Speeches

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [9.48 pm]: I rise because I feel that I cannot not speak about the reckoning that is currently occurring in the United States and the global impact that we are starting to see. The murder of George Floyd has sparked an outpouring of outrage about the treatment of black Americans by police. In our own country, we are seeing that Australians are starting to speak out in solidarity, and in response to the situation within our own country and communities.

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [5.15 pm]: I rise to draw members’ attention to the Auditor General’s twenty-second report for 2019–20 titled “Regulation of Asbestos Removal”, which was tabled today. If members have not had a chance to review this report, I would highly recommend that they get a copy so they can review it over the break. It is a particularly concerning report and one that all of us need to pay very close attention to. I do not need to go over for members’ benefit why asbestos is so dangerous.