Daily Archives: 12 February 2018

Australian farmers punching above their weight: Speech to Parliament

Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (13:40): Agriculture touches the lives of all Australians through the food we eat, the natural fibres that we wear and the economic prosperity that we all enjoy. If agriculture exporting were an Olympic sport, Australia would be at the top of the medal tally. According to the Menzies Research Centre, we'd take:…

Recognition for Lieutenants Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant, Peter Handcock and George: Speech to Parliament Witton

Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright) (10:13): I move: That this House: (1) notes that: (a) approximately 16,000 Australians fought in the Boer War in contingents raised by the Australian colonies or the Commonwealth Government (after 1901), or joined British and South African colonial units; (b) Australians, Lieutenants Harry 'Breaker' Morant, Peter Handcock and George Witton served as…