. Finn, you make sacrifices to allow me to be here, because you live your values. Skye gave me perspective. Authorised by J Campbell, Queensland Labor, 16 Peel St, South Brisbane QLD 4101, Stronger Communities Programme - Round Six, Working Family Childcare Boost for Northside Families, Westfield Chermside restore 3 hour free parking. Both our First Nations and our nation's scientists value collaboration in a shared pursuit of higher knowledge. Like them, to borrow from Martin Luther King, who borrowed from Theodore Parker, I had assumed that the arc of the moral universe would always continue to bend towards justice, and in that moment I worried that I was wrong. I was diagnosed with a serious autoimmune disease at 26 weeks and, with Celeste on board, all the good drugs weren't an option. In 2016, 20 weeks into my pregnancy with Celeste, I became ill. You don't think twice about the train that doesn't run you over and simply passes by. This table—or near this table. Many big debates aren't right versus left; they're short term versus long term. More millennials need a seat at the table. Sasha gave me perspective. Not everyone who has a go gets a go, life isn't that fair or benevolent. The SPEAKER: Before I call the honourable member for Lilley, I remind the House that this is the honourable member’s first speech and I ask the House to extend to her the usual courtesies. Speeches. At four, Skye is trapped in her own body, born with a one-of-a-kind genetic condition that renders her mentally astute but unable to sit, stand, walk or crawl on her own. But there is, of course, more work to do. Many big debates aren't right versus left; they're short term versus long term. Track Electorate. Until then, they had thought that Hillary Clinton and the Democrats and decency would prevail. We can live in the moment, and in our own moment, and to our own short-term advantage. We can shut out the cries for help; we can shut out the evidence that calls for change. Anika Wells MP Member for Lilley ... First Speech. I want to thank the Lilley campaign team, particularly those who lived and died by the count in that warehouse in Zillmere. May this be the first but not the last time that your impact gives you cause to appear in the Australian Hansard. To take the lead of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we can strive to disagree without being disagreeable. You don't think twice about the train that doesn't run you over and simply passes by. To take the lead of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we can strive to disagree without being disagreeable. I want to finish today as we did then and as I mean to continue: with high hopes. Scientists and artists and parents and children have been here for millennia. I want to thank my parents, Deb and Kent, whose unending love and support rendered me to be the questioning, questing and determined person I am. And I am here for the people who arrived just in time to see Tidelands—the first all-Australian Netflix series filmed in Shorncliffe last year. Now is the cornerstone the future is built on. We cannot leave the future to fend for itself. You all know that I had to wait a little longer to book my ticket here than most of you did. I hope everything I put you through feels worthwhile! Electorate map Electorate profile . We don't have time to squander or to sacrifice to pettiness. You all know that I had to wait a little longer to book my ticket here than most of you did. Anika Wells MP While the rest of the developed world went under that juggernaut, policy decisions made in this place pulled Australia out of the way. To all the little wolf cubs, Harriet and Alby and Archie and Ivy and Charlie and Anna and Rafi and Sebby and Abigail and Gwenny and Margot and Macsen and Arianwen and our littlest cub Maxwell: just like Moana, one day you are going to look around and realise happiness is right where you are. And I am here for the people who arrived just in time to see Tidelands—the first all-Australian Netflix series filmed in Shorncliffe last year. I want to thank the people for Lilley for the trust they have placed in me. We wouldn't let her, and she wandered off. Yesterday I gave my first speech as the Federal Member for Lilley. Phillip Bruce Thompson, OAM, MP (born 7 May 1988) is an Australian politician. I want to finish today as we did then and as I mean to continue: with high hopes. So, what do I bring to this place? Eighteen months later, and in the last weeks of the campaign, Skye's mum, Vanessa, hit the final hurdles of that process. This is the maiden speech to the House of Representatives by the ALP member for Lilley, Anika Wells. I realise that the future is not just a vision of something imprecisely better than the present. There have been 1,600 generations that have come before us in this country, and it is up to us to prepare it for generations ahead. It is up to us to prepare it now, to take action now and to set the course now, because we can't leave this work undone for some unborn others to pick up and fix, and because now is the only moment we have. Wayne Maxwell Swan (born 30 June 1954) is an Australian politician who is National President of the Labor Party.He was previously the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Deputy Leader of the Labor Party from 2010 to 2013, and the Treasurer of Australia from 2007 to 2013. I have high hopes. The 26th Parliament brought about the referendum that righted the wrong of Indigenous noncitizenship. Like the present, it too will be made of an uncountable number of complex and interlocking details. In the near future, the North Pole will cease to be covered with ice in summer; it will be a dark ocean absorbing heat instead of a vast sea of white ice reflecting it. I didn't meet Sasha but I met her parents. But I had three little girls of Lilley giving me a sense of perspective. Skye gave me perspective. I realise that the future is not just a vision of something imprecisely better than the present. As we stand on this ground and take our seats in this chamber, we must be forever mindful that we are being carried on the shoulders of 1,600 generations of Indigenous people. New Labor MP Anika Wells has taken aim at one of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's catchphrases. We are the generation that has not brought about, but that is witnessing, a growing extinction event as species after species disappear forever at a rate unprecedented in human history. Like all of us, I cannot be here without support, and I am so grateful for the chance to honour my wolf pack: Best Friends Club and the Northside Massive—many of whom are here today. Anika Wells, with daughter Celeste, in the House of Representatives before her maiden speech in July. This table—or near this table. For Australia’s youngest female MP, it’s all about the numbers. We should be measured by how we treat those who don't fit the squares, those without advantage, those not enfranchised, those who don't understand the paperwork, those who are shut out by the system, those who cast their votes reluctantly or not at all. I was born while this building was being constructed. Both Indigenous knowledge and modern Western science strive to understand how our world works. It has been lost and that loss has changed nothing. July 22, 2019 - 21:08-- Admin. First speech; Recent speech; Browse all speeches (Hansard) Biography Parliamentary service. Let's make our differences in detail a healthy contest of ideas, of reason and evidence designed to take us to robust solutions. Happy International Day of People with Disability. Scientists and artists and parents and children have been here for millennia. Anika Wells, 34, Australia's youngest female MP - Labor. Let's do it with high hopes. I want to be part of a parliament that prioritises the making of a better world for Celeste; for the young people in all of those lives; for their children who have not yet been born; for their grandchildren who have not yet been contemplated; and for their descendants who, in the centuries ahead, will live on this land and gather in this place and do their own work, making the future. The work this House does shapes lives now and long into the future. Until then, they had thought that Hillary Clinton and the Democrats and decency would prevail. We cannot prioritise one at the expense of the other, even at a time when a new cycle—the electoral cycle—and the bills coming in all draw us to short-term-ism. We also are not great at making space for people who don't fit. May this be the first but not the last time that your impact gives you cause to appear in the Australian Hansard. For mum, dad and Wayne, all fans of 'the Boss', I will now invoke Bruce Springsteen, whose version of the song High Hopes Finn and I played as the recessional at our wedding. Celeste was two when Australians voted and she did not care about the election, but I cared about the world that I want for her. The Hawke and Keating years are well remembered for bringing us economic reforms that have increased long-term national prosperity and for bringing universal health care in the form of Medicare—an extraordinary achievement that has made our health system among the best in the world. Or, we can choose not to imagine. It must never be beyond us to get the long term right, too. We should model the way for Australians to debate complex issues. Celeste, you are a reminder every day of how much the future matters and of how much love matters. Yes, my CV includes a law degree and, yes, I have worked here before in the ministerial wing, and the election campaign made it very clear to me what a gift those things are to any opponent wanting to portray someone as the Labor candidate from central casting. When I was at school and my friends and I used to play handball by the tuckshop, there were four squares, and they were labelled Ace, King, Queen and Joker. Eighteen months later, and in the last weeks of the campaign, Skye's mum, Vanessa, hit the final hurdles of that process. Yes, my CV includes a law degree and, yes, I have worked here before in the ministerial wing, and the election campaign made it very clear to me what a gift those things are to any opponent wanting to betray someone as the Labor candidate from central casting. While the rest of the developed world went under that juggernaut, policy decisions made in this place pulled Australia out of the way. But there is, of course, more work to do. Anika Wells, who replaced former treasurer Wayne Swan in the Queensland seat of Lilley at the federal election, says her role as a workers' compensation lawyer has shown her otherwise. Both Indigenous knowledge and modern Western science strive to understand how our world works. I was born while this building was being constructed. Thank you to the people of Lilley for giving me the opportunity to represent our Northside community. But I am not here to be anyone's stereotype. Our imagination and our capacity to render the planet the unlivable. I was born while this building was being constructed. Two things distinguish humans from other mammals. The Hawke and Keating years are well remembered for bringing us economic reforms that have increased long-term national prosperity and for bringing universal health care in the form of Medicare—an extraordinary achievement that has made our health system among the best in the world. Somewhere, Sasha is 40 now but still a baby girl to them, as she was taken from them in infancy, and they have not found her since. I want to thank the people for Lilley for the trust they have placed in me. She didn't play; she opted out. Every person who reads a young boy a book with a female protagonist or makes a teenage boy do his own washing or teaches a young man that it is structurally harder for his female counterpart to progress is doing their part for our collective hope that together we can forge a fairer community of the future. ... Andrew Bragg, seen delivering his first speech in … I want to thank my blood brothers, Adam and Kym, and my brothers in arms, Mitchell and Jared. Sasha is a member of the stolen generations, and I want to be part of a parliament that does better by Sasha and that continues the work of the Rudd government to own up to and addresses wrong, that closes the gap and that enables an Indigenous voice to parliament on Indigenous terms. Turning our girls into strong women with the freedom to act and to choose and to be makes all of us better. Celeste gave me perspective. “We didn’t take this for granted for a single hour, and it turns out every single hour mattered,” she said. “The standards expected of women politicians are garbage,” lawmaker Anika Wells from the rival Labor party said in support of Flint. This reinforced something that I already knew to be true: not everyone who has a go gets a go. And we need to do that by actually being relevant to them, having their interests at heart and acting accordingly. Our imaginations, if we let them, take us into the lives and shoes and hearts of others and lead us to make decisions for their good and for the common good. But, my own sweetheart, I shall love you still. It was news until it stopped being news just hours later. I want to thank my parents, Deb and Kent, whose unending love and support rendered me to be the questioning, questing and determined person I am. Labor’s first-time candidate, Anika Wells, waved at peak-hour drivers on busy Sandgate Road on Monday morning to thank voters for their support, which helped her narrowly win the seat in Brisbane’s north. I resolved then not to take that arc for granted anymore. But here in this place we have the privilege of shaping the now that will decide the long future. A Labor MP has used her first speech to parliament to take a swipe at the prime minister's favourite election catchcry - "if you have a go, you get a go". — Anika Wells MP ... July 27, 2020. Turning our girls into strong women with the freedom to act and to choose and to be makes all of us better. We should be measured by how we treat those who don't fit the squares, those without advantage, those not enfranchised, those who don't understand the paperwork, those who are shut out by the system, those who cast their votes reluctantly or not at all. Or, we can choose not to imagine. Please enable Javascript to watch this video, Parliamentary Friendship Groups (non-country), Register of Members' Interests – 46th Parliament, Register of Members’ qualifications – 46th Parliament, House of Representatives chamber and business documents, Getting involved in Parliamentary Committees, Department of the House of Representatives. The new member for Lilley, Anika Wells, delivers her first speech in the House of Representatives. Our imaginations, if we let them, take us into the future and allow us to build it. I want to thank the Lilley campaign team, particularly those who lived and died by the count in that warehouse in Zillmere. I resolved then not to take that arc for granted anymore. I am here because nothing has more power to make or dismantle this nation's future than this House. I am grateful to be here and for this opportunity. I am grateful that you have given me three years to prove myself to you and to win over the 49.35 per cent two-party-preferred voters who didn't quite vote for me last time. In my time in the private sector as a workers comp lawyer I assisted and represented people who had been injured at work. Turning our boys into great men is a journey of a million steps too. It must never be beyond us to get the long term right, too. Let's do it with high hopes. Let's make our differences in detail a healthy contest of ideas, of reason and evidence designed to take us to robust solutions. In her First Speech to parliament in July, she outlined her defining purpose in public life … We need to be here at least as much for the people who have stopped believing in this parliament as we are for those who still do believe. Too little credit is given for that. Millennials will be left dealing with the consequences of the choices this parliament makes. More recently still, in the 42nd and 43rd parliaments my predecessor as the member for Lilley, Wayne Swan, in his role as Treasurer, took Australia through the global financial crisis as the only developed nation not to experience a recession.

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